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...many a brash biographer (notably: Ernest Renan, George Moore, Emil Ludwig). But the original Gospel story still stands four-square against all comers. Undaunted by the experience of his predecessors,* Columbia's Professor Emeritus John Erskine, who has already tried his hand at fiddling with Greek myths where Homer nodded (The Private Life of Helen of Troy, Penelope's Man), last week came forward with a new version of the Gospel story (The Human Life of Jesus; Morrow...
Trucks lasted four innings, was followed by four Tiger pitchers. Big Hank's second homer of the series evened the score in the eighth inning. Passeau lasted six, Wyse one; Borowy was the fourth Cub hurler, and the winner-after 28 hits and five errors in twelve innings, the longest World Series game on record (3 hrs. 28 min) Score: Chicago 8, Detroit...
...Hank Greenberg rubbed a lucky piece of bone on his bat, strode thoughtfully to the plate, and slammed a grand-slam homer into the left field bleachers. That did it: Hank's 13th home run (in 78 games since his Army discharge) finally clinched the American League pennant for the Detroit Tigers, on the last day of the season. The 6-to-3 win over the St. Louis Browns was No. 25 for Lefty Hal Newhouser, who had relieved fast-bailer Virgil ("Fire") Trucks, fresh out of Navy blues...
...pitched the Tigers out of last year's pennant-40-year-old Doc Cramer broke up the party with a game-winning triple. Score: Detroit 7, Washington 4. In the nightcap, Rudy York shrugged off the menace of high-walled Griffith Stadium (the Senators have hit only one homer there all year) by belting his 18th. That helped Dizzy Trout (18-14) realize an iron-man promise to win five games in two weeks. Score: Detroit 7, Washington...
...gags that fans like. Two samples: he doffs his cap and, with a great show of respect, uses it to dust off third base to welcome any Cub who hits a home run; if a pitcher hits a homer, he topples over backwards in a mock dead faint. The more Grimm mugs, the better his Cubs seem to play...