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100000 paid attendance for sea-
son, new all-time high for one
campaign.
Flag Races Trifie Whacky.
Hardly any doubt existed that the
two pennant races were the cause of
the big pay-off. In the American
League, the Yankees made it inter-
esting by letting the other fellows
make a fight of it through the first
half. But when the Cleveland In
dians went into their annual mid
summer nights dream, and the Boston
Red Sox lost their one and only
pitcher, Lefty Grove, the Yanks
started to roll and rolled right in
with their third straight pennant.
But for the tops in whacky ups and
downs, the National League race had it.
First, the Giants seemed to be. on the
way to a third straight flag But the
injury jinx finished them. Then Pitts
burgh went out in front, but, like the
Indians, the Pirates "choked up" when
the going got tough. So it was up to
Gabby Hartnett and his well gamble
on it" Cubs.
Gsbby took over the reins from
jolly Cholly Grimm in July and the
Cubs didn't seem to be headed any
where. Down through the stretch they
had it. however, winning 81 and tying
two of their last 27 games, sweeping an
all-important series from the Pirates
last week and clinching Saturday.
Reds Surprise Of Year.
Surprise Of the year. though, were the
Cincinnati Reds under the games No.
l tactician and magician, Will Nc
Kechnie. He took the 1887 cellar
occupants, put in a rookie here and
an old timer there, and wound up in
fourth place. They even put on a
fancy finale yesterday by trouncing the
Pirates, 5-4. while the ST. Louis Car
dinals, dismal disappointment, in
sixth place, whipped the Cubs, Us.
The Cincinnati pitcher in the wind
up was Johnny Wander Nicer, who
turned in the greatest hurting job of
the year with two straight no-hit, no.
run games, something never done be-
fore
In the American League, the fourth
place f1nishers were the Detroit Tigers,
who wound up under Del Baker after a
surprising dismissal for Mickey Coch-
rane in mid-season They ended the
campaign on the up-beat, taking the
Indians twice. Al and 1913. 1t was in
the opening game that Feller famed
his 18 for new all-time high. Hank
Greenberg went through the afternoon
without homer and thus failed in his
chase after Babe Ruth's 6O-for-a-sea
son record. Greenberg was stopped at
So.
Sore Arm Epidemic.
Perhaps the outstanding develop
ment OF the year was the epidemic of
sore arms that struck the star pitch
ers. Dizzy Dean, after costing the Cubs
S185, ,O00-a record price for a pitcher
hurled only IS innings. Carl Hubbell
and Lefty Grove, certainly the two
greatest left-handers of this genera
undergo surgery and Grove shunted
to the sidelines with a mystifying dead
arm"
Paul Dean and Schoolboy Rowe were
returned to the minors. Van Lingle
Mungo wasn't any more use to Brook
lyn than their double-header win over
the Phillies yesterday, 7-3 and 7-2 De-
spite that success, the Dodgers finished
in seventh place.
Two other managers, besides Grimm
and Cochrane, got the bounce" dur
ing the season. Gabby Street was let
out by the st. Louis Browns, although
he, with the help Of Buck Newsom,
one of the years four 20-game pitch
ing winners, pulled the Brownies out
of the cellar. The Cards and frankie
Frisch came to the parting of the
way. Another was added to the ranks
Of unemployed when Jimmy Wilson,