On October 25, 1917 – The Yankees hire Miller Huggins as manager. New York was an also-ran franchise for most of the first 15 years of their existence, but became a dynasty under Huggins, who led the team from 1918 until his death in 1929. The club won their first 3 championships under Huggins, including…
1917 – The day after the World Series ends, the New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition game for 600 soldiers at Garden City, NY. Chicago wins, 6 – 4.
A letter signed by 24 members of the World Series Champion Chicago White Sox and manager Pants Rowland contains complaints concerning not receiving their full winner share after beating the New York Giants. The written request, which will be discovered as a tattered document more than 40 years later among boxes stored at the Hall of Fame library, may explain the ‘Black Sox’ motivation for fixing the Fall Classic two years later.
Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age.” Sign Up or learn more [mepr-login-form use_redirect=”true”] On October 15, 1917, The Chicago White Sox win the World Series in six games when they beat the New York Giants…
Clarence “Pants” Rowland goes over the ground rules at Comiskey Park with Giants Manager John McGraw and the umpires before the first game of the 1917 World Series, October 6, 1917.. Eddie Cicotte beats Slim Sallee 2-1, Fred McMullin drove in Chicago’s first run, and Happy Felsch’s homer made it 2–0. Giants pitcher…
1917 – After the Brooklyn Robins beat the Boston Braves, 5 – 1 in the first game of a doubleheader, Boston responds with a 4 – 2 victory in the nitecap. The 40-inning scoreless streak of Art Nehf ends when a walk followed by a single and a sacrifice fly in the 8th inning produces a run for Brooklyn. Nehf holds on for the victory over Leon Cadore and finishes the year at 17-8 for the sixth-place Braves. In the opener, Sherry Smith evens his season’s record, beating Jack Scott.
10/3/1917 – In the first game of a double header at Philadelphia, Art Fletcher of the Giants, who was sixth in the batting order doubled in the top of the second (or possibly in the top of the fifth according to a second newspaper) when Dave Robertson should have hit. The hit was negated, but Fletcher managed to double twice in the game even without the one that was nullified. Perhaps due to the improper at bat, the box score for the game is not correct as it shows Fletcher with 6 AB, one too many, and the lead off hitter, George Burns with one too few.
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