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Weeghman became wealthy with lunch counters and other retail type enterprises that were really hit hard by the War and the Depression that followed. Shortly after the season, Weeghman slowly started selling his interest in the Cubs, with Charles Murphy becoming the next majority owner of the Cubs. The Black Sox scandal has been widely reported even a movie made about it , but there is evidance to suggest that gambling may have impacted the Cubs as well.
The most prominent incident along with other situations in , was Cubs leadoff hitter, Max Flack getting picked off base twice in the same game the only time this has happend in World Series history. Gambling had become so common around this time that the gambling often took place right at the ballparks and with racetracks closing down due to the War effort, many gamblers switched to baseball instead.
The suspicions go deeper considering that the teams travelled together by train and were counting up the gate receipts of the previous 3 games. Here is the article that I found that details the possibility of how gambling may have impacted the World Series. I haven't read this one, but there is a book about it by Sean Deveney at the link below.
To give you an idea of how times were different in , Babe Ruth was a full-time pitcher and part-time outfielder, but led the league in home runs As a team, the Cubs hit just 21 home runs all season long. The Cubs offense had a very strong team, but without any superstar players. Charlie Hollocher was theirbest hitter, Fred Merkle had his best offensive season as a Cub and most of the other positions were strong as well.
Charlie Hollocher had a 5. The Cubs pitching staff was the primary strength of the team. The Cubs overall pitching WAR for the season was That's a significant gap that reflects the Cubs pitching dominance. Unfortunately, the Red Sox were also a very good pitching team and defeated them in a 6 game World Series.
April 16, Pete Grover Alexander makes his first start for the Cubs, coming to the team in an o ffseason trade, but Cubs lose to the Cardinals Alexander was a great pitcher for the Cubs for many years, however, in , the nation was at war and he was drafted after making only 3 starts for his new team. Cubs defeat the Cardinals Fred Merkle's RBI single was the walk-off winner. Claude Hendrix didn't pitch that w ell 8 runs, 6 earned , but did hit a home run in the game. To give you an idea of how rare home runs were in , the Cubs hit just 21 in the regular season.
It is the Cubs 9th straight win bringing their record to But the Cubs are still 2. Hippo Vaughn pitches a 4-hit complete game shutout, strikes out 8 and walks just one batter. The Reds win game 1. Phil Douglas pitches a 3-hit shutout. Dode Paskert. Les Mann. Bob O'Farrell. Pete Kilduff. Bill McCabe. Chuck Wortman. Rowdy Elliott. Fred Lear. Tom Daly. Tommy Clarke. Hippo Vaughn.
Claude Hendrix. Phil Douglas. Speed Martin. Roy Walker. Pete Alexander. Harry Weaver. Vic Aldridge. Buddy Napier.
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