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GM#’S 113, 114 AUGUST 17, 1941 AT NEW YORK YANKEES YANKEES TAKE BOTH GAMES OF DOUBLE HEADER; 4-2, 9-8 PHI 2 10 0 N.Y. 4 7 0 WP-SPUD CHANDLER LP-FRED CALIGIURI(13-4) HR-JOE DIMAGGIO, JOE GORDON; BENNY MCCOY(4) A pair of two run home runs did all the damage, as New York handed Fred Caligiuri his…

GM# 112 AUGUST 16, 1941 AT NEW YORK YANKEES GIBSON HOMERS FOR 5TH TIME IN LAST EIGHT GAMES AS PHILA WINS, 5-1 PHI 5 8 0 N.Y. 1 10 1 WP-BILL FOSTER(12-4) LP-RED RUFFING HR-JOSH GIBSON(37), JAMES BELL(7) Josh Gibson remains red hot, belting his fifth home run over the past eight games, as Philadelphia…

AUGUST 15, 1941 The Athletics and Yankees were washed out today. Here are today’s other results and the current standings. Philadelphia has built up a 2.5 game lead over New York. Washington 6 Boston 3 Chicago 5 Cleveland 2 St. Louis 6 Detroit 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 15, 1941 PHILADELPHIA/111/74/37/0/.667 NEW…

GM#’S 110, 111 AUGUST 14, 1941 VS. BOSTON RED SOX ATHLETICS GET COMPLETE GAMES FROM ROGAN AND WILLIAMS; WIN 6-1, 3-1 BOS 1 5 0 PHI 6 8 0 WP-JOE ROGAN(11-6) LP-MICKEY HARRIS HR-JIMMIE FOXX Joe Rogan notched his sixth complete game win of the season, beating the Red Sox, 6-1, in the first of…

GM# 109 AUGUST 13, 1941 VS. BOSTON RED SOX GIBSON GOES FROM HERO TO GOAT, AS PAIGE SUFFERS STUNNING 3-2 LOSS BOS 3 10 1 PHI 2 6 2 WP-BILL FLEMING, SV-EARL JOHNSON LP-SATCHEL PAIGE(17-3) HR-JOSH GIBSON(35); TED WILLIAMS, BOBBY DOERR Josh Gibson hit a two run clout in the first inning and with Satchel…

GM# 108 AUGUST 12, 1941 VS. WASHINGTON SENATORS ATHLETICS POWER PAST SENATORS, 12-5 WSH 5 11 3 PHI 12 17 0 WP-BUMP HADLEY(7-3) LP-RED ANDERSON HR-BENNY MCCOY(2) The Athletics had a quick, make up game against the Senators before the Red Sox come into Shibe and they dispatched them easily, with a 12-5 win. Fred…

AUGUST 12, 1941 AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING AVERAGE: .412-GIBSON, PHILA; .412-WILLIAMS, BOST. ; .367-TRAVIS, WASH. HOME RUNS: 34-GIBSON, PHILA; 28-KELLER, N.Y. ; 27-DIMAGGIO, N.Y. RUNS BATTED IN: 105-DIMAGGIO, N.Y. ; 99-KELLER, N.Y. ; 97-GIBSON, PHILA. PITCHING 17-2 .895- PAIGE, PHILA. 13-3 .813-CALIGIURI, PHILA. 13-4 .765-RUFFING, N.Y. 11-4 .733-FOSTER, PHILA. 8-3 .727-MURPHY, N.Y.

    AUGUST 11, 1941 ATHLETICS DON’T PLAY; YANKS LOSE TO BOSTON, 8-0   Philadelphia and Washington were not scheduled to play. Chicago split a double header with St. Louis, 14-10 and 3-10; Cleveland and Detroit were rained out and Boston beat the New York Yankees, 8-0, to increase the Athletics lead.     AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS, END OF…

    GM#’S 106, 107 AUGUST 10, 1941 VS. NEW YORK YANKEES PHILA SPLITS TWINBILL; TAKES THREE OUT OF FOUR FROM NEW YORK     N.Y.    8  11  0     PHI.   2  7  0 WP-TINY BONHAM LP-LUM HARRIS(3-4)   The Yankees took the first game of a double header against the Athletics in relatively easy fashion, by an 8-2 margin. Lum Harris made a spot start…

    GM# 105 AUGUST 9, 1941 VS. NEW YORK YANKEES ATHLETICS BELT 3 HR’S IN WILD, 7-5 WIN OVER YANKS     N.Y.    5  9  1     PHI.    7 10  1 WP-TOM FERRICK(5-5) LP- NORM BRANCH HR-JOSH GIBSON(33), BOB JOHNSON(12), BUCK LEONARD(14)   Philadelphia has won back to back games for the first time since July 30th, but it was a struggle to get…