Days 11-20: Two leaders emerge!

 



Babe will accept his coveted Player of
The Block award right after his haircut.
Lookin' good, Babe!

The Yukon Polar Bears (15-5) and the Backwoods Bastards (12-8) have both staked early leads in their respective divisions.  Yukon is riding the strong pitching tandem of Christy Mathewson (4-0, 1.75 ERA) and Three Finger Brown (3-0, 2.17 ERA) to take an early lead in the National Division.  Backwoods is using the power hitting of Hank Aaron (.342, 5 HRs, 21 RBIs) and the multi-dimensional excellence of Oscar Charleston (.325, 6 HRs, 20 RBIs) to stay atop the American Division. 



 

The player of this block is none other than George Herman "Babe" Ruth of the Vermont Socialists.  The Sultan of Swat hit .361 with 6 HRs and 14 RBis over these 10 games.  Lefty Grove was tops among the hurlers with 2 complete game victories, allowing only 3 earned runs and striking out 14.

 






Paul Waner of Yukon leads the league
in batting average, at .431



Mar-a-Lago and Yukon both went 7-3 this set, tying for the top record over the last 10 games.  Willie Mays and Paul "Big Poison" Waner are both riding 18 game hitting streaks right now.


 

 

Day 11 - Mar-a-Lago's Mickey Welch stops Yukon's win streak, and Aliquippa's Grover Cleveland Alexander moved to 2-2 with a complete game win over Vermont.  Hack Wilson of Pottersville had a monster game, 5 for 5 with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs.  The big hero of the day, however, was Cal Ripken Jr., who had a 12th inning, walk off hit for Windy City.
 

Day 12 -  Gaylord Perry remains undefeated for Aliquippa, moving to 3-0 with a complete game victory.  Goose Goslin gave the Doobies a victory with 2 HRs, marking the fourth straight win for "WIN"-dy City.  .

Day 13 -   Backwoods wins 11-4 as Henry Aaron goes 2-5 and drives in 5 runs.  Bad Axe's Tom Seaver goes the distance and Lou Gehrig smashes a walk-off hit. 

Day 14 - Vermont gets a complete game from the "Old Hoss", Old Hoss Radbourn in a 10-3 win over Backwoods.. "Prince" Hal Newhouser throws the extremely rare 11-hit shutout, tossing 146 pitches in the process!  Yukon gets a three-hitter from Three Finger Brown.

Day 15 - Mar-a-Lago is on fire, winning their 5th straight.  Carl Hubbell spins a 2 hitter against Verona Ridge, and Bob Gibson gets his first win of the year for Bad Axe.   Elmer Flick delivers 4 hits for Vermont.

Day 16 - Yukon's Cy Young drops a three hitter on the Windy City Doobies, and Turkey Stearnes added 3 hits and 3 RBIs in just 3 at bats.  Pottersville's Bullet Joe Rogan goes the distance to pick up his first win, and Bad Axe's Joe Morgan had 3 hits, including a grand slam.  The player of the day, however, was Vermont's Eddie Mathews, who went 3 for 3, with 2 HRs, 4 runs, and 7 RBIs!!!

Day 17 - John Clarkson throws a 12 inning complete game and threw a mind-boggling 191 pitches!  The 1880's gentleman is now 2-0 with a league-leading 1.71 ERA.  Yukon is on another hot streak, scoring their fifth straight win behind Martin Dihigo's 2 HRs.  Polar Bear starter Christy Mathewson is now 4-0 with a sterling 1.75 ERA!  Pohdunkivlle's Lefty Gomez tossed a two hitter at the Misers.  Vermont gets a 13-4 win over Aliquippa, with Babe Ruth going 3-5 with 3 runs, 2 HRs, and 5 RBIs!

Day 18 - Yukon wins again, scoring 4 runs in the top of the 10th.  Aliquippa breaks a 6 game losing streak, and Mar-a-Lago's Jim Bunning throws a 5 hit shutout of Bad Axe.  Pottersville scores a new league record for runs scored in a 25-2 victory over Pohdunkville.  Pop Lloyd and George Brett each accumulated four hits for the Misers. 

Day 19 - Seven in a row for Yukon!  a 15-4 win over Bad Axe continued the Polar Bear domination.  Babe Ruth hit a grand slam for Vermont, and Windy City came from behind to win 7-6 on an Ernie Banks walkoff HR!  Mickey Mantle hit 3 HRs in that game for the Doobies. 

Day 20 - Bad Axe breaks Yukon's winning streak as Smokey Joe Williams locks down the Polar Bears.  Pohdunkville tops Verona Ridge 10-6, and Satchel Paige strikes out 10 Roadrunners.  Big Bill Foster (Man, the Negro League pitchers seem to all have great nicknames!) leads Bad Axe to victory.