It took ten innings to finally keep Harlem down for good. The North Dallas Forty got an double by pitcher Vern Kennedy in the top of the tenth to give them a 9-8 win, clinching their first DBS Championship since 1936 and their fourth overall.
The Knights kept battling back from deficit after deficit before finally staying down for good. Down 5-1 going into the fifth, they scored thrice in the frame, only to give back two to the Forty in the top of the sixth inning. Harlem got those two back in the bottom of the sixth, gave up another in the 7th, and finally tied the game at 8 in the bottom of the 7th. The score remained that way until Kennedy's double.
The Knights fought valiantly in this series, but were clearly overmatched at the plate. Congratulations to the Forty on their fine season.
10/7/1943, NDA43-HAR43, Wrigley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E LOB DP
1943 Forty 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 9 13 1 15 1
1943 Knights 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 8 15 2 11 0
Forty AB R H BI AVG Knights AB R H BI AVG
Galan cf 2 2 1 1 .200 Spence cf 5 2 2 2 .143
Fletcher 1b 4 1 1 0 .238 Vaughan ss 4 0 2 1 .294
Cullenbine rf 4 0 1 2 .150 Candini p 0 0 0 0 .000
Heath lf 4 1 2 1 .364 Walters p 0 0 0 0 .000
Klein ss 6 1 2 1 .400 WalkerH ph 1 0 1 0 1.000
Frey 2b 6 1 2 2 .357 Pafko pr 0 0 0 0 .000
Lombardi c 5 2 3 1 .375 Nicholson rf 6 1 2 1 .348
Keltner 3b 3 0 0 0 .167 York 1b 5 0 1 0 .286
Butcher p 0 0 0 0 .000 Keller lf 5 0 1 1 .333
Kennedy p 2 0 1 1 .500 Wood 2b 3 0 1 0 .158
Tobin p 2 0 0 0 .200 Heving p 0 0 0 0 .000
GordonS 3b 0 1 0 0 .000 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 .000
Cavarretta ph 1 0 0 0 .333 Etten ph 1 1 0 0 .000
Stanky 3b 1 0 0 0 .111 Newsome,S ss 1 0 0 0 .000
40 9 13 9 Hodgin 3b 5 2 1 0 .300
Livingston c 5 0 2 2 .167
Trucks p 0 0 0 0 .000
Beggs p 1 0 0 0 .000
Newsom p 0 0 0 0 .000
WalkerD ph 1 1 1 0 .667
Cuccinello 2b 2 1 1 1 .250
45 8 15 8
Forty INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Tobin 4.2 8 4 4 1 3 80 51 3.29
Butcher 2.0 4 4 2 1 0 46 26 3.38
Kennedy W 1-0 3.1 3 0 0 2 0 48 25 2.25
10.0 15 8 6 4 3 174 102
Knights INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Trucks 2.1 7 4 4 2 1 57 32 7.71
Beggs 0.2 0 1 1 1 0 11 6 2.45
Newsom 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 21 15 2.45
Heving 1.2 1 3 3 7 0 43 13 13.50
Murphy 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2.84
Candini 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 7.50
Walters L 0-1 2.1 3 1 1 1 1 43 23 3.86
10.0 13 9 9 11 2 188 96
NDA: GordonS inserted at 3b in the 5th
Cavarretta batted for GordonS in the 7th
Stanky inserted at 3b in the 7th
HAR: WalkerD batted for Newsom in the 5th
Cuccinello inserted at 2b in the 6th
Etten batted for Murphy in the 7th
Newsome,S inserted at ss in the 8th
WalkerH batted for Walters in the 10th
Pafko ran for WalkerH in the 10th
E-Butcher, Hodgin, Cuccinello. 2B-Fletcher, Frey, Kennedy, Vaughan 2, Keller,
Hodgin, Cuccinello. 3B-Frey. HR-Galan(1), Spence(1). K-Klein, Keltner, York,
Hodgin, Beggs. BB-Galan 3, Fletcher 2, Cullenbine 2, Heath 2, GordonS,
Stanky, Spence, Vaughan, York, Cuccinello. SH-Galan, Butcher. HBP-Lombardi.
HB-Trucks.
GWRBI: Kennedy
Joe Wood was injured for this game only
Temperature: 57, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 20 MPH.