SIMMONS SNAGS AND SLUGS HARLEM TO 13-INNING WIN, 2-1

Game 1 of the 1937 World Series was everything anyone could have hoped for, as Harlem's pitching outdueled Milton's staff in a classic Fall match-up.
Mungo and Hubbell were just two of the clutch players in a game that saw 3 hits by Rudy York, some great relief work by Johnny Vander Meer and Bill Lee, and some amazing defense by Charlie Gehringer.
But when it came down to it, the hero was the old man, Al Simmons. Simmons, who was once the most feared slugger in the DBS, came to Harlem last summer as he was in the twilight of his career, and proved to the Harlem faithful today that he is still a force to be reckoned with.
Van Mungo took his DBS-best 20-3 record to the hill against the Teetotalers, in their first World Series since the DBS inaugural season in 1928.
Mungo made easy work of Milton in the first, setting them down in order. His counter-part, DBS veteran Carl Hubbell, held Harlem scoreless in the first despite a two-out double by Rudy York.
Both pitchers went through the first three innings without a run or real trouble.
Milton finally drew first blood in the fourth, with two walks to Camilli and Hartnett. Moose Solters then singled to left and Camilli scored on a close play at the plate. Despite a third walk of the inning, Mungo got out of trouble with only the one run allowed. The 1-0 lead was short lived, as Harlem third sacker Rudy York belted Hubbell's first offering of the fourth into the left field seats to knot the game at 1-run apiece.
Both pitchers continued to dominate, and it wasn't until the ninth that a real threat occured. Al Smith, relieving for Mungo, gave up a lead-off hit to Pep Young, who cam in to replace Roy Hughes earlier. Frankle Pytlak, pinch-hitting for Hubbell, lined a single to right to put runners at the corners with none out. Harlem skipper Bob O'Farrell then went to his bullpen for Eddie Smith.
Eddie got Hack to fly out to shallow left, and the put the bat in the hands of Luke Appling. Appling chopped one high up the middle. Charlie Gehringer, playing in short, made a spectacular bare-handed grab and threw it home to catch Young at the plate. Jo-Jo Moore then grounded weekly to first to end the inning.
In the top of the 11th inning, Milton had another chance at it. Stan Hack drew a two-out walk off of Larry French. Appling then drilled a ball down the right field line, and Hack headed for home. Dixie Walker got the relay in to Gehringer who threw a rocket to the plate to get Hack by about 4 steps. In the top of the 13th, Al Simmons made an amazing over-the-shoulder catch to rob Stan Hack of maybe the game-winning RBI. Simmons, the 37-year old veteran of many seasons, then lead off the bottom of the 13th with a triple to the gap off of former Knight Fred Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons then gave intentional passes to York and Greenberg to face Dickey with none out but a force at each base.
Dickey then hit a soft roller on a 1-1 pitch towards second. Jim Bucher came in and went home with it, but Simmons has already slid across the plate with the winning run.
Harlem's 2-1 victory in 13 innings gives them a 1-0 lead in the series. The series continues tomorrow when Cy Blanton takes the mound for Milton and tries to even the Series against Harlem and rookie sensation Cliff Melton.

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13   R  H  E  LOB DP
1937 Teetotalers       0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   1 10  0   15  1
1937 Knights           0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1   2 11  1   12  1
 
 
Teetotalers          AB  R  H BI   AVG    Knights              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Hack              3b  6  0  2  0  .333    Gehringer         2b  6  0  0  0  .000       
Appling           ss  5  0  1  0  .200    Simmons           cf  6  1  1  0  .167       
Moore             lf  5  0  0  0  .000    York              3b  5  1  3  1  .600       
Camilli           1b  3  1  0  0  .000    Greenberg         1b  4  0  1  0  .250       
Hartnett          c   4  0  1  0  .250    Dickey            c   6  0  2  1  .333       
Solters           cf  6  0  1  1  .167    Kreevich          lf  5  0  1  0  .200       
Demaree           rf  4  0  0  0  .000     Walters          p   0  0  0  0  .000       
 Lee              p   0  0  0  0  .000    Cronin            ss  5  0  0  0  .000       
 Jurges           ph  1  0  0  0  .000    Walker            rf  5  0  0  0  .000       
 Fitzsim'ns       p   0  0  0  0  .000    Mungo             p   3  0  2  0  .667       
Hughes            2b  2  0  0  0  .000     ASmith           p   0  0  0  0  .000       
 Whitney          ph  1  0  1  0 1.000     ESmith           p   0  0  0  0  .000       
 Young            2b  2  0  2  0 1.000     Ripple           ph  1  0  1  0 1.000       
 Hassett          pr  0  0  0  0  .000     French           p   0  0  0  0  .000       
 Bucher           2b  1  0  0  0  .000     Goodman          lf  1  0  0  0  .000       
Hubbell           p   3  0  0  0  .000                         47  2 11  2             
 Pytlak           ph  1  0  1  0 1.000                                
 VanderMeer       p   0  0  0  0  .000                                
 Fox              rf  2  0  1  0  .500                                
                     46  1 10  1                                      
              
 
Teetotalers                      INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hubbell                          8.0  7  1  1  0  4 100  64  1.13
VanderMeer                       1.0  0  0  0  1  1  23  10  0.00
Lee                              3.0  3  0  0  0  0  41  27  0.00
Fitzsim'ns       L 0-1           0.0  1  1  1  2  0  12   3 99.00
                                12.0 11  2  2  3  5 176 104 
 
Knights                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Mungo                            7.0  4  1  1  6  3 123  70  1.29
ASmith                           1.0  2  0  0  0  0  14   9  0.00
ESmith                           2.0  1  0  0  0  0   9   9  0.00
French                           1.0  2  0  0  2  1  23  11  0.00
Walters          W 1-0           2.0  1  0  0  0  0  27  17  0.00
                                13.0 10  1  1  8  4 196 116 
 

MIL: Whitney batted for Hughes in the 7th
     Young inserted at 2b in the 7th
     Pytlak batted for Hubbell in the 9th
     Fox inserted at rf in the 10th
     Hassett ran for Young in the 11th
     Bucher inserted at 2b in the 11th
     Jurges batted for Lee in the 13th
HAR: Ripple batted for ESmith in the 10th
     Goodman inserted at lf in the 12th
 
E-York. 2B-Appling, York, Greenberg. 3B-Simmons. HR-York(1). CS-Hassett. 
K-Hack, Solters, Hughes, Fox, Gehringer, Simmons, Greenberg, Kreevich, Mungo. 
BB-Hack, Appling, Moore, Camilli 2, Hartnett 2, Demaree, York, Greenberg 2. 
SH-Camilli. WP-Hubbell. GWRBI: Dickey
Pep Young was injured for this game and 2 more days
Temperature: 47, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 16 MPH.