DAWGS RALLY, WIN WORLD SERIES

HARLEM - Muskegon rallied for five runs in the 8th to overcome a 4-1 deficit to defeat the Harlem Knights, 6-4, to win the best-of-seven World Series in 5 games. The championship was Muskegon's first since the inaugural 1928 DBS season when the franchise was in Mississippi.
Harlem starter Bobo Newsom gave up a run n the first, but then settled down and was strong, striking out 7 in 5 innings. Harlem got to Bill Lee for four runs in the first, and with Newsom and his successor Johnny Murphy rolling, it looked like the series was going to return to Muskegon for a sixth game. Muskegon then began their rally in the 8th, capped with a bases-loaded double by Estel Crabtree to break the 4-4 die, and put the Dawgs up for good.
Thunder Dawg third baseman Stan Hack was named World Series MVP as he batted .444 with 5 extra-base hits, good for a .944 slugging percentage. He also had 4 walks, a stolen base, and even got on base by being hit by a pitch. That is good for a .565 OBP.

10/2/1941, MUS41-HAR41, Wrigley Field
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1941 Thunder Dawgs     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  5  0     6  9  1     9  1
1941 Knights           4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     4 10  1     5  0
 
Thunder Dawgs        AB  R  H BI   AVG    Knights              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Appling           ss  5  0  0  0  .125    Brown             3b  4  1  1  0  .200       
Hack              3b  3  2  1  0  .444    Rizzuto           ss  4  0  2  0  .389       
Reiser            cf  5  1  1  1  .350    Chapman,S         cf  4  1  2  0  .143       
Camilli           1b  3  0  1  0  .176    Keller            lf  4  0  2  0  .333       
Wright            rf  4  1  2  2  .500    Nicholson         rf  3  1  1  1  .235       
Moore             lf  3  0  0  0  .250    Etten             1b  4  1  1  0  .300       
 Fitzsim'ns       p   0  0  0  0  .000    Peacock           c   4  0  1  2  .182       
 JohnsonA         p   0  0  0  0  .000    Crespi            2b  4  0  0  0  .211       
 Vernon           ph  1  0  0  0  .000    Newsom            p   2  0  0  0  .000       
 Hubbell          p   1  0  0  0  .000     Murphy           p   1  0  0  0  .000       
Early             c   4  1  1  0  .438     Melton           p   0  0  0  0  .000       
Rowell            2b  3  1  0  0  .158     Laabs            ph  1  0  0  0  .500       
Lee               p   1  0  0  0  .000                         35  4 10  3             
 Finney           ph  1  0  1  0  .500                                              
 Starr            p   0  0  0  0  .000                                              
 Crabtree         lf  2  0  2  3  .667                                              
                     36  6  9  6                                                    
 
Thunder Dawgs                    INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Lee                              4.0  8  4  4  0  2  87  54  4.15
Starr                            1.0  0  0  0  0  0   8   6  5.40
Fitzsim'ns                       1.0  0  0  0  0  0  15   8  4.50
JohnsonA         W 1-0           1.0  0  0  0  0  1  15   8  0.00
Hubbell          S 1             2.0  2  0  0  0  1  27  16  0.00
                                 9.0 10  4  4  0  4 152  92 
 
Knights                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Newsom                           5.0  3  1  1  2  7  88  53  5.40
Murphy           H 1, L 0-1      2.2  4  4  4  2  2  55  31  7.94
Melton           BS 1            1.1  2  1  1  2  1  38  24  6.75
                                 9.0  9  6  6  6 10 181 108 
 
MUS: Finney batted for Lee in the 5th
     Crabtree inserted at lf in the 6th
     Vernon batted for JohnsonA in the 8th
HAR: Laabs batted for Melton in the 9th
 
E-Lee, Crespi. 2B-Crabtree, Brown, Keller, Etten. 3B-Hack. K-Appling 2, Hack, 
Reiser 2, Moore, Rowell 2, Lee, Vernon, Brown, Crespi, Newsom, Murphy. 
BB-Hack 2, Camilli 2, Wright, Rowell. HBP-Nicholson. HB-Fitzsim'ns. 
GWRBI: Crabtree
Temperature: 62, Sky: cloudy, Wind: in from left at 13 MPH.