Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)
Issue: 1934 October - Page 36
OCTOBER, 1934
36
MacDougall Discusses
World Series Possibil ities
NEW YORK-Mickey Cochrane's
" team of destiny," the Detroit Ti-
gers, clinched their first American
League pennant in a quarter of a
century-without throwing a ball.
The Tigers, although idle Septem-
ber 24, automatically succeeded
Washington's Senators as custodians
of the junior circuit flag when the
second-place New York Yankees lost
the game here to the Boston Red Sox,
5 to o.
Lazzeri Ends It
When Tqny Lazzeri, the last Yan-
kee batsm!ln up, hit into a double
play in the ninth inning against
the Red Sox, one of the greatest per-
sonal triumphs in baseball became a
r eality for Mickey Cochrane, who pi-
loted his Bengals to a pennant in his
first y-ear as a major league man-
ager.
It was the fourth Detroit pennant
since the American League was or-
ganized in 1900. The last flag was
won for Detroit in 1909. The great
Tigers of Ty Cobb and Hughey Jen-
nings days also had won the pennants
in 1907 and 1908.
Those were the days of the first
Roosevelt in the White House-days
of horse-drawn carriages. Since then
the horses gave way to automobiles
and Detroit became the center of that
industry. It was timely, therefore,
that Cochrane and his 1934 Tigers
swept through to the pennant this
year like a smooth-riding high-pow-
ered, perfectly clicking- machine.
Ruth Hobbles
By an ironical twist of baseball
fate, triumph for Cochrane and his
Tigers resulted from the very same
game of baseball that saw Babe Ruth,
baseball'S all-time home run king and
the most heroic figure the game ever
knew, make his farewell New York
appearance as a regular major league
player.
Ruth's farewell was as dismal and
unimpressive as the Tigers' triumph
was radiant. Before a paltry 4,000
fans, the great Ruth played only one
inning. He was given a walk, and as
the barrel-bodied, spindle-legged vet-
eran hobbled down the first-base line,
limping from a charlie horse, Myril
Hoag was sent in to run for him-
anq. to finish the game in right field.
Ruth limped off the diamond, amid a
smattering of applause.
.'
At 40, "the man who built the
Yankee Stadium" had made his last
appearance a~ a regular i,n the great
cO,n crete and , steel bowl-a last ap-
pearance in which his beloved Yan-
kees were shunted definitely out of
the Americari League pennant race.
Here's Why
It was a dismal farewell to the
city in which he had ' played for fif-
teen seasons-the city which his
smashing bat had represented in
seven world's series. His farewell to
New York as a regular proved what's
wrong with baseball. Through the
apathy. of the men who run the Yan-
kees, the Babe's last regular game in
his home city was not made a cere-
monial occasion. The mayor and oth-
er officials should have been there
with bands, speeches and presenta-
tions. And the stadium should have
been jammed to the rails.
But the ceremonies and celebration
apparently shifted to Detroit, where
Cochrane and his athletes are mak-
ing final plans to meet either the
New York Giants or St. Louis Car-
dinals in the world's series, opening
at Detroit on October 3.
Names Line-up
Cochrane, whose dynamic, driving
personality behind the bat and at the
helm aided the successful pennant
chase, knows whom he will use in the
world's series. The black-haired,
husky catcher, who became the Ti-
ger's tenth manager when he suc-
ceeded Bucky Harris last winter, will
use the men who won the pennant.
The former ace backstop of Connie
Mack's Athletics will use Rowe,
Crowder and Bridges, his best pitch-
ers; and Goslin, White and Fox in the
outfield; Greenberg, Gehringer, Ro-
gell and Owen in the infield. Mickey
will catch. That's the team, largely,
that smashed through to the pennant
with a top club batting average of
close to .300 and with a top club field
average of about .974.
By the time this issue of THE RE-
VIEW . comes off the press, the
world's series of 1934 will be under
way- possibly over.
Bobby Decker, star quarterback of
the Maroons in the newly organized
professional football league, picks De-
troit to win, providing the st. Louis
Cardinals do not beat out the New
York Giants in the closing days of
what has been the most hectic pen-
nant race in many years.
As this is written, the St. Louis
two-man pitching staff, Jerome and
Paul Dean, are attempting the seem-
ingly impossible task of carrying the
Cardinals to the pennant, and, at the
time of writing, it does not seem im-
probable that they will do it.
Decker's judgment carries plenty
of weight in that he is a National
League baseball star himself, being
the property of the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers, and is personally acquainted with
many of the men who will appear in
the series, having full knowledge of
the strength and weaknesses of all
the likely participants.
Mr. Decker, who is employed in a
technical capacity by the Pacific
Amusement Manufacturing Company,
builders of MAJOR LEAGUE, in an
exclusive interview, discusses the
three teams in their respective posi-
tions, and rates the players as fol-
lows:
1st Base- (l) Terry, Giants.
(2) Collins, Cardinals.
(3) Greenberg, Detroit.
Terry, outstanding in his position,
is manager of the Giants, and one of
the greatest fielding and hitting stars
of all times. His great leadership has
lifted a team which, under less as-
tute management, would place far
back in the second division. Decker,
of PAMCO, picks Terry as outstand-
ing at his position, although Green-
berg; a rookie, has been playing sen-
sational ball, and is liable to come
through. Terry, as ·this is written, is
battling for the National League bat-
ting leadership, and his greater ex-
perience, as well as .his world's se-
ries experience, makes him a tower
of strength on . both offensive and
defensive.
WHEN YOU GET TO FIRST
BASE ON MAJOR LEAGUE, PAM-
CO'S NEW SENSATIQNAL GAME,
A TRIPLE OR HOME RUN WILL
SCORE THE RUNNER, GIVING
THE PLAYER 3,000 POINTS.
2nd Base- (l ) Frisch, St. Louis.
(2) Gehringer, Detroit.
(3) Critz, Giants.
Decker, in picking Frisch over
Gehringer, will probably arouse plen-
ty of controversy. The one-time Ford-
ham Flash is the greatest money
player in baseball, rising to heights
when most depends upon him. Geh-
ringer, unquestionably the best sec-
ond baseman in the American
League, is a great fielder but is hit-
ting far over his head. He lacks the •
world's series experience of the bril-
liant Frisch, and may prove some-
what of a disappointment when the
"heat" is really· on.
Hughie Critz, ·while a sensational
fielder, is a mediocre hitter, his real
gait being about .220. His playing
this year, while better .than the aver-
age, has not been as good as in 1933,
and his somewhat aged "dogs" are
giving him considerable trouble.
HOWEVER,
BOBBY DECKER
(Continued on Pnge 37)
We Are Manufacturers of
MAJOR LEAGUE
FOR
Pa~iii~ AIDDselHent ManDia~tDring COlDpany
We ,a re very proud to make this announcement owing to the fact that the Pacific Amusement Manufacturing CompBlDiY are
very exacting and require the best in workmanship and quality in producing the MAJOR LEAGUE and JUNIOR CON-
TACT Games.
We have been established i.n the cabinet manufacturing business in this territory for 28 years and modern equipment and
experience enables us to p~oduce the finest cabinet work at the most reasonable figure oonsistent with same .
•
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•
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1741·1749 East 15th St.
Los Angeles
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36
MacDougall Discusses
World Series Possibil ities
NEW YORK-Mickey Cochrane's
" team of destiny," the Detroit Ti-
gers, clinched their first American
League pennant in a quarter of a
century-without throwing a ball.
The Tigers, although idle Septem-
ber 24, automatically succeeded
Washington's Senators as custodians
of the junior circuit flag when the
second-place New York Yankees lost
the game here to the Boston Red Sox,
5 to o.
Lazzeri Ends It
When Tqny Lazzeri, the last Yan-
kee batsm!ln up, hit into a double
play in the ninth inning against
the Red Sox, one of the greatest per-
sonal triumphs in baseball became a
r eality for Mickey Cochrane, who pi-
loted his Bengals to a pennant in his
first y-ear as a major league man-
ager.
It was the fourth Detroit pennant
since the American League was or-
ganized in 1900. The last flag was
won for Detroit in 1909. The great
Tigers of Ty Cobb and Hughey Jen-
nings days also had won the pennants
in 1907 and 1908.
Those were the days of the first
Roosevelt in the White House-days
of horse-drawn carriages. Since then
the horses gave way to automobiles
and Detroit became the center of that
industry. It was timely, therefore,
that Cochrane and his 1934 Tigers
swept through to the pennant this
year like a smooth-riding high-pow-
ered, perfectly clicking- machine.
Ruth Hobbles
By an ironical twist of baseball
fate, triumph for Cochrane and his
Tigers resulted from the very same
game of baseball that saw Babe Ruth,
baseball'S all-time home run king and
the most heroic figure the game ever
knew, make his farewell New York
appearance as a regular major league
player.
Ruth's farewell was as dismal and
unimpressive as the Tigers' triumph
was radiant. Before a paltry 4,000
fans, the great Ruth played only one
inning. He was given a walk, and as
the barrel-bodied, spindle-legged vet-
eran hobbled down the first-base line,
limping from a charlie horse, Myril
Hoag was sent in to run for him-
anq. to finish the game in right field.
Ruth limped off the diamond, amid a
smattering of applause.
.'
At 40, "the man who built the
Yankee Stadium" had made his last
appearance a~ a regular i,n the great
cO,n crete and , steel bowl-a last ap-
pearance in which his beloved Yan-
kees were shunted definitely out of
the Americari League pennant race.
Here's Why
It was a dismal farewell to the
city in which he had ' played for fif-
teen seasons-the city which his
smashing bat had represented in
seven world's series. His farewell to
New York as a regular proved what's
wrong with baseball. Through the
apathy. of the men who run the Yan-
kees, the Babe's last regular game in
his home city was not made a cere-
monial occasion. The mayor and oth-
er officials should have been there
with bands, speeches and presenta-
tions. And the stadium should have
been jammed to the rails.
But the ceremonies and celebration
apparently shifted to Detroit, where
Cochrane and his athletes are mak-
ing final plans to meet either the
New York Giants or St. Louis Car-
dinals in the world's series, opening
at Detroit on October 3.
Names Line-up
Cochrane, whose dynamic, driving
personality behind the bat and at the
helm aided the successful pennant
chase, knows whom he will use in the
world's series. The black-haired,
husky catcher, who became the Ti-
ger's tenth manager when he suc-
ceeded Bucky Harris last winter, will
use the men who won the pennant.
The former ace backstop of Connie
Mack's Athletics will use Rowe,
Crowder and Bridges, his best pitch-
ers; and Goslin, White and Fox in the
outfield; Greenberg, Gehringer, Ro-
gell and Owen in the infield. Mickey
will catch. That's the team, largely,
that smashed through to the pennant
with a top club batting average of
close to .300 and with a top club field
average of about .974.
By the time this issue of THE RE-
VIEW . comes off the press, the
world's series of 1934 will be under
way- possibly over.
Bobby Decker, star quarterback of
the Maroons in the newly organized
professional football league, picks De-
troit to win, providing the st. Louis
Cardinals do not beat out the New
York Giants in the closing days of
what has been the most hectic pen-
nant race in many years.
As this is written, the St. Louis
two-man pitching staff, Jerome and
Paul Dean, are attempting the seem-
ingly impossible task of carrying the
Cardinals to the pennant, and, at the
time of writing, it does not seem im-
probable that they will do it.
Decker's judgment carries plenty
of weight in that he is a National
League baseball star himself, being
the property of the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers, and is personally acquainted with
many of the men who will appear in
the series, having full knowledge of
the strength and weaknesses of all
the likely participants.
Mr. Decker, who is employed in a
technical capacity by the Pacific
Amusement Manufacturing Company,
builders of MAJOR LEAGUE, in an
exclusive interview, discusses the
three teams in their respective posi-
tions, and rates the players as fol-
lows:
1st Base- (l) Terry, Giants.
(2) Collins, Cardinals.
(3) Greenberg, Detroit.
Terry, outstanding in his position,
is manager of the Giants, and one of
the greatest fielding and hitting stars
of all times. His great leadership has
lifted a team which, under less as-
tute management, would place far
back in the second division. Decker,
of PAMCO, picks Terry as outstand-
ing at his position, although Green-
berg; a rookie, has been playing sen-
sational ball, and is liable to come
through. Terry, as ·this is written, is
battling for the National League bat-
ting leadership, and his greater ex-
perience, as well as .his world's se-
ries experience, makes him a tower
of strength on . both offensive and
defensive.
WHEN YOU GET TO FIRST
BASE ON MAJOR LEAGUE, PAM-
CO'S NEW SENSATIQNAL GAME,
A TRIPLE OR HOME RUN WILL
SCORE THE RUNNER, GIVING
THE PLAYER 3,000 POINTS.
2nd Base- (l ) Frisch, St. Louis.
(2) Gehringer, Detroit.
(3) Critz, Giants.
Decker, in picking Frisch over
Gehringer, will probably arouse plen-
ty of controversy. The one-time Ford-
ham Flash is the greatest money
player in baseball, rising to heights
when most depends upon him. Geh-
ringer, unquestionably the best sec-
ond baseman in the American
League, is a great fielder but is hit-
ting far over his head. He lacks the •
world's series experience of the bril-
liant Frisch, and may prove some-
what of a disappointment when the
"heat" is really· on.
Hughie Critz, ·while a sensational
fielder, is a mediocre hitter, his real
gait being about .220. His playing
this year, while better .than the aver-
age, has not been as good as in 1933,
and his somewhat aged "dogs" are
giving him considerable trouble.
HOWEVER,
BOBBY DECKER
(Continued on Pnge 37)
We Are Manufacturers of
MAJOR LEAGUE
FOR
Pa~iii~ AIDDselHent ManDia~tDring COlDpany
We ,a re very proud to make this announcement owing to the fact that the Pacific Amusement Manufacturing CompBlDiY are
very exacting and require the best in workmanship and quality in producing the MAJOR LEAGUE and JUNIOR CON-
TACT Games.
We have been established i.n the cabinet manufacturing business in this territory for 28 years and modern equipment and
experience enables us to p~oduce the finest cabinet work at the most reasonable figure oonsistent with same .
•
WDEA~.f
•
CABINET & FIXTURE COMPANY
1741·1749 East 15th St.
Los Angeles
...
PR.6066
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