The 1935 Chicago Cubs moved into a tie for first place at the conclusion of week #3 after they took three of four from the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Cubs (8-4) are tied atop the standings with the 1937 New York Yankees. The Dodgers (4-4) came into the week in first place on winning percentage, but slid back to .500 with these results.
Billy Herman was in the lineup for both teams, and the Cubs’ version batted .412 (7-for-17), while Frank Demaree had another big week at .375 (6-for-16) with four RBI. The Dodgers got a shutout by Curt Davis but struggled at the plate, with Pee Wee Reese the top hitter at .267 (4-for-15).
Game #1: Chicago 2, Brooklyn 1 (11 inn.)
Behind Bill Lee’s pitching and a solo home from from Frank Demaree in the fourth inning, the Cubs took a 1-0 lead into the ninth inning. But Dodger pinch-hitter Lew Riggs led off the ninth with a walk, moved around the bases and scored on Pete Reiser’s two-out single. Brooklyn challenged again in the top of the 11th, putting two runners on with one out, but Chicago got out of the jam. In the bottom of the 11th, Demaree, Phil Cavaretta and Stan Hack had three consecutive singles, the last one by Hack providing the walk-off run.
1941 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Pee Wee Reese 4 0 2 0 Augie Galan 4 0 0 0
Billy Herman 5 0 0 0 Billy Herman 5 0 3 0
Pete Reiser 5 0 1 1 Chuck Klein 5 0 0 0
Joe Medwick 4 0 2 0 Gabby Hartnett 5 0 0 0
Dolph Camilli 4 0 0 0 Frank Demaree 5 2 2 1
Cookie Lavagetto 4 0 0 0 Phil Cavarretta 5 0 2 0
Dixie Walker 4 0 0 0 Stan Hack 4 0 1 1
Mickey Owen 4 0 1 0 Billy Jurges 4 0 3 0
Luke Hamlin CYZ 1 0 0 0 Bill Lee BY 2 0 0 0
Lew Riggs 0 1 0 0 Freddie Lindstrom 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Wasdell 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 36 1 7 1 TOTALS 40 2 11 2
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 000 001 00 -- 1
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 000 100 000 01 -- 2
LOB--1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 5, 1935 CHICAGO CUBS 10. 2B--Joe
Medwick, Billy Jurges, Billy Herman. HR--Frank Demaree.
SACB--Luke Hamlin CYZ, Pee Wee Reese, Bill Lee BY. SB--Joe
Medwick.
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Luke Hamlin CYZ 8.00 7 1 1 2 4 1
Hugh Casey CY 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Larry French DYZ [L] 0.33 3 1 1 0 1 0
1935 CHICAGO CUBS
Bill Lee BY 9.00 4 1 1 1 4 0
Charlie Root BXZ [W] 2.00 3 0 0 0 1 0
Game #2: Chicago 5, Brooklyn 2
The Dodgers took an early lead on a Billy Herman RBI single in the third inning. But the Cubs scored twice in the fourth on a Frank Demaree sacrifice fly and an RBI double from Stan Hack. They scored three more in the fifth with Demaree providing a two-run single.
1941 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI 1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Pee Wee Reese 4 1 1 0 Augie Galan 4 1 1 0
Billy Herman 3 0 3 2 Billy Herman 4 0 0 0
Pete Reiser 4 0 0 0 Chuck Klein 3 1 2 0
Joe Medwick 4 0 0 0 Gabby Hartnett 3 2 1 0
Dolph Camilli 4 0 1 0 Frank Demaree 3 0 2 3
Cookie Lavagetto 3 0 1 0 Phil Cavarretta 4 0 0 0
Dixie Walker 3 0 0 0 Stan Hack 4 0 1 1
Mickey Owen 3 1 1 0 Billy Jurges 4 0 0 0
Whit Wyatt BKZ 1 0 0 0 Tex Carleton CX 2 1 1 0
Lew Riggs 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Wasdell 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 7 2 TOTALS 31 5 8 4
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 001 001 000 -- 2
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 000 230 00x -- 5
LOB--1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 7, 1935 CHICAGO CUBS 6. ERR--Stan
Hack. 2B--Dolph Camilli, Billy Herman, Stan Hack.
SACF--Frank Demaree. SACB--Whit Wyatt BKZ. SB--Frank
Demaree, Gabby Hartnett.
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Whit Wyatt BKZ [L] 6.00 6 5 5 3 4 0
Freddie Fitzsimmons 2.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
1935 CHICAGO CUBS
Tex Carleton CX [W] 8.00 7 2 2 3 5 0
Roy Henshaw BYW [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Game #3: Brooklyn 3, Chicago 0
The Dodgers’ Curt Davis got them back in the win column thanks to his shutout. The Cubs more than doubled the Dodgers’ hit output, 7-3, but Davis made Chicago go 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position. It as scoreless until the fifth, when two Cub errors helped the Dodgers plate their first run. Brooklyn got two more in the seventh on Mickey Owen’s RBI triple, followed by a sacrifice fly from Davis.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1941 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Augie Galan 2 0 0 0 Pee Wee Reese 4 0 0 0
Billy Herman 4 0 2 0 Billy Herman 4 0 0 0
Chuck Klein 4 0 1 0 Pete Reiser 4 0 1 0
Gabby Hartnett 4 0 1 0 Joe Medwick 4 0 0 0
Frank Demaree 4 0 2 0 Dolph Camilli 3 1 1 0
Phil Cavarretta 3 0 1 0 Cookie Lavagetto 2 1 0 0
Stan Hack 4 0 0 0 Dixie Walker 2 0 0 0
Billy Jurges 4 0 0 0 Mickey Owen 3 1 1 1
Larry French BYZ 2 0 0 0 Curt Davis BZ 1 0 0 1
Freddie Lindstrom 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 0 7 0 TOTALS 27 3 3 2
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 000 000 000 -- 0
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 010 20x -- 3
LOB--1935 CHICAGO CUBS 8, 1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 4. ERR--Stan
Hack, Chuck Klein, Billy Herman. 2B--Frank Demaree, Dolph
Camilli, Pete Reiser. 3B--Mickey Owen. SACF--Curt Davis BZ.
SACB--Curt Davis BZ.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry French BYZ [L] 7.00 3 3 2 2 4 0
Hugh Casey CYW 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Curt Davis BZ [W] 9.00 7 0 0 3 5 0
Game #4: Chicago 4, Brooklyn 2
The Cubs built an early lead and went on to win the series. Chuck Klein had an RBI single in the first inning, and in the second inning winning pitcher Lon Warneke had a sacrifice fly and Billy Herman had a run-scoring double. Klein added another RBI single in the fifth inning to make it 4-0. Warneke was five outs away from a shutout, but the Dodgers’ Pete Reiser hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1941 BROOKLYN DODGER AB R H BI
Augie Galan 3 2 0 0 Pee Wee Reese 3 1 1 0
Billy Herman 4 1 2 1 Billy Herman 4 0 0 0
Chuck Klein 4 0 2 2 Pete Reiser 3 1 1 2
Gabby Hartnett 2 0 1 0 Joe Medwick 3 0 1 0
Frank Demaree 4 0 0 0 Dolph Camilli 3 0 0 0
Phil Cavarretta 4 0 0 0 Cookie Lavagetto 4 0 1 0
Stan Hack 3 1 1 0 Dixie Walker 4 0 1 0
Billy Jurges 3 0 0 0 Mickey Owen 4 0 0 0
Lon Warneke BXZ 2 0 0 1 Kirby Higbe BY 2 0 0 0
Freddie Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 Jimmy Wasdell 1 0 0 0
Lew Riggs 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 4 6 4 TOTALS 32 2 5 2
1935 CHICAGO CUBS 120 010 000 -- 4
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 000 000 020 -- 2
LOB--1935 CHICAGO CUBS 6, 1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS 8.
ERR--Billy Herman. 2B--Stan Hack, Billy Herman (2). HR--Pete
Reiser. SACF--Lon Warneke BXZ. SACB--Billy Jurges.
1935 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lon Warneke BXZ [W] 8.00 4 2 2 5 6 1
Charlie Root BXZ [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1941 BROOKLYN DODGERS
Kirby Higbe BY [L] 7.00 5 4 4 4 2 0
Larry French DYZ 2.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
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