![]() ![]() The slim right hander started to rest for the world series opener, which will be against a team he has beaten twice this season without losing, whether it’s to be the Tigers or the Senators. Hank retired with one out in the home ninth after Al Gionfriddo had doubled and Jack Barrett had walked. Hank Borowy was the winning pitcher in today’s clincher, his 11th success in 13 decisions as a Cub and his 21st in major league competition, he having come to the Cubs late in July after winning 10 and losing 5 for the Yankees. Their decisive season series was with the Cincinnati Reds whom they whipped 21 out of 22 to tie the major league record. The Cubs, tho they lost 16 out of 22 to the Cardinals, a major league record for a pennant winner, shaded all other teams in the league in the season series, except the Giants, whom they fought to an 11 to 11 standoff. On their second eastern trip they won their last 10 games to take the lead, and added their 11th on returning home for their biggest winning streak of the season. On May 18, after losing four straight to the then pace setting New York Giants, the Cubs were nine games out of first place, stuck with a six game losing streak. The pennant clinching with the Cubs’ 95th victory marked the climax of first place tenancy, which the Cubs took over in Philadelphia on July 8 and continued without a break tho the margin over second place fluctuated from a peak of 7½ games to 1½ games. Arrangements have been made for the Cubs, however, to arrive in Chicago at 7:40 o’clock Monday morning, then leave for Detroit that afternoon. They will hold another similar workout with the Pirates tomorrow afternoon in the season windup, while watching the scoreboard to see whether they are to set out for Detroit tomorrow night via Chicago or linger here pending an American league playoff. ![]() The Chicago portion of the series will open in Wrigley field Saturday.Ĭlaude Passeau, from left Ray Prim, Hank Wyse, and Paul Derringer were part of the pitching staff that helped the Cubs to the World Series. The Cubs will meet the American league champions for the world title starting Wednesday, probably in Detroit. RIGHT: Stanley Hack (left) and Coach Roy Johnson go into an impromptu dance of joy as they realize they are sure of a fat slice of the world series melon. ![]() The others are Paul Erickson (left) and Frank Secory (right) and Len Rice (front) on the right. Trainer Andy Lotshaw is Grimm’s chief support in this clubhouse tableau. Here he is, after his men had clinched Chicago’s first league pennant in seven years by defeating the Pirates, 4 to 3. ![]() LEFT: The happiest man in Pittsburgh last night was Manager Charley Grimm of the Cubs. The Cubs, by the way of practicing for the Detroit Tigers or the Washington Senators in the world series beginning next Wednesday, also won the superfluous seven inning game, 5 to 0. They triumphed the hard way after scorning the cooperation of the weatherman, who wanted ti get into the act by clinching the pennant for the Chicagoans by raining out the day’s program. They won the pennant by beating the Pirates, 4 to 3, in the ninth inning of the first game of a double header. 29-The Chicago Cubs this afternoon became champions of the National League for the 16th time, the fifth time in 17 years, the third time under Charley Grimm’s leadership, and the first time since 1938. Louis’s streak of three straight pennants. They finished no better than 4th the next six years before finding the right combination in 1945.The Cubs won their final five games of the season, all on the road, to end St. The Cubs made the World Series in 1938, but the four-game sweep by the Yankees seemed to propel Chicago into a downward spiral. Louis down to the last day before the Browns captured the only pennant in their history. It was no coincidence that their decline coincided with the departure of slugger Hank Greenberg, the first Major League player to be inducted into the armed forces. The second world war ended in the middle of the baseball season, but it was too late for the inducted players to return to their jobs in that year.Īfter winning the 1940 World Series, the Tigers weren’t a factor in 1941, 1942, and 1943, finishing 4th, 5th, and 5th. 8 at Chicago Cubs 8 Detroit Tigers 7 (12 Innings) ![]()
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