Exactly 100 years ago

[GeoPoto]

August 29, 1924. The Washington Senators pushed the New York Yankees another game back as they won 5-1 before 25,000 at Yankee Stadium. WP: Walter Johnson, who took a 5-0 lead into the eighth inning before giving way to Marberry who put out the fire and finished the game. Goslin had another big game, but Joe Judge had a triple to earn a card:



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[frankbmd]

John Dobb, a 22 year old rookie, played in his first ML game on August 13, 1924. He pitched one scoreless inning for the White Sox in Boston.

He sat in the bull pen for 16 days

Seventeen days later on August 30, 1924, he pitched the bottom of the eighth in Cleveland in a game the Sox were already losing 6-9. He gave up 2 runs.

His lifetime ERA was 9.00. He never played in another game, but lived to the ripe old age of 89.

I doubt that he ever had a baseball card, but if anyone has one, let's see it.

Dobb.jpg

yes, this is John Dobb

[frankbmd]

On August 31, 1924 , George Wilson was born. Who the hell is George Wilson you ask?

Well George had a long but mediocre career with a paucity of highlights. But in 1956 he played for both the New York Giants and the New York Yankees. I don't think anyone else in 1956 was a teammate of both Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, but none of their prowess rubbed off on George.

George returned to the minors in 1957 and continued to drift into oblivion.
His last two years in organized ball were played with the Nishitetsu Lions, where he was a teammate of Kazuhisa Inao, the workhorse of the Lions pitching staff for a number of years.

George retired at the age of 39

[frankbmd]

September 1, 1924 was another landmark day in baseball history that very few have even heard of. Consider yourself lucky.

9/1/1924 (Athletics at Senators, game 2) - (COURTESY FIELDER) With one out in the Senators 2nd inning Athletics third baseman Sammy Hale ripped his uniform. Rather than delay the game while Hale's uniform was being repaired, Senators manager Bucky Harris allowed Harry Riconda to be a temporary fielder for the rest of the inning (the final two outs of the inning) and Hale was allowed to re-enter the Athletics lineup for his turn at bat in the top of the third inning.

There is no record of subsequent temporary fielders and no photographs to document the tear in Hale's uniform or the resultant exposure.

[ValKehl]

BTW, the Senators won the game against the Athletics that Frank referred to in the previous post by the score of 4 - 3, with Fred "Firpo" Marberry the winning pitcher. By winning both games on September 1st, the Senators maintained their 1.5 game lead over the Yankees, who swept 2 games from the Red Sox on this date.

[ValKehl]

September 2, 1924, was an off day for the Washington Senators. Just before taking the 2 games from the Red Sox in DC on September 1st, the Senators had taken 3 of 4 games from the Yankees at New York, to go from being .5 game behind the Yankees in the AL standings to 1.5 games ahead. The DC fans had never before been so excited about the Senators. I assume President Calvin Coolidge knew a good promotional opportunity when he saw one, for he invited the Senators team to visit the White House on September 2nd, and, of course, photos were taken:

[GeoPoto]

September 3, 1924 was another day without baseball for the Washington Senators, a brief interruption of their pennant struggle with the Yankees. The pitching staff was caught, however, in a picture dated on the 3rd. (Given the background shown, it seems impossible that the picture was actually taken on the third, but perhaps it was issued to help fill the news vacuum created by the off day.) The caption-writer offers an optimistic view of Washington's chances to achieve its unprecedented objective: