Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-02
CINCH NATL LEAGUE
PENNANT IN RIOTOUS FINISH
With CINCINNATI REDS, 9 TO c

to a 9-6 victory over Cincinnati and
clinched the 1927 pennant.
John Milius, world war veteran and
pitching star, shared with Captain
PIE" Traynor, the principal honors
of a victory that was gained only
after the hardest sort of battle,
hecti fray that threatened to bring
the highly-keyed athletes into ac-
tual combat in the ninth inning when
Grantham slid home and knocked the
Reds catcher, Picinich, head over
heels
But trouble was quickly averted
and the Pirates swept on to victory
in game that was saved by the
relief hurting of Miljus, after two
Pirate aces, Kremer and Hill, had
been knocked out of the box, and
decided by Traynor's singlein the
sixth inning with the bases full and
two out, a blow that brought over
what proved to be the deciding tai
ly.
The victory over a Cincinnati team
in spite of "breaks" against it re-
moved the last mathematic uncer-
that battled every inch of the way
tainty in the pennant on next to last
day of the season. 1t increased the
lead Of the Pirates over the second
place st. Louis club to two and a
, half games. The BucS have single
game with the Reds tomorrow while
/ the Cardinals have double-header
scheduled with Chicago, but the re-
suit of these games can have no
bearing on the outcome of the race,
except to determine the final mar
gin of the Pirates.
They were a tired but happy lot.
They congratulated their pilot Bush
Victor in his first year at the helm
of the club but dimunitive DOME
turned the compliment back by de-
scribing his men as the "gamest
crew" he ever handled.
"They can't say we didn't stand
the gaff," said Donie 1--WE were up
| against it at least three times this
season in the tightest race I ever
have experienced We were hard nit
by injuries and illness, but the boys
came through every time in the
pinch and you've got to give them
all the credit. It's the greatest team
/ ever knew"
The Pirate victory was the sec
,Ond pennant triumph for them in
three years and the sixth time
Pittsburgh has scaled the top since
/ 1901
To prepare for the start of the
worlds championship title with the
powerful New York Yankees, start
ing next Wednesday in Pittsburgh,
all of the Pirate regulars, except
young Lloyd Waner will take to-
morrow off, and go back to Pitts
burgh for rest. Aldridge, Hill and
Kremer of the pitching staff, Catch
er Earl Smith, the entire regular
infield, besides Barnhart and Paul
| Waner of the outfield, were ordered
by Bush to lay off until reporting for
worlds series practice Monday at
orbes field.
The CorSair crew earned its rest
today Getting off to a five run lead
in the first inning, when Donohue
was shelled from the mound by five
successive hits, the Pirates saw their
! lead dwindle and almost vanish as
the Reds battled up hill, fighting
tenaciously and taking advantage OF
cracks in the Pirate defense.
Kremer, who had been unbeatable
for month previous, was knocked
out of the box in the fourth after
being touched for nine safe hits. The
be-spectacled Carmen Hill, another
| mound ace, also was shelled from
the mound in the sixth. MiliuS
came to the rescue in this inning,
but he, too, was threatened by an
other Red squirt in the seventh that
came within run of tying the
score before it was checked.
An error by Grantham of Dressen's
roller and passed ball by Earl
Smith, helped put Miljus in a hole
in the seventh but Granthann's re-
/ covery and throw to Smith, retiring
Picinich at the plate broke up the
last Red rally. Miljus allowed only
one hit in the last two innings while
| the. Pirates broke through in the
ninth for two runs that put the game
on ice.
1t was this ninth inning squirt of
the Pirates that almost turned the
game into a fight Grantham, who
had walked, outguessed the Red
defense when he raced for home on
Smiths single to right field. Com
ing in with a wild dash, spikes fly
ing, Grantham knocked Picinich
head over heels as the Red catcher
leapt to get high throw. The play
ers rolled in the dirt, then Jumped
to their feet and squared off. The
Pirates came out on the run from
their dug out and so did the Reds
but after a few hot words the
trouble blew over Score:
PITTSBURGH B.R.HPOAE
L. Waner, CT ................5 l 8 2 O
Barnhart If ................5 2 2 3 D. q
P. Waner rf ...............5 3 n
Wright SIS .................4 2 5 O
Traynor 3b .............5 3 Q q
Grantham 2b ..............4 2 O .
Rhyme 2b ......O | n
Harris 1b ................5 ! I n
Smith .,.,-...........,...5 3 s o O
hrehler ---.----..--..----..2 0 0 D
Hll -..-..-...-,-.----..-...-.--1 0 0 0
MliJuS p ....-,.,,......,.-,....2 0 0 0 O