The fortunes of one of these teams would change in 1935, a year in which the fall classic matched Charley Grimm’s Cubs — winners of 21 consecutive games in September — against a Detroit team that had won the American League pennant for the second straight year. By the time the late stages of…
On October 7, 1935, The Detroit Tigers were making their 5th appearance in the World Series, they had appeared 3 straight times from 1907 – 1909, and again in 1934 they had twice lost the Chicago Cubs. This was the third time facing the Cubbies. The Tigers went off 3 games to 1, Chicago took…
October 4, 1935 – Game 3 of the 1935 World Series at Wrigley Field, Frank Demaree’s leadoff home run in the second off of Elden Auker put Chicago on the board. A one-out single and subsequent error put runners on first and third before Bill Lee’s ground out made it 2–0 Cubs. They added a…
October 2, 1935 1:30 pm (ET) at Navin Field in Detroit, Game 1 of the World Series, A pitching duel between Lon Warneke and Schoolboy Rowe, both of whom went the distance, was decided by its leadoff batter, Augie Galan, doubling, and scoring on an error by Rowe that allowed Billy Herman to reach and…
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