Exactly 100 years ago

[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:

[GeoPoto]

September 4, 1924. The Washington Senators routed the Boston Red Sox 12-5 before 12,000 fans at Griffith Stadium. WP: Walter Johnson (19-6); SV: Allen Russell (8). (Here's an odd rabbit hole: The Baseball-Reference Box Score indicates that Russell has been awarded a Save, despite entering the game in relief of Walter Johnson who is credited with 7 innings pitched. Boston scored a run in the top of the seventh inning off Walter to make the score 9-3; Washington scored 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh to get to 12-3 before Russell took over. Doesn't make sense to me.)

Anyway, Sam Rice had a big game (4-6 with 5 RBIs), but the card goes to Bucky Harris who was 3-5 with a walk, an RBI, and three runs scored:

[Beercan collector]

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[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

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Thanks for the preview (.).

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Thanks for the preview (.).

Until we hear from Eric, don't forget that Miss Ruth Malcomson from Philadelphia won the fourth Miss America pageant on this day 100 years ago.

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[cgjackson222]

100 years ago today, Urban Schocker managed to beat the White Sox twice in one day.

In the first game of the double header, Shocker pitched a complete game and gave up 2 runs on 9 hits.

In the second game of the double header, Shocker pitched another complete game and allowed 2 runs on just 5 hits.

The score of both games was 6 to 2.
He struck out but one White Sox player in the 18 innings.

[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Until we hear from Eric, don't forget that Miss Ruth Malcomson from Philadelphia won the fourth Miss America pageant on this day 100 years ago.

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Thanks I stayed up too late after the Chiefs and forgot . With apologies to cgJackson222 And urban schocker , Probably breaking the rules with two things happening on the same day 100 years ago .. anyhoo ..
On September 6, 1924 the Giants and the Phillies split a doubleheader , scoring a combined 45 runs on 70 hits !
On a sidenote the Phillies were also involved in the double hitter record of 73 combined hits with the Cardinals July 6, 1929