The Archive · 1934

Crowd Get Angry

Chagrined by the seven-run assault staged by the Cardinals in the third inning, In which they successively pounded Auker, Rowe and Hogsett ut of the box, the Detroit fans staged riot at the beginning of the sixth, Which even venerable Judge Kenesave Mountain Landis, High Commissioner fof baseball, was unable to quell.

Duchy" Medwick, the Cardinals' left fielder was the target of the Detroit. bleacherites' wrath—also_of Jarge quantities of fruit, mostly over~ ripe, and pop-battles. The fans were moved to anger'when Medwick upset Owen in sliding into third base on his triple to the right Meld bleacher wall in the fifth. The home town supporters felt that "Duchy" had been unduly aggressive in colliding with their thirdsacker, When Medwick walked out to his position at the end of the fifth, the fans began to bombard im with fruit. The game was held up while the feld was cleared of these offer~ ings. Four times Medwick attempted to take up his position in the outfield, but on each occasion was driven bck to the comparative calm of second base by a barrage which by that time included many bottles, series opener, but all three of the Cardinal runs were scored on errors.

"Schoolboy" Rowe In winning yesterday, the Card-finals defeated Schoolboy" Rowe. the ace of the Detroit staff, who had' subdued them in the second game of the series. The National Leaguers found Rowe for ten hits, but one their four runs was unearned, resulting from an.error by the usually. reliable "Goose" Goslin, Strangely enough it was Durocher. the light-hitting shortstop of the Cardinals, waived out of the American League a few years ago because he couldn't hit, who led the St. Louis attack and who scored the winning tally, The little Frenchman collected three hits in four trips to the plate. including a double in the seventh inning.

'Dean allowed seven hits and struct. out four men, but he received some sensational support, especially frost Ernie Orsatti, who covered centra field like a blanket and made seven touts, some of them on sensational' catches.

Manager Mickey Cochrane was the big gun in the Tiger attack, collecting. three of his team's seven hits, all of them singles, while Owen fielded sensationally at third—United Press Series to Remembered Detroit, Oct. 11, The World Series, which ended yesterday in a victory for the St. Louis Cardinals, will be remembered for many years to come, not only because of the sensational pitching of the Dean brothers, but for the most fantastic sequences of episodes seen for many years.

The series was one of the most colourful of recent years. It saw more spikes flying into base guardians, more violent language "used Jand more controversies between umpires and players than in any other championship fracas since Judge Landis became Commissioner in 1921

The onslaught which blasted the hopes of the Tigers in the 3rd inning was copped by the outburst violence by bleacherites in the 6th inning, which held up the game for 7 minutes In the final confusion, a fan with football habits and a set of tools, ripped up the home plate to get it autographed by members of the winning team—Reuter.

Umpire Fined Police Escort Detroit, Oct. 10.

The umpires ordered play resumed, Dut the fans ignored their majestic and the shower continued, wherefore the arbiters went into conference with Judge Landis. Eventually, Medwick Fetreated to the dug-out and was replaced in left field by "Chick" Fullis, who was spared missiles but treated 40 some language that was shocking.

Five policemen escorted Medwick off the field at the end of the sixth session, amidst thunderous booing in which the relatively sedate fans of thd grandstand joined. 'The police remained on guard outside the Cardinals' dressing-room door until th crowd had dispersed after the William Klein, "senior. National League baseball umpire, who has trequently claimed that "I have never made a mistake," was fined $50 today by the Baseball Commissioner, Judge Landis, for using "over ripe words" directed against "Goose" Goslin, the Detroit Tigers' left folder.

'This' is the first time in the past fourteen years that such a penalty has been imposed on a major league

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