Tiger Fan's All-Sports Replay: The 1920's

[Tiger Fan]

JULY 1, 1920
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - JUNE RECAP

		STANDINGS ON JULY 1
AMERICAN      W  L  GB	     NATIONAL      W  L  GB
Philadelphia 45 26   -	     Brooklyn 	  44 29   -		
Boston	     42 29  3.0	     Pittsburgh   41 30  2.0
Chicago      40 33  6.0	     NY Giants    40 32  3.5
Cleveland    38 33  7.0	     Philadelphia 38 33  5.0
Washington   34 38 11.5      Chicago      37 35  6.5
St Louis     32 40 13.5	     Boston       31 39 11.5
Detroit      30 41 15.0      St Louis     29 41 13.5
NY Yankees   26 47 20.0      Cincinnati   26 47 18.0

		LEAGUE LEADERS
		 BATTING AVG
J.Jackson Pha   .409	     R.Youngs NYG	.357
E.Roush Cha	.372	     T.Hendryx Bkn	.352
G.Sisler SLA    .359	     R.Hornsby StL	.352
W.Witt Pha	.359	     W.Marriott Chn	.347
H.Heilmann Det	.347	     Z.Wheat Bsn	.347
	
		  HOME RUNS
B.Ruth Bos	  18	     H.Felsch NYG	 8
G.Cravath Cha	  13	     T.McDonald Cin      7
H.Heilmann Det	   8	     J.Walsh Phi	 7
T.Walker Wsh	   7	       3 tied with 	 5     
J.Jackson Pha      7	      

		    RBI'S
G.Cravath Cha	   61	     H.Felsch NYG	64
J.Jackson Cha	   59	     A.McHenry StL	52
B.Ruth Bos         59	     G.Burns Chn	51
H.Hooper Bos	   57        J.Tobin Chn	49
E.Roush Cha	   55        J.Fournier Cin	48

		     WINS
R.Wright Wsh	  10	     R.Comstock Phi	11
S.Covelski Cha	  10	     B.Harmon Pit       11
H.Carlson Det      9         P.Alexander Phi 	10
W.Cooper Cle	   9         J.Barnes Bsn       10
D.Kerr Cha	   9	     3 tied with         9

		      ERA
U.Shocker NY	    2.73     R.Ryan NY		2.67
R.Marquard Cle      2.75     D.Griner Bkn       2.83
C.Mays Bos          2.82     H.Eller Cin	2.87
D.Kerr Cha          2.87     N.Cullop Bkn 	2.98
H.Pennock Pha 	    2.91     S.Jones NY	        3.00

		    STRIKEOUTS
D.Leonard Det	    56	     H.Kane NY		64
D.Walker Pha	    56	     B.Grimes Pit	60
E.Cicotte Det       53	     B.Shawkey Phi	59
W.Johnson Wsh       53	     H.Eller Cin        54
H.Moran NY          49	     L.Meadows NY  	53

JUNE AWARDS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - Babe Ruth Red Sox: hit .347 with 9 homers and 24 rbi's
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Herb Pennock A's: 5-0 with 3.17 era in June
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Curt Walker Yankees : hit .373 with 3 homers and 14 rbi's

NATIONAL LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - Steve Evans Giants: OF hit .376 with 16 rbi's and 21 runs scored
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Bob Harmon Pirates: 6-0 with 2.65 era in June
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Sam Bohne Giants : SS batted .364 with 15 rbis and 15 runs scored

JUNE NOTES
The Philadelphia Athletics lost catcher Wally Schang for the season in mid-June. The 30 year old tore up his knee while running the bases against the Browns. Schange had hitting .332 with a homer and 27 rbi's this season and had just come off of a 5-hit game the previous day. With Schang done for the year the A's hopes of repeating as American League Pennant winner will rest on 20 year old Lena Styles doing the job behind the plate. The youngster was on a tear in his first week as the starter, in his first 6 games since Schang went down Styles had 3 hits in 3 of the contests. For the season Styles is batting .311 with 10 rbi's.

Edd Roush of the White Sox and Frankie Frisch of Brooklyn each had 25 game hitting streaks snapped in June. The major league record is 37 straight games with a hit set by Eddie Collins of the Athletics in 1913.


JULY 2, 1920
SULLIVAN WINS US OPEN IN A PLAYOFF
American Amateur Ryan Sullivan won the United States Open Golf Tournament but he needed two extra holes to do so. Sullivan and Jerry xTravers finished Sunday's final round tied with identical -13 scores. They each parred the opening playoff hole but when xTravers bogeyed the second hole Sullivan earned the championship with a par.

For xTravers it nearly marked his second straight Open victory. He won the event last year by 3 strokes over Tommy xArmour.

The event was held at Inverness Country Club in Toledo. In real life the winner was British Amateur Ted Ray, who was best known for participating in a playoff for the 1913 US Open Championship with Harry Vardon and the winner Francis Ouimet, which was the subject of a Disney movie entitled, "The Greatest Game Ever Played".

TOP TEN FINISHERS AT 1920 US OPEN
Ryan Sullivan   	-13 (playoff winner)
Jerry xTravers  	-13
Walter xHagen		-10
Ted xRay		-10
Connor Gardner		 -9
Elijah Drysdale		 -9
Ethan Spencer		 -9
Craig xWood		 -9
Jorge Gomez		 -9
x - indicates real life rather than fictional golfer

JULY 29, 1920
DEMPSEY REGAINS WORLD TITLE AFTER KO'ING WILLS
Jack Dempsey sent Harry Wills to the canvas 3 times in the 7th round and is once again Heavyweight Champion of the World. The win improves Dempsey's record to 37-1 while Wills suffers just the second loss of his career in 45 professional bouts.

The 25 year old Dempsey started slowly but began to carry the fight in the 4th round. He tagged the 31 year old Wills with a couple of strong shots to the body to close out the 6th round. Those blows seemed to injure the champ and Wills looked a little tenative to start the 7th. Dempsey, on the other hand, clearly looked as if he was going in for the kill.

Two tremendous lefts to the body followed by a nice uppercut had Wills folding like an according less than a minute into the 7th round. Wills beat the count but looked shaken as Dempsey scored a right cross and a combination of blows to the head and body over the next 30 seconds that floored Wills for the second time.

For a moment it looked as if Wills was done as he lurched to his feet at the count of six only to stumble back down on one knee again. He did get up just as the referee counted 9 but was clearly still hazy when Dempsey stepped in and put him down for the count with another huge uppercut.

Dempsey has won two of the three matches between the two fighters and hinted after the bout there would not be a 4th bout, telling reporters "I think after tonight I have nothing left to prove against him."

JULY 30, 1920
KIRKWOOD WINS BRITISH OPEN
Joe xKirkwood Sr. shot a 5 under par 67 on the final day to win the 1920 British Open by 4 strokes over Gabriel Turner. With the wind and thick rough at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club playing havoc, Kirkwood and Turner were the only golfers under par entering Sunday's play. The wind calmed considerably on Sunday and as a result a number of rounds in the sixties were carded.

In real life the event was won by Scottish Amateur George Duncan. Duncan finished seventh in this replay. It was the first British Open held since 1914 because of World War I.

TOP TEN FINISHERS 1920 BRITISH OPEN
1- Joe xKirkwood Sr.		-7
2- Gabriel Turner		-3
3- John Miller			-2
4- William Cruz			-1
5- Jerry xTravers		 E
6- George xDuncan		 1
7- Al xEspinosa			 3
7- Joch xHutchinson		 3
7- Walter xHagen		 3
7- Andrew Hughes		 3
7- Ethan Spencer		 3

[f.montoya]

The extra, non-baseball, news items add a bit of perspective to your replays that makes it easier to jump into the time period with you.

I like it!

[f.montoya]

By the way, now I'm wondering what will happen to some of my favorite boxers of all time while the baseball history plays itself out.

[Tiger Fan]

Originally Posted by f.montoya

By the way, now I'm wondering what will happen to some of my favorite boxers of all time while the baseball history plays itself out.

Great. thanks for reading. Keep in mind it is still 1920 but I started the boxing back in about 1910 so if there are any boxers from that era you want some info on just let me know.

[Tiger Fan]

AUGUST 1, 1920
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - JULY RECAP

		STANDINGS ON AUGUST 1
AMERICAN      W  L  GB	     NATIONAL      W  L  GB
Philadelphia 60 39   -	     Pittsburgh   57 44   -		
Boston	     58 41  2.0	     NY Giants    55 44  1.0
Chicago      53 49  8.5	     Philadelphia 54 44  1.5
Cleveland    48 49 11.0	     Brooklyn     56 47  2.0
St Louis     49 50 11.0      Chicago      49 53  8.5
Washington   48 52 12.5	     St Louis     46 53 10.0
Detroit      46 52 13.5      Boston       44 54 11.5
NY Yankees   36 66 25.5      Cincinnati   40 62 17.5

		LEAGUE LEADERS
		 BATTING AVG
E.Roush Cha     .398	     R.Hornsby StL	.365
J.Jackson Pha	.393	     J.Smith Bsn	.353
G.Sisler SLA    .378	     J.Tobin Chn	.347
H.Heilmann Det	.361	     R.Youngs NYG	.346
B.Jacobson Det	.348	     Z.Wheat Bsn	.344
	
		  HOME RUNS
B.Ruth Bos	  28	     H.Felsch NYG	 11
G.Cravath Cha	  16	     G.Burns Chn         10
H.Hooper Bos	  13	     J.Walsh Phi	 10
T.Walker Wsh	  12	     T.McDonald Cin	  9     
F.Baker Chi	  10	     J.Smith Bsn	  9   

		    RBI'S
H.Hooper Bos	   86	     H.Felsch NYG	81
J.Jackson Cha	   85	     G.Burns Chn	74
B.Ruth Bos         82	     J.Tobin Chn	68
G.Cravath Cha	   82        J.Walsh Phi	65
E.Roush Cha	   81        J.Fournier Cin	64	

		     WINS
S.Stroud Bos	  14	     P.Alexander Phi	15
S.Covelski Cha	  13	     B.Harmon Pit       13
H.Carlson Det     13         R.Comstock Phi	13
C.Mays Bos	  13         B.Grimes Pit       13
A.Nehf Cha	  13	     D.Griner Bkn       13	

		      ERA
C.Mays Bos	    2.62     H.Kane NY		2.72
R.Marquard Cle      2.75     C.Weilman StL      2.88
H.Carlson Det       2.78     P.Alexander Phi	2.94
W.Cooper Cle        2.93     R.Comstock Phi 	3.07
U.Shocker NY 	    3.12     S.Jones NY	        3.18   

		    STRIKEOUTS
D.Leonard Det	    79	     H.Eller Cin	88
D.Walker Pha	    77	     B.Grimes Pit	88
W.Johnson Wsh       77	     H.Kane NY		80
E.Cicotte Det       71	     P.Alexander Phi    74
H.Moran NY          67	     B.Shawkey Phi  	72

JULY AWARDS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - Harry Hooper Red Sox - hit .376 with 7 homers and 29 rbi's.
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Art Nehf White Sox - 5-1 with 2.87 era
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Bob Meusel Yankees - hit .339 with 4 homers and 19 rbi's

NATIONAL LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - George Burns Cubs - hit .328 with 6 homers and 23 rbi's
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Burleigh Grimes Pirates - 5-2 with 2.43 era
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Earl Smith Giants- catcher hit .354 with a homer and 16 rbi's

JULY NOTES
Three players recorded the 2000th hit of their careers. Johnny Bates of the Red Sox and Frank Baker of the White Sox each reached the 2000 mark on July 16th while Vin Campbell of the Phillies recorded the 2000th hit of his career on July 27th. Including those three a total of 30 players have reached the 2000 hit milestone. Tris Speaker should join them later this seasons as the Red Sox outfielder sits at 1981. Jesse Burkett, who played from 1890-1908 is the only player to reach 3000 career hits.

ALL TIME HIT LEADERS
Rank Player		 H     YEAR 
1   Jesse Burkett  	3030 1890-1908   
2   Sam Crawford 	2823 1899-1917   
3   Nap Lajoie  	2804 1896-1912   
4   Ty Cobb# 		2690 1905-1920   
5   Jake Beckley 	2661 1888-1905   
6   George Davis 	2607 1890-1908   
7   Honus Wagner 	2589 1897-1914   
8   Joe Kelley	 	2439 1891-1910   
9   Sherry Magee# 	2426 1904-1920   
10  Fred Clarke 	2404 1894-1911   
10  Fred Tenney 	2404 1894-1911   
12  Patsy Dougherty# 	2402 1902-1920   
13  George Van Haltren  2381 1887-1904   
14  Mike Donlin 	2377 1899-1913   
15  Ed Delahanty 	2346 1888-1903

AUGUST 8, 1920
NORFOLK LOSES LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT TITLE ON DISQUALIFICATION
After being warned 4 times for rabbit punches and head butting, Kid Norfolk had his World Lightheavyweight Belt taken away when he was disqualified in the 13th round of his bout with Mike McTigue. Norfolk had knocked down McTigue twice and even with 3 penalty points still held a huge lead on the challenger at the time of the DQ. It was just the second loss of Norfolk's career.

McTigue, a 28 year old from Ireland, is 33-2-1 in his career.


AUGUST 22, 1920
HUTCHINSON WINS PGA IN A PLAYOFF
For the second time this year a major golf tournament required extra holes to determine a winner. In the PGA Championship at Flossmoor, Illinois, Jock xHutchinson beat Morgan Jackson on the first playoff hole to claim victory. Earlier in the summer Ryan Sullivan beat Jerry xTravers in a playoff to win the US Open.

Speaking of Travers, he capped an outstanding year with his third straight top 10 appearance in a major. After finishing second at the US Open and finishing 5th in the British Open, Travers tied for sixth at Flossmoor.

Hutchinson won the tournament with back to back 5-under par 66's on Friday and Saturday. Only second place finisher Jackson, with a 64 on Saturday managed to score lower in any 18 holes of the tournament.

Hutchinson also won the 1920 PGA in real life. It was a match play event at that time and he beat Doug Edgar in the final. Hutchinson, a native of nearby Glenview, Illinois, was not even supposed to be in the field for the event but a couple of late cancellations allowed him into the event. He was a terror in the 4 rounds leading up to the final.

Hutchinson defeated Eddie Loos and Laurie Ayton by identical 5 and 3 scores; Louis Tellier, 6 and 5; and downed Harry Hampton in the semifinals, 4 and 3. Hutchison then had a battle, escaping Douglas Edgar with a 1-up decision in the 36-hole finale.

1920 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP TOP TEN
1- Jock Hutchinson 	-10 (playoff)
2- Morgan Jackson	-10
3- Johnny Austin	 -9
3- Dean Malone		 -9
5- Long Jim xBarnes	 -8
6- Jerry xTravers	 -7
6- Dylan O'Brien	 -7
8- Brian O'Gorman	 -6
9- Craig xWood		 -5
10-Johnny xFarrell	 -5

MAJOR WINNERS

US OPEN
1919  Jerry xTravers
1920  Ryan Sullivan

PGA
1919 Walter Hagen
1920 Jock xHutchinson

BRITISH OPEN
1919 event not held from 1915-19 due to Great War
1920 Joe xKirkwood Sr.

MASTERS
Did not begin until 1934

[Tiger Fan]

SEPTEMBER 1, 1920
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - AUGUST RECAP
RED SOX FINALLY CATCH ATHLETICS
The Boston Red Sox have been chasing the Philadelphia Athletics for top spot in the American League all season. Thanks to a 7 game winning streak to close out the month of August the Red Sox finally passed the A's. Boston, which last held sole possession of first place in mid-May now sits 2 games ahead of Philadelphia with 1 month remaining in the season. A 3 game showdown between the 2 clubs in Boston Septemeber 23-25 could well decide the pennant.

Boston and Philadelphia rank 1-2 in the American League in both most runs scored and fewest runs allowed with the Red Sox holding a slight edge in both categories. Key players for the Red Sox have been first baseman Babe Ruth (.333,34,106), outfielders Tris Speaker (.324,3,72) and Harry Hooper (.324,15,109) along with second baseman Larry Gardner (.307,5,53). On the mound Boston has relied on the pitching of Sailor Stroud (19-6, 3.24) and Carl Mays (18-7, 2.76).

The A's rotation is led by Herb Pennock (17-4, 3.50), Jesse Haines (15-11, 4.08) and Dixie Walker (14-13, 3.95). Offensively, the leaders are outfielders Joe Jackson (.374,11,107) and Frank Schulte (.310,3,29) along with infielders Whitey Witt (.330,3,72), Eddie Collins (.324,3,77) and Buck Weaver (.319,4,76). The big surprise for Philadelphia has been the play of rookie catcher Lena Styles (.300,1,34) who has played like a veteran since being forced into the lineup with the season-ending injury suffered by Wally Schang.

NATIONAL LEAGUE RACE STILL WIDE OPEN
The Pittsburgh Pirates have a 2 game lead on the defending champion New York Giants in the National League but with a month to go in the season there are still 4 teams in the thick of the race.

The Bucs and Giants ended the month by splitting the first two of a 4-game series in Pittsburgh. The two clubs will meet the next two days in Pittsburgh and then renew acquintances with a 3 game set at the Polo Grounds in the middle of the month. Those 5 games may go a long ways towards determining the National League champion.

		STANDINGS ON SEPTEMBER 1
AMERICAN      W  L  GB	     NATIONAL      W  L  GB
Boston 	     77 50   -	     Pittsburgh   72 57   -		
Philadelphia 74 51  2.0	     NY Giants    69 58  2.0
Washington   64 63 13.0	     Philadelphia 67 59  3.5
Chicago      64 64 13.5	     Brooklyn     68 61  4.0
Detroit      60 65 16.0      St Louis     64 64  7.5
Cleveland    58 67 18.0	     Chicago      62 67 10.0
St Louis     55 70 21.0      Boston       55 69 14.5
NY Yankees   53 75 24.5      Cincinnati   53 75 18.5

		LEAGUE LEADERS
		 BATTING AVG
E.Roush Cha     .388	     J.Smith Bsn	.371
J.Jackson Pha	.374	     R.Hornsby StL	.357
G.Sisler SLA    .358	     J.Tobin Chn	.357
H.Heilmann Det	.348	     E.Smtih NYG	.347
F.Baker Cha	.341	     E.Johnson Bsn	.339
	
		  HOME RUNS
B.Ruth Bos	  34	     J.Walsh Phi	 13
G.Cravath Cha	  20	     A.McHenry StL       12
T.Walker Wsh	  16	     H.Felsch NYG	 11
H.Hooper Bos	  15	     G.Burns Chn	 11     
3 tied with	  12	     2 tied with	 10   

		    RBI'S
H.Hooper Bos	  109	     H.Felsch NYG	95
J.Jackson Cha	  107	     J.Tobin Chn	95
B.Ruth Bos        106	     G.Burns Chn	90
G.Cravath Cha	  102        A.McHenry StL	88
E.Roush Cha	   90        J.Walsh Phi	81	

		     WINS
S.Stroud Bos	  19	     P.Alexander Phi	19
C.Mays Bos	  18	     B.Grimes Pit       18
H.Pennock Pha     17         R.Comstock Phi	17
S.Covelski Cha	  16         B.Harmon Pit       17
A.Nehf Cha	  16	     S.Sallee Chn	16	

		      ERA
C.Mays Bos	    2.76     C.Weilman StL	3.03
R.Marquard Cle      2.85     H.Kane NY          3.06
W.Cooper Cle        2.91     H.Eller Cin	3.11
H.Carlson Det       3.16     R.Ryan NY	 	3.14
S.Smith SLA 	    3.19     S.Sallee Chn       3.18   

		    STRIKEOUTS
W.Johnson Wsh	    104	     B.Grimes Pit	109
D.Walker Pha	    104	     H.Eller Cin	104
D.Leonard Det       102	     B.Shawkey Phi 	 93
H.Moran NY           94	     H.Kane NY    	 90
E.Cicotte Det        87	     L.Meadows NY	 90

AUGUST AWARDS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - Babe Ruth Red Sox - hit .381 with 6 HR and 24 RBI
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Sailor Stroud Red Sox - 5-1 record with 2.72 era
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Bob Meusel Yankees - hit .386, 4 HR and 26 RBI's

NATIONAL LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - Jack Tobin Cubs - hit .396 with 4 HR and 27 RBI
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Bob Hasty Cardinals - pitcher was 5-0 with 0.99 era
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Bob Hasty Cardinals - pitcher was 5-0 with 0.99 era

AUGUST NOTES
The defending World Champion Giants lost a key player this month. Second baseman Heinie Groh is likely done for the season after suffering a dislocated shoulder in a game on August 25. Groh was hitting .348 with 3 Hr and 42 rbi's in 82 games.

Five hit games are rare, and even rarer for pitchers. However, Detroit Tiger starter Eddie Cicotte went 5-for-5 at the plate in a 12-2 victory over the Yankees. all 5 of his hits were singles. Cicotte is batting .224 on the season. On the mound he has a 13-14 record with a 3.97 era.

Tris Speaker of the Boston Red Sox joined the 2000 hit club with a double in a 9-4 win over Cleveland on August 20th. He his hitting .324 with 3 homers and 72 rbi's this season.


SEPTEMBER 8, 1920
NHL BULLDOGS MOVING TO HAMILTON
After just one troubled season the National Hockey League has decided to relocate the Quebec Bulldogs franchise to Hamilton, Ontario. The Abso Pure Ice Company has purchased the team and all of it's players incuding star Joe Malone. The team will play at the new indoor Barton Street Arena and will be known as the Hamilton Tigers. The club, which won just 4 of 24 games last season, was an original member of the NHL but was unable to ice a team in the first two seasons.


SEPTEMBER 14, 1920
RUTH HITS HR #38 AS RED SOX STRETCH LEAD
Babe Ruth hit his 38th homer of the season to move within 1 of his own major league record in helping the Boston Red Sox past the St Louis Browns 7-4. Prior to last year when Ruth hit 39 the major league record was 25 homers which Buck Freeman accomplished in 1899. Post-1901 the top mark prior to Ruth was the 24 dingers hit by Gavvy Cravath in 1913.

The Red Sox have won only 6 of their last 11 but it was enough to stretch their lead atop the American League to 5 games on Philadelphia. The Athletics have been in a terrible slump, dropping 9 out 13 and suffering all those losses against the bottom 4 teams in the league. Philadelphia's only hope for a pennant now will rest on sweeping the Red Sox at Fenway when the two clubs play a 3 game series September 23-25.

SEPTEMBER 16, 1920
RUTH GETS HOMER #40 IN DRAMATIC STYLE
Babe Ruth broke his own single season major league home run record with 2 round-trippers in Boston's 11-7 victory over the Browns in 13 innings at St Louis. Ruth tied the mark of 39 that he set last year by knocking a solo shot off of Browns starter Erskine Mayer in the third inning. He then picked a very dramatic moment to break the record - bases loaded with two out in a tie game in the 13th inning. Ruth took St Louis reliever Bill Fincher deep for the record-setting shot.

The win allowed the Red Sox to stretch their lead on second place Philadelphia to 5 and a half games in the American League pennant race.

GIANTS-BUCS DEADLOCKED HEADING INTO CRUCIAL SERIES
The next 3 games between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants could well decided the National League pennant. The two clubs will meet for the next 3 days at the Polo Grounds with just percentage points seperating them atop the standings.

NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT RACE
TEAM		 W  L  PCT  GB	
New York	78 63 .553  -
Pittsburgh	79 64 .552  -
Philadelphia    72 67 .518  5
Brooklyn        73 70 .510  6

AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT RACE
TEAM		 W  L  PCT  GB
Boston		85 57 .599  -
Philadelphia    78 61 .561  5.5

[swampdragon]

I've always liked these. I'll have to try one myself sometime. Has this been as much fun as the one you started in 1946? Where did you get the golfers and who rated them?

[Tiger Fan]

Originally Posted by swampdragon

I've always liked these. I'll have to try one myself sometime. Has this been as much fun as the one you started in 1946? Where did you get the golfers and who rated them?

The 1946 one was a little easier to find information on sports like golf, college hoops and football but this one is just as fun.

As for the golfers, I rated them myself based on what I read on a number of sites and books. Unfortunately I can not find enough golfers from the era. I only have about 50 that I had a decent amount of info to be able to rate so there will be plenty of fictional golfers making appearances on the leaderboards.

[Tiger Fan]

SEPTEMBER 17, 1920
PIRATES STRIKE FIRST IN SHOWDOWN SERIES
Cacther Cliff Lee was the unlikely hero as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Giants 5-2 in the opener of their 3 game series at the Polo Grounds. The victory gives the Pirates a 1 game lead over New York atop the National League standings.

Lee (.341,3,30) had just 1 homer in 70 games entering the contest. After New York touched up Pirates starter Jimmy Ring(14-14, 3.70) for a run in the bottom of the first, Lee evened things with a solo homer with 2 out in the second inning. Lee would hit another solo homer in the fourth inning off of Giants starter Lee Meadows (12-14, 4.33). Meadows would also give up a solo shot to Toby Boeckel (.304,3,46) in the 4th as the Pirates took a 3-run lead.

Lee would not be content with just the two homers on the day as he added a triple in the 6th and would score to make it 4-1 Pirates at the time.

The Giants will look to pull even today as Harry Kane (12-7, 3.12) takes the hill against Eddie Stack (2-7, 5.03) for Pittsburgh.


SEPTEMBER 18, 1920
PIRATES BEAT GIANTS AGAIN
The Pittsburgh Pirates increased their lead atop the National League to two games over the New York Giants after the Bucs won 6-4 at the Polo Grounds. Amos Strunk (.322,4,74) homered and drove in 3 runs to lead Pittsburgh. New York scored all of their runs in the first two innings before Pirates starter Eddie Stack (3-7, 5.09) and reliever Johnny Meador (3-5, 3.52) combined to shut the door the rest of the way.

In the American League Boston lost to Detroit for the second straight game while the Philadelphia Athletics beat St Louis in each of the last two days. The result is the A's have moved to within 3.5 games of first place Boston.

[Powderguy]

Just wondering, where do you find these programs to replay these sports?

[Tiger Fan]

Originally Posted by Powderguy

Just wondering, where do you find these programs to replay these sports?

OOTP and Title Bout Championship Boxing can be found here at OOTPdevelopments.

Total Pro Golf, Total College Basketball and DDS: Pro Basketball are available at Wolverine Studios http://www.wolverinestudios.com/
I believe a new version of the golf game is slated to come out soon.

Indy 500 and Nascar for DOS are freeware available here: http://tmsportsgames.com/

I am not sure where you can get APBA hockey but I got all the season disks here:
http://sandman.kicks-ass.net/~goal/NewSeasonDisks.html

Second and Ten football is available here : http://www.roogames.co.uk/


The freeware college football excel game called Quick Play football is available here: http://www.tabletop-sports.com/

I had considered using Arlie Rahn's great Bowl Bound college football game instead but because I was using Second and Ten for the Pro game I decided it was easiest to just use the quick play college game. I do reccomend Arlie's game though. It is very good and can be found here: http://www.greydogsoftware.com/home.php

[Powderguy]

THANKS! I might have to check some of this out.

[Tiger Fan]

SEPTEMBER 19, 1920
GIANTS AVOID SWEEP: BACK TO WITHIN 1 GAME
Thanks to a 4-hit complete game from Rosy Ryan (12-8, 3.12), the New York Giants managed to salvage one game from their 3 game showdown with Pittsburgh for top spot in the National League. Pittsburgh looked to be in good shape entering the game, riding a 2 game winning streak over the Giants and with ace Burleigh Grimes (21-11, 3.13) on the hill. However, the Giants would prevail 5-2 although they appeared to be in big trouble early as the visiting Pirates started fast.

Things looked good for the Bucs when Amos Strunk (.321,4,74) doubled and Carson Bigbee (.290,4,60) tripled in the top of the first inning. Tony Boeckel (.303,3,47) added a single in the first frame to plate Bigbee and give Pittsburgh a quick 2-0 lead. However, Giants starter Ryan would settle down and allow just 1 Pittsburgh hit the rest of the way. The Giants would tie the game in the 7th thanks in part to an rbi triple off the bat of Happy Felsch (.273,11,102) and would put things away in the 8th when Ross Youngs (.330,3,66) would drive in a pair of runs.

NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT RACE
TEAM		 W  L  PCT  GB	
Pittsburgh	81 65 .555  -
New York	79 65 .549  1.0


AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT RACE
TEAM		 W  L  PCT  GB
Boston		86 59 .593  -
Philadelphia    81 61 .570  3.5

[Sven Draconian]

These Sox teams could have been so great (well, I mean, they were). Harry Hooper for the win!

[Tiger Fan]

SEPTEMBER 24, 1920
RUTH'S HOMER HELPS BOSOX ALL BUT PUT AWAY A'S
Babe Ruth (.346,42,124) hit his 42nd homer of the season as the Boston Red Sox thumped visiting Philadelphia 8-3 in American League action. The win gives Boston a commanding 4 and a half game lead on the A's in the pennant race.

Meanwhile, Pittsburgh leads New York by a game and a half atop the National League standings. Both clubs were idle yesterday. The Giants chances suffered a serious blow two days ago when outfielder Steve Evans (.309,2,57) went down with a strained thigh muscle. Word today is he could be sidelined for the rest of the regular season.

GESSLER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
Chicago White Sox outfielder Doc Gessler (.255,1,55) has confirmed this will be his final season. The 39 year old is one of just 31 players to have at least 2000 career hits. He won a pair of gold gloves in his 18 year career that included stops in Detroit, Boston and Cincinnati as well as with the White Sox.

[Tiger Fan]

SEPTEMBER 25, 1920
RED SOX POUND ATHLETICS 10-3
Carl Mays (21-9, 2.74) allowed just 7 hits on the mound and chipped in with 3 at the plate as the Boston Red Sox hammered Philadelphia 10-3. Tris Speaker (.333,3,83) also had 3 hits for the Red Sox while fellow outfielder Harry Hooper (.321,15,121) drove in 3 runs. The win lowers the Red Sox magic number for clinching at least a tie for the American League pennant to 1.

In the National League Pittsburgh lost 7-4 at home to St Louis allowing the idle New York Giants to creep to within 1 game of the first place Bucs.

[Tiger Fan]

Sorry for the long delay but I am finally ready to pick this dynasty back up. I had been busy with helping to test the new Total Pro Golf 2 game from Wolverine Studios which is now playing a key role in this dynasty. I am also cross posting this dynasty at the Wolverine messageboard where I will feature a little deeper emphasis on the golf portion of the replay. If you have not yet tried out the demo for TPG2 I urge you to do so. It is an outstanding game with a very dedicated mod community.

As for this replay you can pretty much ignore any of the golf articles I added prior to this post as I have replayed the 1920 golf season using TPG2. Details on it can be found.

SEPTEMBER 26, 1920
RED SOX CLINCH WITH CONVINCING WIN
The Boston Red Sox clinched the American League pennant as they wrapped up a 3 game sweep of the second place Philadelphia Athletics with a 14-5 victory at Fenway. Harry Hooper (.326,16,128) had 4 hits including a grand slam and drove in 7 runs in the win.

In the National League the Pirates and Giants both lost so Pittsburgh remains 1 game ahead of New York.

Here is the remaining schedule for the two National League Pennant Contenders

PITTSBURGH (2H, 3A)
Sep 26,27 at Cin
Oct 1,2 vs Cin
Oct 3 at Chn

NEW YORK (4 H, 1A)
Sep 26 at Bkn
Sep 30, Oct 1,2 vs Bkn
Oct 3 vs Phi

SEPTEMBER 26, 1920
SEPTEMBER GOLF ROUND-UP
Here are the results from the September events on the PGA Tour.

PORTLAND OPEN - Sept 6-9 : Portland Golf Club
Emmett xFrench and Bobby xJones completed 72 holes of golf with identical scores of 9 under par to lead the tournament. Experience would win out as the 43 year old xFrench would best the 20 year old xJones in a playoff.

LOS ANGELES OPEN - Sept 13-17 : Riviera Country Club
The Los Angeles Open draws plenty of big names as the event offers the second biggest purse on the tour (behind only the North and South Open). Tommy xArmour would take home the winners cheque of $1,259 after posting a 6 stroke victory over Johnny xGolden. Young Bobby xJones would have another solid week as he finished tied for 7th. Walter xHagen's streak of 7 consecutive top 10 finishes came to an end but he still collected a decent paycheque by tying for 13th.

LONG BEACH OPEN - Sept 20-23 : Meadowlark Golf Course
Many of the big names elected to skip this tournament which is one of the smaller stops on the tour. Those who did turn out to watch witnessed a thrilling finish that needed a playoff to determine a winner. Relative unknown Paul Sims denied Tommy xArmour a second straight win by beating the Scotsman in extra holes. Another strong round for Bobby xJones as he tied for 5th.


In Europe, Harry xVardon won two of the 3 September events on the European PGA Tour. xVardon has now won 4 events this year after taking the Alps Championship and the Glasgow Open. In between xVardon's victories, Fred xHerd won the Dublin Open.




WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1920
PGA SEASON WINDING DOWN
With just 4 stops remaining on the PGA Tour, including this weekend in San Diego for the California Open, it appears that Tommy xArmour has clinched the top money winner honours. The 27 year old native of Scotland has won $4,826 so far this season including victories at the Los Angeles and Shawnee Opens. xArmour is nearly $1,000 ahead of James xWest, who is number two on the list.

Here are the top 10 money winners this season and the list of winners for each event:

   PGA MONEY LIST LEADERS
    NAME		EARNINGS
1  Tommy xArmour	$4,826
2  James xWest		$3,877
3  Walter xHagen	$3,828
4  Bobby xJones		$3,489
5  Johnny xGolden	$3,026
6  Cyril xWalker	$2,974
7  Craig xWood		$2,807
8  Paul Sims		$2,570
9  Ed xDudley		$2,484
10 Phil xHesler		$2,470

x-indicates real rather than fictional player.


		1920 PGA TOUR SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
DATE		EVENT		LOCATION	PURSE	WINNER
18-Jan	Bahamas Golf Classic	Emirates GC	$5,000 	J. Carpenter
 1-Feb	Florida West Coast Open	Florida Bay CC	$6,000 	J. xTravers
 8-Feb	Miami Open		Bay Hill	$5,500 	B. xMelhorn
15-Feb	Coral Gables Open	River Oaks CC	$5,200 	E. xLoos
22-Feb	St Petersburg Open	Boca Dunes	$3,500 	P. Sims
 8-Mar	Shreveport Open		English Turn	$1,000 	L. Atwood
15-Mar	Southern Open		Harbour Town 	$5,500 	C. xGiehler
29-Mar	El Paso Open		Redstone CC	$5,500 	J. xGolden
 5-Apr	Texas Open		La Cantera	$5,000 	B. xJones
12-Apr	Mid-South Open		Sea Island	$5,400 	J. xWest
19-Apr	Metropolitan Open	Metropolitan 	$6,100 	E. xFrench
26-Apr	St Louis Open		TPC Deere Run	$6,300 	J. xHutchinson
 3-May	Kansas City Open	Firestone CC 	$6,300 	T. Barnes
10-May	North and South Open	Muirfield 	$8,000 	L. Janes
17-May	Shawnee Open		Shawnee CC	$5,400 	T. xArmour
31-May	Philadelphia Open	Quail Hollow CC	$6,000 	J. xBurgess
 7-Jun	NY State Open		Onondaga Lake 	$6,000  M. xDuffy
14-JUN  UNITED STATES OPEN	Pebble Beach	$6,250  W. xMacFarlane
21-Jun	Massachusetts Open	Brae Burn CC	$6,000 	B. xLeach
28-Jun	New Jersey Open		The Harvester	$4,900 	L. McGregor
 5-Jul	Canadian Open		Kato CC		$6,000  C. xWalker
19-JUL  BRITISH OPEN            St John Links	$6,750  J. xHines
26-Jul	Long Island Open	Winged Foot GC	$5,000 	R. Newman
 2-Aug	Eastern Open		Torrey Pines 	$3,000  J. xWest
 9-AUG  PGA CHAMPIONSHIP        East Lake GC    $5,500  W. xHagen
16-Aug	Connecticut Open	TPC Summerlin	$5,000 	A. Hadfield
23-Aug	Cape Cod Open		Lakeview 	$3,000 	J. xWest
30-Aug	Western Open		Oak Valley GC	$5,000 	W. xHagen
 6-Sep	Portland Open		Portland GC	$2,000 	E. xFrench
13-Sep	Los Angeles Open	Riviera CC	$7,000 	T. xArmour
20-Sep	Long Beach Open		Meadowlark GC	$4,000 	P. Sims
 4-Oct	California Open		Sun Valley CC	$4,500 	
11-Oct	Sacramento Open		Forest Oaks 	$4,000 	
18-Oct	Mexican Open		Cabo Del Sol	$5,000 	
25-Oct	Champions Challenge	Troon North	$4,500

FRIDAY OCTOBER 1, 1920
BUCS AND GIANTS DOWN TO WIRE
The Pittsburgh Pirates remain 1 game ahead of the defending champion New York Giants atop the National League standings after the Giants rallied to beat Brooklyn yesterday. New York trailed 3-2 going into the bottom of the ninth but a 2-out, 2-run single off the bat of Happy Felsch (.274,11,105) gave the Giants the victory.

New York hosts Brooklyn today and tomorrow before wrapping up their season at home against Philadelphia on Sunday. The Pirates host Cincinnati the next two days before concluding the season in Chicago on Sunday.

		STANDINGS ON OCTOBER 1
AMERICAN      W  L  GB	     NATIONAL      W  L  GB
Boston 	     92 62   -	     Pittsburgh   83 68   -		
Philadelphia 85 67  6.0	     NY Giants    82 69  1.0
Chicago      79 72 11.5	     St Louis     80 71  3.0
Washington   76 76 15.0	     Brooklyn     76 75  7.0
Cleveland    74 77 16.5      Chicago      75 76  8.0
Detroit      74 77 16.5	     Philadelphia 74 77  9.0
St Louis     67 84 23.5      Boston       67 84 16.0
NY Yankees   61 93 31.0      Cincinnati   67 84 16.0

SATURDAY OCTOBER 2, 1920
GIANTS PULL EVEN WITH PIRATES
After 152 games the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates are dead even atop the National League standings. Lee Meadows (14-15, 4.17) threw a complete game shutout as the Giants blanked Brooklyn 2-0 at the Polo Grounds while in Pittsburgh the Pirates fell 6-3 to Cincinnati.

The loss was especially tough for the Pirates who had their ace Burleigh Grimes (21-13, 3.29) on the hill. It was Grimes first loss in 7 starts. Former Pirate Max Carey (2.94,1,72) along with Hank Severeid (.286,1,43) led the way for Cincinnati with 3 hits and 2 rbi's each. Pittsburgh managed just 5 hits off of Hod Eller (19-15, 2.97).


In other baseball news today Cardinals pitcher Babe Adams (20-16, 3.67) won the 200th game of his career. The 38 year old Adams beat the Cubs 5-2 to run his career record to 200-183. He becomes the 19th player to reach the 200 win mark. The win keeps the Cardinals slim playoff hopes alive. St Louis has won 11 straight games and now trail Pittsburgh and the Giants by 2 games with two to play.

NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT RACE
TEAM		 W  L  PCT  GB	 Last10	
Pittsburgh	83 69 .546  - 	  4-6
New York	83 69 .546  -     5-5
St Louis	81 71 .533  2.0  10-0

REMAINING GAMES FOR NL CONTENDERS
          TODAY
Cincnnati at Pittsburgh
Brooklyn at New York
St Louis at Chicago

         TOMORROW
Philadelphia at New York
St Louis at Cincinnati
Pittsburgh at Chicago
	END OF SEASON



PITCHERS WITH 200 CAREER VICTORIES
1 Cy Young  		439 1890-1909   
2 Kid Nichols  		367 1890-1907   
3 Christy Mathewson# 	318 1900-1920   
4 Ralph Caldwell# 	303 1904-1920   
5 Chief Bender# 	282 1903-1920   
6 Amos Rusie  		274 1889-1908   
6 Rube Waddell  	274 1897-1916   
8 Chick Robitaille  	268 1904-1919   
8 Bob Wicker  		268 1901-1918   
10 Walter Johnson# 	263 1907-1920   
10 Jack Powell		263 1897-1916   
12 George Winter  	259 1901-1917   
13 Eddie Plank		235 1901-1914   
14 Elmer Steele# 	228 1907-1920   
15 Pink Hawley 		224 1892-1907   
16 Clark Griffith  	214 1893-1908   
17 Jack Chesbro  	207 1899-1912   
18 Jesse Tannehill  	201 1894-1908   
19 Babe Adams# 		200 1909-1920
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