SUNDAY OCTOBER 1, 1933
Sunday's in the PCL mean doubleheaders and this day is no different. The Reds sweep a twin bill from Portland dropping the Beavers 15 games off the lead and 12 out of the wildcard, so all but eliminating them from playoff consideration.
Meanwhile San Francisco and Los Angeles met for two at the Angels Wrigley Field. Los Angeles won the first game 3-2 as George Caster improved to 18-6 by tossing 8 innings of 5 hit ball. The Seals won the nightcap 6-1 to remain 3 games ahead of the Angels for the second playoff spot. Mel Harder (23-9) went the distance for the win and also hit an rbi double to help the San Francisco offense.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 3
After an off day for the 3 contenders they were all back in action today. Mission blasted last place Sacramento 15-7 as Red Kress and Chick Hafey each hit 2 homers. San Francisco remains 3 games back after the Seals embarrassed their bay rivals in Oakland 15-2. Los Angeles kept pace with a 4-2 doubling of Hollywood. Dolph Camilli hit 2 homers for the Angels to improve his league leading total to 42 on the season. Joe DiMaggio homered for Hollywood - his 6th of the year.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4
Dolph Camilli hit two more homers while Max Rachac went the distance as the Angels beat the Stars 4-1. San Francisco lost 8-7 in Oakalnd while the first place Reds edged Sacramento 2-1. The standings now look like this:
Code:
TEAM W L GB
MISSION 113 69 -
SAN FRANCISCO 109 73 4.0
LOS ANGELES 107 75 6.0
THURSDAY OCTOBER 5
Chick Hafey's 3-run walk-off homer lifted the Mission Reds to a 5-2 victory over Sacramento and made a winner out of Frank Shellenback (19-8, 3.45). San Francisco lost again to Oakland, this time by an 8-6 score to fall 5 games out of first. Meanwhile, the Angels beat Hollywood 6-5 in 12 innings to close to within a game of second place. Harry Rosenberg singled in Sam Bohne with the winning run capping a great day for Bohne. Bohne went 3-for-5 with his final hit of the day being the 3500th of his PCL career. Only Harry Heilmann, with 3512, has more PCL hits than the 36 year old Bohne.
Bohne's PCL career traces back to 1915 when he broke in with the Seals. He spent a brief period with the St Louis Cardinals the following season and bounced around a few minor leagues before returning to the PCL with Oakland in 1919. He spent 1930 in Seattle before joining the Seals in 1921 where he stayed until signing with Los Angeles prior to the 1929 season.
In real life Bohne played 14 games for the Cardinals in 1916 and then would return to the majors in 1921 where he played 5 and a half seasons for Cincinnati before spending a half a year in Brooklyn. His career ended with 3 seasons in Minneapolis with the Millers. I didn't find out much else about him other than when he made his MLB debut with St Louis he was the second youngest player in the National League. His real last name was Cohen but it is believed he was persuaded to change it by Cincinnati because the Reds did not believe the city's largely German population would welcome a player named Cohen. Among his real life career highlights was a 4-homer game and getting a hit with 2 outs in the 9th inning to spoil a no-hit bid by the Dodgers Dazzy Vance. He was a businessman in San Francisco after his retirement.