GEHRINGER'S BLAST COMPLETES HARLEM SWEEP

Charlie Gehringer’s three-run home run in the ninth off of Russ Bauers broke a 2-2 tie and handed the Harlem Knights their second consecutive DBS Championship as they swept the St Louis Plague in four games.

Starting pitchers Mel Harder and Larry French dueled for seven innings as both teams scored twice. Both pitchers repeatedly got in and out of jams, as each team was on a mission. For St Louis, it was to extend the season one more day. For Harlem, it was to end with another flag.

Charlie Gehringer’s two-out home run broke the spirits of the Plague faithful, who were hoping and praying for at least a hope at an amazing comeback, but it was not to be. Jumbo Brown, the Harlem pitcher who returned to the DBS after a 10 year lay-off to lead the league in saves, sent the Plague down 1-2-3 in the ninth to end it.

Al Simmons hit .667 with 3 home runs and 7 RBI to be named the Series MVP for the second straight year.

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1938 Knights           0  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  3     5 11  1     6  2
1938 Plague            0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0     2 10  0    12  3

Knights              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Plague               AB  R  H BI   AVG
Gehringer         2b  5  2  2  3  .263    Travis            ss  4  0  2  0  .250
Walker            rf  4  0  0  0  .059    Myer              2b  4  0  1  0  .400
Goodman           cf  4  1  3  1  .235    Dickey            c   3  0  1  0  .286
Greenberg         1b  3  0  1  0  .438    Foxx              1b  5  0  1  0  .125
York              c   4  0  0  0  .286    Johnson           cf  5  1  1  1  .353
Simmons           lf  4  0  2  1  .667    Chapman           rf  4  1  3  0  .500
Cronin            ss  4  0  1  0  .429     Bauers           p   0  0  0  0  .000
Brown             3b  3  1  1  0  .333    Radcliff          lf  4  0  0  0  .125
French            p   3  0  1  0  .333    Rolfe             3b  2  0  1  1  .273
 Benton           p   0  0  0  0  .000    Harder            p   3  0  0  0  .000
 Selkirk          ph  0  1  0  0  .000     Lazzeri          rf  1  0  0  0  .333
 Brown            p   0  0  0  0 1.000                         35  2 10  2
                     34  5 11  5

Knights                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
French                           7.0  8  2  1  4  5 119  70  1.29
Benton           W 1-0           1.0  1  0  0  0  1  10   7  0.00
Brown            S 2             1.0  1  0  0  1  0  18   8  0.00
                                 9.0 10  2  1  5  6 147  85

Plague                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Harder                           7.0 10  2  2  2  4 106  71  2.57
Bauers           L 0-1           2.0  1  3  3  2  2  34  16  6.75
                                 9.0 11  5  5  4  6 140  87

HAR: Selkirk batted for Benton in the 9th
STL: Lazzeri inserted at rf in the 8th

E-Brown. 2B-Goodman, Myer, Chapman. HR-Gehringer(1), Johnson(2). K-Walker 3,
Goodman, Greenberg, French, Travis, Myer 2, Foxx, Johnson, Lazzeri.
BB-Walker, Greenberg, Brown, Selkirk, Travis, Myer, Dickey 2, Rolfe.
SF-Rolfe. WP-French.
GWRBI: Gehringer
Temperature: 72, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 11 MPH.