April 24, 1920
ROTH HITS FOR CYCLE AND BECOMES FIRST TO HAVE 7 HITS
Braggo Roth of the St Louis Cardinals became the first player to record 7 hits in a game and he hit for the cycle as well in the Cards 20-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Only 11 players had managed to have 6 hits in a game since 1901 with Wally Schang, who did it last year, being the most recent. No one had ever managed to get 7 hits in the same game prior to yesterday. Roth also became the 22nd player in major league history to hit for the cycle in a game.
Roth doubled in the first, singled in the 2nd, hit a two-run triple in the 2nd, hit an rbi double in the 4th, doubled in the 5th, hit a 3-run homer in the 7th and singled in the 9th. It was his first homer of the season. Roth is batting .308 through 9 games.
On the same day Happy Felsch had 5 hits as the New York Giants thumped the Boston Braces 16-12 at the Polo Grounds yesterday. Felsch raised his average to .308 on the season with 2 doubles, 2 triples and a single in the game. He drove in 6 runs as well.
APRIL 26, 1920
DAMASK IS DERBY FAVOURITE
Prominent breeder Harry Payne Whitney may just have his second Derby winner if the oddsmakers are correct. Whitney, who owns 1915 Derby Champ and Horse of the Year Regret, has two entries in the 46th running at Churchill Downs including Damask. Damask is listed as 2-1 to win the race while Whitney's other entry, Upset, is 4-1. In real life Upset finished second and Damask came in fourth.
The real life winner of the 1920 Derby, Paul Jones is a 4-1 while the third place horse, On Watch, is at 7-2 along with 5th place finisher Donnacona.
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Here are the odds for each of the 17 entries:[b]
HORSES NAME ODDS REAL LIFE FINISH
Damask 2-1 4
On Watch 7-2 3
Donnacona 7-2 5
Paul Jones 4-1 1
Upset 4-1 2
By Golly 8-1 7
Blazes 8-1 6
Patches 9-1 10
Bersagliere 10-1 9
Prince Pal 11-1 13
Wildair 11-1 8
David Harrum 15-1 14
Peace Pennant 15-1 16
Sandy Beal 20-1 12
Herron 25-1 11
Cleopatra 50-1 15
Sterling 50-1 17
MAY 1, 1920
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - APRIL RECAP
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STANDINGS ON MAY 1
AMERICAN W L GB NATIONAL W L GB
Philadelphia 14 2 - NY Giants 10 5 -
Boston 11 6 3.5 Chicago 9 7 1.5
St Louis 10 6 4.0 St Louis 9 7 1.5
Cleveland 9 8 5.5 Brooklyn 8 8 2.5
Chicago 7 9 7.0 Pittsburgh 8 8 2.5
Detroit 7 10 7.5 Philadelphia 7 8 3.0
Washington 5 11 9.0 Boston 6 10 4.5
NY Yankees 3 14 11.5 Cincinnati 6 10 4.5
LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING AVG
Jackson Pha .477 Harris PHI .439
Schulte Pha .474 E Smith NYG .418
Flack NYA .463 H Groh NYG .393
Heilmann Det .443 R Youngs NYG .393
Sisler SLA .441 Menosky Chn .389
HOME RUNS
Hooper Bos 3 Chase Bkn 2
Ruth Bos 2 Felsch NYG 2
Dugan Pha 2 Fournier Cin 2
RBI'S
Hooper Bos 23 Fournier Cin 20
Graney SLA 17 Felsch NYG 17
B Harris Wsh 16 G Burns Chn 14
E Smith Cle 16 Hornsby StL 13
B Ruth Bos 14 3 tied with 12
APRIL AWARDS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - Frank Schulte Athletics: .474, 2 homers, 7 rbi's 15 runs scored
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Hal Carlson Detroit : 3-0 with 1.33 era in 3 starts.
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Bubbles Hargrave Boston: Catcher hit .345 with 13 rbi's in April
NATIONAL LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - Happy Felsch Giants : .364, 2 homers, 17 rbi's and 16 runs scored
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Pete Alexander Phillies : 3-1 with 1.89 era in 33 innings.
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Earl Smith Giants : catcher hit .418 with 1 homer and 12 rbi's.
APRIL NOTES
The A's lost pitcher Herb Pennock for 5 weeks after he was injured running the bases against Boston. Pennock was 3-0 this season with a 2.45 era after going 11-8 a year ago.