Evening star., 1961-01-10
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW 3, FRANCE, ,1Auu
The Day SchooIie Won No. Is

81 THAT WAS A RACY eventful baseball year in our
town. 1884, when schooboy Rowe his 18th straight
pitching victory The Senators for instance had opened
American League champions and wound up in seventh
place
s Manager Joe Cronin, best shortstop in baseball COL
hded with Pitcher Yves Ferre of the Red Sox broke his
wrist on Labor Day. Joe played another game for
Washington but he did marry the boss adopted daughter
and during the honeymoon Clark Griffith sold Cronin to
Boston for $25000O.
IS But on August rs -. we'll, that was the day at
Griffith Stadium that belonged to the big Detroit Tiger
nghthander who called "Schoolie," and who has
passed away at ST. according to his family g. accord
ing to the record books.
N The morning of the game newspaper carried front
page banner Rowe Immortality" Legend has that
Owner Griffith disputed the accuracy of the headline
Immortality he shifted. I'VE don't have anybody by
that name"
3 THERE PROBABLY WASN'T one iota of truth in
connection with the legend but at rate 1t Rowe
vs.. Monte Weaver that afternoon And it was one Of
Monte's very best days When he right the quiet
schoolteacher tough for anybody to beat.
H Monte and the Senators had 2-l lead going into
Detroits top Of the ninth and Rowe knew he had
when Hank Greenberg, leading off for the Tigers hit
long. high home over the rghtfeld fence to tie the
score.
g Marv Owen singled over Cronins head and Jack
Russell relieved Weaver But then Pete Fox singled and
up came Rowe who was one of those athletes good at al
most anything including batting His third hit Of the
game scored Owen with the he needed and
made it 40 moment later
! But there remained the matter Of mailing 1t down. It
was raining harder when Fred Schultz opened the Sena-
tors half of the ninth by getting base Bill Rogells
error. Then, with out Cronin sent up two pinch
htterS In succession.
gg THEY WERE COUPLE of pretty good men-sheriff
Dave Harris and Cecil TravS-but Rowes fast ball
whstlng now. Harris struck out swinging and Travis
locked at third strike. And then the rains Two
minutes earlier and the would have reverted to full
eight innings and schooles streak would have ended
e It ended soon enough thereafter Now tied with
Walter Johnson and Smoky Joe Wood each of whom
won is straight in 1872 and with Lefty Grove joining the
group in 1881, Rowe had chance four days later to
break the league record for successive wins.
3 He bombed out in six innings by the Philadelphia
then the largest crowd in Shbe Park history Still his
record for the 24s the Tigers won the
and there wasn't hotter pitcher In the business including
Dizzy Dean.
a.s THE ga NATIVE of Waco, Tex won total Of 1853
during his is in the majors which does not
place him among the atime big winners. Yet Schooles
total eight than Deans, and Dz wound up in
the Hall of Fame.
Dean was more colorful and the trouble that
shortened his career sudden and spectacular Diz
hurt his after being hit the toe by line drive
the 1897 All-Star game at Griffith Stadium When he
couldn't follow through properly in his next game Dz
put too much strain on his arm and 1t gave way.
But Rowe had chronic trouble In his rookie
year, 1933 he shut out the White Sox in his debut and
finished the campaign with his arm in brace. Off and
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