Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29

baseball annals. Inc Tiger
and men approaching the tWlilgn!
of their baseball careers. nailed
down the pennant yesterday IN q
Donnybrook Fair ball game w1tn
the Cleveland Indians before 45,6o3
spectators. They bested basebalrs
greatest pitching artist, Bob Feller,
20 before a hostile crowd. ',}'..
The Tigers won with a walk and
a high fly home run by Rudy York,
inches out of the reach of an OUT
fielder. They made only three hits
during the tempestuous afternoon.
in which one Detroit player was
flattened by basket of green to-
matoes dropped on his head by a
group of irate fans . ~
Fans Near 1tiot
Not since the riotous World Series
of 1884 between the Tigers and
Cardinals, has there been anything
to compare with yesterdays scene.
Three times the game had to be
halted. Once after the fans fained
a fruit and vegetable barraee on
Hank Greenberg. Another time af-
ter Catcher Birdie Tebbctts had
been knocked off his seat IN the
Detroit bull pen by the bushel' bas-
ket bombshell and q third time
after Second Baseman Ray Mack
of the Indians had been spiked in
a daring play at second base. =
Del Baker threatened to take
the Tigers off the field unless the
Cleveland fans stopped pelting them
with fruit and vegetables-most Of
which originated from the left field
section which housed about 10000
ladies day guests of the MANAGE
ment. Umpire in Chief Bill Sum-
mers, speaking over the .loudspeaker
system after a hail Of fruit was
tossed at Greenberg while he was
in the act of catching a fly bail
in the first inning. threatened to
call every Cleveland player out II
Detroit player was interfered with
attempting to make . play. -. :.
In this chaos the Tigers rode into
the championship. They won the
one game they had to win from the
Indians and the Yankees, closed the
doors on their own slim chances TO
gain a tie for the psnnant by los
ing to the Athletics, ,6-2, in the
east. 5.Fs, ) %t
York Hero e., ~.
Rudy York, the big Indian who
cavorts at first base for the. Tigers
after several years Of trying TO
catch, play third base and the out.
field, produced Detroit's winning
margin for the third straight time.
His bat won doubleheader from
the White Sox Wednesday. =,
With two out and Gehripger, who
had walked. on first base, York
blasted out his 33rd homer Of the
season. 1t was q high fly. which
barely dropped into. the left, field
stands at the 32O-foot mark The
Indians left fielder, Ben Chap
man, leaped for the ball and barely
missed it. =. = ~ - -
Feller was good, but a rookie yon
never heard of, Floyd Giebell was
better. A thin, tow-headed right
handler, he was last-minute choice
of Del Baker to pitch instead Of
Schoolboy Rowe, Giebell tied the
Tribe in knots. ~..'-s :. =. :
He pitched with the GOODNESS of q
johnson or an Alexander. It was
miraculous considering the fact that
only few weeks ago he was having
trouble winning for the Buffalo
International league club. There he
wasn't able to win half his games
capturing 155 and losing is. Last
year he won only one while losing
10 for Toledo. The Tigers recalled
the 25-year-old Giebeli in early
September and he beat the Atlfle.
tics in his only start before facing
| the Indians in the critical tesl
, yesterday. Giebell isn't even eligibl,
for the World Series. = =
Masterful in Clutch
He permitted six hits, all singles
but was masterful in the clutch
His particular goat was Ben Chap
man. He famed him three times
each time with two men on base
He also famed Mack and Boudrea,
with two runners on. He gave oul,
two walks and famed six. FeIe
walked eight and struck out four
Nothing about this Detroit clul
makes sense. A year ago the Tiger
finished fifth, 26H games benin,
the Yanks. During the winter Com
missioner Lands declared 80 play
ers in the Detroit chain free agent,
In the spring at Lakeland, Fla
Del Baker, hard-bitten ex-mino
league catcher, took shortsto
the National league thought wa
through two pitchers who were try
ing to come back, a pitcher who
bounced around the league 70
years, Cleveland eastoff, a coupl
of infielders on their last legs, an
other motley and welded them int
a championship outfit. Among othe
things he made first baseman int
an outfielder, one Hank Greenber
by name, and installed the clums
but not to be sneezed at Rudy Yor
on first. The baseball wise me
thought so little of the Tigers the
quoted them as 12-1 shots.