LEE AND HACK LEAD THUNDER DAWGS

MUSKEGON - Bill Lee threw 9 strong innings and Stan Hack had three hits as the Muskegon Thunder Dawgs defeated the Harlem Knights, 6-2, to take a 2-0 lead in the 1941 World Series.
Lee took the hill for Muskegon, while Bobo Newsom started for Harlem. The Knights got on the board first, with a Bill Nicholson home run in the second. Muskegon took the lead in the 5th on Stan Hack's two-run homer that landed just inside the pole.
In the bottom of the 7th, the Dawgs finally got to Bobo Newsom, sending him packing with a four-run inning and giving Muskegon a 6-1 lead. The Knights tried to rally in the ninth, but only pushed one run across as the Dawgs won, 6-2.
After a travel day, the Series moves to Harlem for Game 3.

9/28/1941, HAR41-MUS41, Ebbets Field
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1941 Knights           0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1     2  6  1     5  0
1941 Thunder Dawgs     0  0  0  0  2  0  4  0  x     6  9  1    12  0
 
Knights              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Thunder Dawgs        AB  R  H BI   AVG
Brown             3b  4  0  0  0  .000    Appling           ss  5  2  2  0  .222       
Rizzuto           ss  4  1  1  0  .250    Hack              3b  3  1  3  2  .833       
Chapman,S         cf  4  0  0  0  .000    Reiser            cf  4  1  1  1  .333       
Keller            lf  4  0  2  0  .375    Camilli           1b  3  0  0  0  .143       
Nicholson         rf  4  1  1  1  .125    Wright            rf  2  1  0  0  .200       
Etten             1b  4  0  1  1  .250    Moore             lf  5  1  2  1  .333       
Hayes             c   4  0  1  0  .125    Early             c   4  0  1  2  .556       
Crespi            2b  3  0  0  0  .286    Rowell            2b  2  0  0  0  .143       
Newsom            p   2  0  0  0  .000    Lee               p   4  0  0  0  .000       
 Beggs            p   0  0  0  0  .000                         32  6  9  6             
 WalkerD          ph  1  0  0  0  .000                                              
 Benton           p   0  0  0  0  .000                                              
                     34  2  6  2                                                    
 
Knights                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Newsom           L 0-1           6.2  9  6  6  5  8 123  75  8.10
Beggs                            0.1  0  0  0  1  0   7   1  0.00
Benton                           1.0  0  0  0  3  1  34  16  0.00
                                 8.0  9  6  6  9  9 164  92 
 
Thunder Dawgs                    INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Lee              W 1-0           9.0  6  2  2  0  7  95  64  2.00
                                 9.0  6  2  2  0  7  95  64 
 
HAR: WalkerD batted for Beggs in the 8th
 
E-Hayes, Appling. 2B-Keller, Appling, Hack, Early. 3B-Hack. HR-Nicholson(1), 
Hack(1). SB-Camilli(1). K-Chapman,S 2, Keller, Nicholson 2, Crespi 2, 
Appling, Reiser, Camilli 2, Wright 2, Moore, Lee 2. BB-Hack, Reiser, 
Camilli 2, Wright 3, Rowell 2. SH-Hack. WP-Benton. 
GWRBI: Hack
Temperature: 46, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 15 MPH.