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Big Six · 09-26-2006, 03:30 PM

Boston Globe, September 6, 1937

The 1937 American League race isn't over, but it is fairly safe to say that right now, it appears that the Detroit Tigers have sunk their claws firmly in the pennant.

Yesterday at Fenway Park, the Tigers won their second straight game from the Red Sox, routing Carl Hubbell on the way to a 9-2 victory...

Mike O'Farrell made his anxiously-awaited major league debut in the eighth inning. With two out, O'Farrell relieved Fritz Oestermueller, who had just yielded an RBI double to Lyn Lary. Mike retired the next Tiger, rookie infielder Ollie Bejma, on a short fly to Mel Almada in center.

O'Farrell worked his way into, and out of, trouble in the ninth. Catcher Jimmie Wilson led off with a single to right, and veteran left fielder Heinie Manush followed with a soft base hit that fell in front of a hard-charging Moose Solters in left. Wilson lumbered into second, barely beating a throw by Solters that would have forced him out.

Bearing down, O'Farrell retired pinch-hitter Harry Davis on a grounder to second, Manush and Solters each moving up a base. Billy Werber then made a sparkling play at third base, spearing a hard ground ball off the bat of Cool Papa Bell, quickly holding the runners, and firing the ball to Gehrig at first in time to nip the fleet Bell by half a step. O'Farrell grinned, nodded his acknowledgement to Werber, and coaxed a fly ball out of Gee Walker which was gloved by Cramer to end the inning.

O'Farrell, the highly touted Notre Dame product who will report to the Detroit Lions of the National Football League when his baseball season ends, threw 21 pitches in his debut, twelve for strikes...

09-26-2006, 03:30 PM	#1049 (permalink)
Big Six Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 2,493 Thanks: 145 Thanked 100x in 79 posts	The road begins Boston Globe, September 6, 1937 The 1937 American League race isn't over, but it is fairly safe to say that right now, it appears that the Detroit Tigers have sunk their claws firmly in the pennant. Yesterday at Fenway Park, the Tigers won their second straight game from the Red Sox, routing Carl Hubbell on the way to a 9-2 victory... Mike O'Farrell made his anxiously-awaited major league debut in the eighth inning. With two out, O'Farrell relieved Fritz Oestermueller, who had just yielded an RBI double to Lyn Lary. Mike retired the next Tiger, rookie infielder Ollie Bejma, on a short fly to Mel Almada in center. O'Farrell worked his way into, and out of, trouble in the ninth. Catcher Jimmie Wilson led off with a single to right, and veteran left fielder Heinie Manush followed with a soft base hit that fell in front of a hard-charging Moose Solters in left. Wilson lumbered into second, barely beating a throw by Solters that would have forced him out. Bearing down, O'Farrell retired pinch-hitter Harry Davis on a grounder to second, Manush and Solters each moving up a base. Billy Werber then made a sparkling play at third base, spearing a hard ground ball off the bat of Cool Papa Bell, quickly holding the runners, and firing the ball to Gehrig at first in time to nip the fleet Bell by half a step. O'Farrell grinned, nodded his acknowledgement to Werber, and coaxed a fly ball out of Gee Walker which was gloved by Cramer to end the inning. O'Farrell, the highly touted Notre Dame product who will report to the Detroit Lions of the National Football League when his baseball season ends, threw 21 pitches in his debut, twelve for strikes... __________________ My OOTP dynasties: The Base Ball Life of Patrick O'Farrell: where it all began The Connecticut Shore League: a fictional league story Three Pals, a Base Ball Story: my newest fictional story Last edited by Big Six; 09-26-2006 at 03:32 PM.