Roger's 1930 APBA Replay

Week 23 is completed and it is just about time to start wrapping things up here. There are a couple of travel days coming up, there are a few odds and ends games left to play, and then everyone has their final series to end the season. Cincinnati still has seven games to pay, but most teams have 3-5, so the standings are probably pretty close to final. Several teams are trying out some youngsters and several veterans are seeing their major league careers winding down. Philadelphia did clinch the AL pennant, but in the NL Brooklyn has been eliminated and Chicago is holding on by a slim thread. St. Louis swept three games in Brooklyn to start the week and they have been on a hot streak at the perfect time of the season. Brooklyn's offense has slowed without Johnny Frederick at the top, and Chicago is missing Charley Root anchoring their rotation, and neither team has played well since they lost these critical players. New York may dream of what could have been, but they are ...

Monday, September 15, 1930 Joe Judge Washington 5 Chicago (AL) (H) 3 (13) The White Sox built an early lead, but the Nationals kept hanging around until they finally tied it at 3-3 in the seventh. There the score stayed until Joe Judge doubled home Heinie Manush in the thirteenth to put the Nationals ahead to stay. Detroit (H) 5 New York (AL) 4 Both teams scored once in the first, and then the Tigers scored twice in the sixth to take a 3-1 lead. The Yankees came right back with two in the seventh on a Lyn Lary double, only to have Detroit come back with two of their own in the bottom of the inning. The Yankees scored one in the ninth, but Vic Sorrell (16-11) got out of a bases-loaded situation in the ninth to pick up the win. Lary had all four of the Yankees RBI's in this game. St. Louis (AL) (H) 18 Boston (AL) 1 (GM 1) Lefty Stewart (25-6) didn't allow a run until the ninth inning but drove in two runs himself on a triple. Right fielder Ted...