Word: homerun
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Eight games behind the Cardinals, the Pirates still have a fighting chance. They have lately won ten games in a row and their crack shortstop, "Arky" (from Arkansas) Vaughan, last week made his 19th homerun and was leading the National League in batting with an average of .400. September's schedule does not favor the Giants, but they will end their season with five games against the tail-end Boston Braves, while the Cubs and Cardinals play each other. Nonetheless, in St. Louis last week, Cardinals' executives announced that they were ready to sell seats for the World...
...Boston, Babe Ruth made a spectacular catch, a valuable single and his first homerun of the season which helped the Braves beat the New York Giants...
...city's first pennant-winning team in 25 years, crowded into Detroit's Navin Field. Jerome Herman ("Dizzy") Dean, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, promptly punctured their excitement. While he was allowing Detroit's Tigers eight hits, his teammate Joseph ("Ducky-Wucky") Medwick made three singles and a homerun that helped the Cardinals...
...only satisfaction that the season has given Philadelphia's old Connie Mack is that his 27-year-old outfielder, Bob Johnson, with 24 home-runs was last week leading both leagues. Jimmy Foxx, who totaled 58 homeruns in 1932, was three behind Johnson. Babe Ruth last week hit the 698th homerun of his career (excluding World Series and exhibition games), with three men on base, in a game against the White Sox, bringing his total to 12 for this year, 14 behind his record year (1927). Lou Gehrig of the Yankees, who was expected to be leading homerun hitter...
...Intercollegiate League, Harvard dropped into fourth place in the League over the weekend. The Crusaders can't be entirely blamed in this, the trouble being the Cornell, Columbia, and Pennsylvania all won board to chase one of the circuit clouts out in Worcester. Fitton Field is something of a homerun ball park. There are obstacles in both left and right fields...