Tiger Fan's All-Sports Replay: The 1920's

[Tiger Fan]

JUNE 2, 1920
RUTH TRADED TO YANKS
Babe Ruth is now a member of the New York Yankees after the Boston Red Sox dealt the disgruntled slugger to the Bronx in exchange for two players and a boatload of cash. Heading to Boston are a pair of Yankee starters in outfielder Curt Walker and first baseman Al Scheer along with $130,000 cash.

Ruth, who leads the American League in all three triple crown categories, demanded a trade following a dugout brawl with teammates Harry Hooper and Tris Speaker. Ruth (.423,20,57) is on pace to shatter his own single-season homerun record of 42 set last season when he led the Red Sox to a World Series championship.

The 32 year old Scheer (.276,1,19) will have the unenviable job of replacing Ruth at first base for the Red Sox. An 8 year veteran who also played for Brooklyn, Scheer has a career batting average of .263 and won 3 gold gloves while patrolling the outfield with the Dodgers.

Walker (.318,3,37) is just 24 years old and will likely be the Red Sox fourth outfielder after starting all of last season in the New York outfield. He hit .253 in 116 games last year and has a career .266 batting average in 185 major league games.

The Yankees are tied for fifth in the American League, 6 games below .500 after finishing dead last a year ago. There is no question New York will be much improved with Ruth in the lineup. The big question is will the Red Sox still be the dominant team in the American League without Ruth's bat. Losing Babe Ruth will take a huge bite out of any lineup but the Red Sox are the one team that may be talented enough to still win a pennant even without their best hitter.



JUNE 3, 1920
xMCDERMOTT WINS PHILADELPHIA OPEN
31 year old Johnny xMcDermott won his first event on the PGA Tour as he took top spot in the Philadelphia Open. xMCDermott finished 4 strokes ahead of Jim xBarnes to win the event. Paul Sims, the 29 year old American who put on an amazing performance at Shawnee two weeks ago, had another strong week as he finished third.

FINAL LEADERBOARD FROM THE PHILADELPHIA OPEN 
event held at Quail Hollow CC
#  NAT	Player		     Winnings	Total	R1  R2	R3  R4	Total
1 SCOT 	Johnny xMcDermott     $1,079 	-7	69  67	74  71	281
2  ENG 	Long Jim xBarnes	$647 	-3	70  72	73  70	285
3  USA	Paul Sims		$408 	-2	75  75	67  69	286
4  USA	Phil xHesler		$300 	 E	72  74	72  70	288
4 SCOT 	Tommy xArmour		$300 	 E	73  70	75  70	288
4  USA	Blake Berry		$300 	 E	73  72	72  71	288
7  USA	Matt Lawson		$192 	 1	72  72	73  72	289
8  USA	Ernest xWhitcombe	$185 	 2	68  72	73  77	290
9  USA	Emmett xFrench		$168 	 3	67  75	71  78	291
9  USA	Leo xDiegel		$168 	 3	76  68	72  75	291
9  USA	Craig xWood		$168 	 3	70  74	74  73	291
9  USA	George xFotheringham	$168 	 3	71  73	73  74	291
13 USA	Alex xCunningham	$112 	 4	71  78	71  72	292
13 IRE	Harry MacNamara		$112 	 4	71  71	74  76	292
13 USA	Walter xHagen		$112 	 4	74  75	74  69	292
13 USA	Stephen Marshall	$112 	 4	70  75	74  73	292

[Tiger Fan]

Originally Posted by AthleticsFan

And also i need a question, what are the Minor League Teams?

Nothing fancy. No independant leagues like in real life for this era. Just 3 levels of affiliated minor league teams:


AAA

International League
Buffalo Bisons
Toronto Maple Leafs
Newark Bears
Baltimore Orioles
Jersey City Giants
Rochester Red Wings
Syracuse Chiefs
Montreal Royals

American Association
Minneapolis Millers
Indianapolis Indians
Milwaukee Brewers
Louisville Colonels
Toledo Mud Hens
St Paul Saints
Kansas City Blues
Columbus Senators


AA

Texas League
Fort Worth Cats
Houston Buffaloes
Beaumont Explorers
Oklahoma City Indians
San Antonio Missons
Shreveport Sports
Tulsa Oilers
Dallas Rebels

Eastern League
Williamsport Grays
Hartford Bees
Elmira Pioneers
Albany Senators
Binghampton Triplets
Springfield Nationals
Scranton Red Sox
Wilkes Barre Barons

CLASS A

Appy League
Greenville Cubs
Bristol Twins
Elizabethtown Red Sox
Newport Canners
Kingsport Cherokees
Johnson City Cardinals
Pennington Gap Miners
New River Rebels

Three I League
Decatur Commodores
Peoria Reds
Springfield Browns
Clinton Owls
Madison Blues
Terre Haute Tots
Cedar Rapids Raiders
Evansville Bees

[Bobbuttons]

New York is a city that's going to eat Babe Ruth alive, mark my words.

[Tiger Fan]

Originally Posted by Bobbuttons

New York is a city that's going to eat Babe Ruth alive, mark my words.

Lol. It will be interesting to see what happens to Boston. They still have plenty of talent and remain the favourites at least this year. The Yanks have absolutely zero pitching.

I had been toying with the idea of dealing Ruth to the Yankees each of the past two off-seasons but just couldn't pull the trigger. It just seemed that since I was assigning players to their original teams that he should be in pinstripes.

I noticed morale was down for several Boston players including Harry Hooper and then when I read in the league news that Ruth injured his hand in fight I decided it would be an in-team brawl and that should be the time to move him.

That was the first and only time I have stepped in and altered the game development. I am back to being a hands off commissioner watching this universe unfold. We will have to see what happens to the Yanks and Red Sox over the rest of the decade.

[Tiger Fan]

JUNE 4, 1921
RUTH HITS HOMER #21 BUT YANKS LOSE IN HIS DEBUT
Babe Ruth hit his 21st homerun of the season but it wasn't enough to help the Yankees win in his pinstripe debut. New York was hammered 12-2 by the visiting St Louis Browns but most Yankee fans did not seem to care. They were more interested in discussing the towering homerun hit by the newest Yankee. Ruth also singled in the game and drove in both New York runs.

Ruth was traded by Boston to the Yankees following a dugout brawl with teammates last week. Boston finally got a victory after dropping 3 straight games since Ruth left the team. The Red Sox pounded Cleveland 11-4.

Ruth will play in Boston for the first time as a member of the visiting team in two weeks when the Yankees head to Fenway for a 4 game series.


JUNE 5, 1921
YOUNGSTOWN FORCES 7TH GAME IN PBA CHAMPIONSHIP
Homecourt was an advantage this time for the Youngstown Bears as the Eastern Conference champions scored a 112-90 victory over the Detroit Eagles. The Youngstown win, it's first at home after dropping the opening 2 games of the series, prevented Detroit from clinching. The first PBA title trophy will be handed out tomorrow night as the series is now deadlocked at 3 wins apiece.

Youngstown had 3 players share most of the offensive load. Forwards Mark Booker and Matt Green each had 25 points will guard Rash Hamilton chipped in with 21. Like he has done all series guard Andre Tyler was Detroit's scoring leader with 24 points.


JUNE 7, 1921
DETROIT CROWNED PBA CHAMPIONS
The Detroit Eagles claimed the first PBA Championship with a 98-87 road victory over Youngstown in the 7th and deciding game of the finals. Playoff MVP Andre Tyler led Detroit with 23 points while forward Sil Nesta added 16.

The Eagles are unlikely champions as they finished just 42-40 in the regular season and were the 8th and final seed from the Western Conference. Youngstown was the second seed in the East.

JUNE 10, 1920
xO'LOUGHLIN WINS FINAL US OPEN TUNE-UP
Martin O'Loughlin was the only golfer to finish under par in the New York State Open and he won the event against some pretty stiff competition. With the United States Open just a week away most of the PGA Tour's top golfers competed at the Onondaga Lake Park course including Bobby xJones, who tied with Olin xDutra for second place.

FINAL LEADERBOARD FROM THE NEW YORK STATE OPEN 
event held at Onondaga Lake Park
#  NAT	Player		     Winnings	Total	R1  R2	R3  R4	Total
1  USA	Martin xO'Loughlin    $1,079 	-3	70  76	68  71	285
2  USA	Olin xDutra	 	$647 	 4	72  76	72  72	292
2  USA	Bobby xJones		$647 	 4	74  69	77  72	292
4  ENG 	Jack xBurgess		$300 	 5	69  72	75  77	293
5  USA	Alex xCunningham	$227 	 6	75  77	70  72	294
5  ENG	Archie Fisher		$227 	 6	77  74	67  76	294
5  USA	Noah Tucker		$227 	 6	71  72	77  74	294
5  USA	Billy xBurke		$227 	 6	75  73	74  72	294
5  ENG	Cyril xWalker		$227 	 6	75  78	70  71	294
10 USA	Dan xKenny		$155 	 7	71  75	72  77	295
10 USA	Jack xForrester		$155 	 7	72  77	73  73	295
12 USA	Edward xBeall		$117 	 8	71  72	75  78	296
12 USA	Ed xDudley		$117 	 8	78  71	71  76	296
12 USA	Eddie xLoos		$117 	 8	75  73	73  75	296
12 USA	Mike xBrady		$117 	 8	73  76	76  71	296
16 USA	Gene xSarazen		 $97 	 9	75  69	79  74	297

JUNE 15, 1920
THREE WAY TIE ATOP US OPEN LEADERBOARD
There is a three-way tie for the lead after first round action at the United States Open Golf Tournament. A pair of Americans, 33 year old Eddie xLoos and 29 year old Jaden Carpenter, along with Ireland's Callum O'Grady lead the way after each shot a 3 under par 67 at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Defending US Open champion Willie xMacFarlane is just 3 shots off the pace, along with last year's PGA winner Walter Hagen. The other reigning major winner, British Open champ Jimmy xHines, shot 3 over par and trails by 6 strokes.

This is the 25th United States Open. The event began in 1895 but was not held in 1917 or 1918 due to World War I. The real life winner was Jim Barnes, who shot 9 over par and beat Hagen and Fred McLeod by 9 strokes. xBarnes sits at 4 over in the sim after opening round action.

LEADERBOARD AFTER THRURSDAY'S ROUND
event held at Columbia CC, Chevy Chase, Maryland

1- Jaden Carpenter 	USA	-3
 - Eddie xLoos		USA	-3
 - Callum O'Grady	IRE	-3
4- Phil xHesler		USA	-2
 - Fred xHerd		SCOT	-2
6- Matt xDuffy		USA	-1
7- Edward xBeall	USA	 E
 - Martin xO'Loughlin	USA	 E
 - Ed xDudley		USA	 E
 - Willie xMacFarlane	SCOT	 E
 - Walter xHagen	USA	 E
 - Cyril xWalker	ENG	 E
13 Harry xVardon	ENG	 1
   Craig xWood		USA	 1
   James xBraid		SCOT	 1
   Jerry xTravers	USA	 1
   Tommy xArmour	SCOT	 1
   Jock xHutchinson	SCOT	 1
   Fernando Zulie       SWTZ     1
   Aaron Martin		SCOT	 1

OTHER NOTABLES
27 Alec xRoss		SCOT	 3
   Bobby xJones		USA	 3
39 Arnaud xMassy	FRA	 4
   Long Jim xBarnes	ENG	 4
   Johnny xMcDermott	SCOT	 4
   Gene xSarazen	USA	 4

JUNE 16, 1920
YOUNG IRISHMAN LEADS WAY AT US OPEN
21 year old Callum O'Grady is the unlikely leader midway through the United States Open. O'Grady is playing in his first major tournament. He played on the PGA Tour last year and won just $464 while rarely making the cut. However, this season he returned to Ireland to play on the European tour where he did have a strong start and won both the Australian and French Opens.

O'Grady opened Thursday with a 3 under par 67 to share the lead and after carding a 69 yesterday he has sole possession of first place, 2 strokes ahead of Matt xDuffy. There are some veterans in contention, most notably defending US Open champion Willie xMacFarlane, who shot even par 70 for the second straight day.

LEADERBOARD AFTER FRIDAY'S SECOND ROUND
event held at Columbia CC, Chevy Chase, Maryland
1  Callum O'Grady	IRE	-4
2  Matt xDuffy		USA	-2
3  Fred xHerd		SCOT	-1
4  Willie xMacFarlane	SCOT	 E
5  Cyril xWalker	ENG	 1
   Ed xDudley		USA	 1
   Long Jim xBarnes	ENG	 1
   Phil xHesler		USA	 1
9  Alec xRoss		SCOT	 2
   Emmett xFrench	USA	 2
11 Leo xDiegel		USA 	 3
   Olin xDutra		USA	 3
   Eddie xLoos		USA	 3
   Archie xLoefler	USA	 3
   Edward xBeall	USA	 3
   Craig xWood		USA	 3
17 Jock xHutchinson	SCOT	 4
   Johnny xGolden	USA 	 4
   Bobby xJones		USA	 4
   Tyler Graham		USA	 4
   Emil xLoeffler	USA	 4
23 Walter xHagen	USA	 5
   Martin xO'Loughlin	USA      5
   Aaron Martin		SCOT	 5
   Phil xTurnesa	USA	 5
   James xBraid		SCOT	 5

OTHER NOTABLES
31 Tommy xArmour	SCOT	 7
   Johnny xMcDermott	SCOT	 7
43 Gene xSarazen	USA	 9

JUNE 17, 1920
US OPEN PLAY CONTINUES
When the dust settled there were some big changes on the leaderboard for the 25th United States Open. Some golfers such as Jerry xTravers, who shot 4 under par 66, moved up the leaderboard but the trend was in the opposite direction led by second round leader Callum O'Grady blowing up by shooting 79 and defending champion Willie xMacFarlane taking himself out of contention with a 6 over par 76.

American Matt xDuffy is the leader with 18 homes to play. xDuffy shot even par yesterday after carding a 69 in each of the opening two days of the event. At 2 under par he holds a 2 stroke lead on xTravers and 3 on Jim xBarnes. It appears the event will go to one of those three men as Phil xHesler and Fred xHerd are 6 strokes off the pace in 4th place.

LEADERBOARD AFTER SATURDAY'S THIRD ROUND
event held at Columbia CC, Chevy Chase, Maryland

1  Matt xDuffy		USA	-2
2  Jerry xTravers	USA	 E
3  Long Jim xBarnes	ENG	 1
4  Phil xHesler		USA	 4
   Fred xHerd		USA	 4
6  Logan Howard		ENG	 5
   Craig xWood		USA	 5
   Callum O'Grady	IRE	 5
   Phil xTurnesa	USA	 5
   Aaron Martin		SCOT	 5
11 Willie xMacFarlane	SCOT	 6
12 Johnny xGolden	USA	 7
   Walter xHagen	USA	 7
   Bobby xJones		USA	 7
   Alec xRoss		SCOT	 7
   Chick xEvans		USA	 7

[Bobbuttons]

Originally Posted by Tiger Fan

Lol. It will be interesting to see what happens to Boston. They still have plenty of talent and remain the favourites at least this year. The Yanks have absolutely zero pitching.

I had been toying with the idea of dealing Ruth to the Yankees each of the past two off-seasons but just couldn't pull the trigger. It just seemed that since I was assigning players to their original teams that he should be in pinstripes.

I noticed morale was down for several Boston players including Harry Hooper and then when I read in the league news that Ruth injured his hand in fight I decided it would be an in-team brawl and that should be the time to move him.

That was the first and only time I have stepped in and altered the game development. I am back to being a hands off commissioner watching this universe unfold. We will have to see what happens to the Yanks and Red Sox over the rest of the decade.

I did the same thing with my current HOB replay, the only trade I did to alter the teams myself. The thing to watch out for though is Babe's position of 1B. After about 5 seasons of not seeing Lou Gehrig in the leaderboards I looked him up and he was toiling as a bench player backing up Ruth at 1B. I had to manually add OF ratings for Ruth just so the AI would move him and put Gehrig in the lineup, too. Unfortunately, this was 1930 and the glory days of a Ruth/Gehrig combo were running out.

[Tiger Fan]

Originally Posted by Bobbuttons

The thing to watch out for though is Babe's position of 1B. After about 5 seasons of not seeing Lou Gehrig in the leaderboards I looked him up and he was toiling as a bench player backing up Ruth at 1B. I had to manually add OF ratings for Ruth just so the AI would move him and put Gehrig in the lineup, too. Unfortunately, this was 1930 and the glory days of a Ruth/Gehrig combo were running out.

Thanks for the heads up. I will watch for that.

[Tiger Fan]

JUNE 18, 1920
JIM xBARNES WINS 25TH US OPEN
Long Jim xBarnes overcame a three stroke deficeit entering final round play and rallied to beat Matt xDuffy by one stroke to wih the United States Open Golf Championships at Columbia Country Club in Maryland. xBarnes shot a 2 under par 68 Sunday to finish the event at one under par, the only golfer to finish the tournament below par.

Born in England but raised in the United States, Barnes was also the real life winner of the 1921 US Open. In real life he also won the PGA Championship in 1916 and 1919 as well as the 1925 British Open.

FINAL LEADERBOARD AT US OPEN
event held at Columbia CC, Chevy Chase, Maryland  par 70
POS NAT     NAME		Total	R1  R2	R3  R4	Total
1  ENG 	Long Jim xBarnes	-1	74  67	70  68	279
2  USA	Matt xDuffy		 E	69  69	70  72	280
3 SCOT 	Fred xHerd		 2	68  71	75  68	282
4  USA	Jerry xTravers		 3	71  73	66  73	283
4  USA	Phil xHesler		 3	68  73	73  69	283
6  USA	Olin xDutra		 4	73  70	76  65	284
7 SCOT	Willie xMacFarlane	 5	70  70	76  69	285
8  USA	Walter xHagen		 6	70  75	72  69	286
9  USA	Craig xWood		 8	71  72	72  73	288
9  USA	Phil xTurnesa		 8	72  73	70  73	288
11 IRE 	Callum O’Grady		 9	67  69	79  74	289
11 SCOT	Aaron Martin		 9	71  74	70  74	289
11 ENG 	Logan Howard		 9	74  72	69  74	289
11 USA	Al xEspinosa		 9	73  75	70  71	289
11 ENG 	Cyril xWalker		 9	70  71	81  67	289
11 USA	Chick xEvans		 9	73  76	68  72	289
17 USA	Bobby xJones		10	73  71	73  73	290
17 USA	Eddie xLoos		10	67  76	78  69	290
19 SCOT	Alec xRoss		11	73  69	75  74	291
20 USA	Johnny xGolden		12	73  71	73  75	292
20 USA	Archie xLoeffler	12	73  70	76  73	292
20 USA	Page xHufty		12	74  73	75  70	292
20 USA	Edward xBeall		12	70  73	77  72	292
20 USA	Tony xManero		12	73  76	71  72	292
25 USA	Leo xDiegel		13	74  69	76  74	293
26 SCOT	Tommy xArmour		14	71  76	75  72	294
26 USA	Ed xDudley		14	70  71	80  73	294
26 FRA	Arnaud xMassy		14	74  72	75  73	294
29 USA	Martin xO'Loughlin	15	70  75	75  75	295
30 USA	Jack xForrester		17	72  76	74  75	297
30 USA	Gene xSarazen		17	74  75	75  73	297
32 USA	Emmett xFrench		18	72  70	78  78	298
32 USA	Clarence xHackney	18	74  74	74  76	298
32 SCOT	James xBraid		18	71  74	78  75	298
32 SCOT	MacDonald xSmith	18	76  74	79  69	298
32 SCOT	Johnny xMcDermott	18	74  73	79  72	298
37 ENG	Arthur xHavers		19	78  70	76  75	299
38 USA	Wilfred xReid		20	74  72	77  77	300
39 USA	Harry xHampton		21	75  72	81  73	301
40 USA	George xBowden		22	75  73	75  79	302
40 USA	James xWest		22	75  73	76  78	302
40 USA	Tyler Graham		22	73  71	82  76	302
43 CAN	Logan Atwood		23	72  75	80  76	303
44 USA	Walter xLoeffler	26	77  73	79  77	306
44 USA	Emil xLoeffler		26	72  72	82  80	306
46 USA	Willie xKidd		28	77  71	77  83	308
47 SCOT	Jock xHutchinson	29	71  73	81  84	309
48 SWTZ	Fernando Zulle		33	71  78	79  85	313


	          MAJOR TOURNAMENTS SIM RESULTS
YEAR	PGA		US OPEN			BRITISH OPEN
1919   Walter xHagen	Jerry xTravers	 	not held		
1920   Walter xHagen	Willie xMacFarlane	Jimmy xHines		
1921			Jim xBarnes

JUNE 22, 1921
RUTH HOMERS IN RETURN TO FENWAY
Babe Ruth hit his major league leading 27th homerun but it was not enough for the New York Yankees to beat Ruth's old team as Boston won 5-2. Ruth hit a solo shot over the Green Monster in the 5th inning off of Sailor Stroud to cut Boston's lead at the time to 3-2. It was Ruth's first game in Fenway since being traded from the Red Sox following a brawl with teammates last month.

While Ruth's presence in the lineup has certainly made New York a much stronger team it has not translated to success in the league standings. The Yankees are 7-11 since Ruth joined the squad in a trade with Boston but it is the Yankee pitching staff that deserves most of the blame. New York has allowed more runs against than any other team in the American League. Boston, on the other hand, continues to roll right along even without Ruth's bat. The Red Sox have won 13 of 17 games since the deal was made. Boston now holds a 6 game lead on second place Detroit atop the American League standings.

[Tiger Fan]

JUNE 25, 1920
xBARNES FOLLOWS UP US OPEN WITH WIN AT BRAE BURN
For the second week in a row Jim xBarnes is the winner of the PGA stop. Last week was much more prestigous when xBarnes took home the US Open title but he was quite happy with a win in the Massachusetts Open this week. xBarnes finished a stroke ahead of Archie xLoeffler and 2 up on Fred xHerd. xHerd also finished third at last week's US Open.

The two victories vault the 28 year old xBarnes into the World number one ranking, just ahead of Walter xHagen. xHerd is fourth behind European Tour veteran Alec xRoss. xBarnes also moves to the top of the PGA money winner list with $4,592 in earnings this season. xHagen is second at $3,666.

FINAL LEADERBOARD FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS OPEN 
event held at Brae Burn CC
#  NAT	Player		     Winnings	Total	R1  R2	R3  R4	Total
1  ENG 	Long Jim xBarnes      $1,079 	-22	66  70	65  65	266
2  USA	Archie xLoeffler	$647 	-21	67  66	63  71	267
3 SCOT 	Fred xHerd		$408 	-20	66  67	67  68	268
4  USA	Walter xHagen		$300 	-17	67  71	69  64	271
5 SCOT 	Tommy xArmour		$227 	-16	64  73	69  66	272
6  ENG 	Cyril xWalker		$204 	-15	67  73	67  66	273
7  USA	Page xHufty		$192 	-14	72  69	65  68	274
8  USA	Chick xEvans		$185 	-13	71  71	65  68	275
9  USA	Al xCiuci		$168 	-12	70  69	65  72	276
9  USA	Lorry xNabholtz		$168 	-12	70  75	67  64	276
9  USA	Francis xOiumet		$168 	-12	67  70	72  67	276

JUNE 29, 1921
AGGIES GO 1-2 IN PBA DRAFT
As expected the two freshman guards from Texas A&M were selected first and second in the Professional Basketball Association draft. The Pittsburgh Raiders, who won just 15 of their 82 games last season, started the draft by taking shooting guard Michael McMaster while Cleveland followed up by selecting his backcourt make Mark Bass.

The first college senior selected was point guard Shaun Boddicker of Mississippi, who went third to Atlanta. Milwaukee made it four straight guards to start the draft when the All-Stars selected Reece Cable from Illinois.

College player of the year Brian Hawkins of USC was selected 14th by Denver. Sam Hightower from the University of San Francisco and Maryland's Dwayne Taylor were the other first team All-Americans to be drafted. Hightower went to the Brooklyn Gothams with the 11th pick while Taylor was selected 29th by the Houston Mavericks.

	1921 PBA DRAFT: FIRST ROUND SELECTIONS
1 Pittsburgh	SG  Michael McMaster 	Texas A&M 	
2 Cleveland	PG  Mark Bass		Texas A&M
3 Atlanta	PG  Shaun Boddicker 	Mississippi
4 Milwaukee	PG  Reece Cable		Illinois
5 Boston	C   Johnny Church	Kansas
6 Carolina	SG  Tanner Stevenson	NYU
7 Rochester	C   Josh Henderson	Virginia
8 Washington	SF  Corry Stanley	Holy Cross
9 Buffalo	SF  Brent Fisher	Yale	
10 Minneapolis  SF  Merv Pettway	Michigan State
11 Brooklyn     SG  Sam Hightower	San Francisco
12 St Louis     SG  CJ Louis		Georgia Tech
13 Okla City	PF  Brian Costello	UCLA
14 Denver	SG  Brian Hawkins	USC
15 New York	PF  Bob Pearce		North Carolina
16 Providence   SF  BJ West		CCNY
17 Baltimore    C   Rodney Roberts	Notre Dame
18 Detroit	SF  Charles Hunter	Alabama
19 Indianapolis SG  Ross Ballinger	Duke
20 Philadelphia SF  Omar Rashaw		NYU
21 Dallas	SG  John Scott		Arkansas
22 New Orleans  PF  CJ Jefferson	Princeton 
23 Cincinnati   SG  Tony Lopez		Harvard
24 Chicago      PG  Ben Pearson		Davidson
25 Virginia     PG  Harvey Laster	Illinois
26 Syracuse     PG  Charles Dixon	Gonzaga
27 Pittsburgh   C   Jonathan Wesley	UCLA
28 Youngstown   SF  Buster Brewer	Michigan
29 Houston	SG  Dwayne Taylor	Maryland
30 Toronto	C   Tom Calvery		Illinois

JULY 1, 1920
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - JUNE RECAP

		STANDINGS ON JULY 1
AMERICAN      W  L  GB	     NATIONAL      W  L  GB
Boston	     46 26   -       Chicago      44 29   -
Philadelphia 41 31  5.0	     Philadelphia 39 33  4.5
Chicago      39 33  7.0      Pittsburgh   39 34  5.0
Detroit      39 35  8.0      St Louis     39 34  5.0
Cleveland    37 36  9.5      Cincinnati   38 34  5.5
New York     32 43 15.5      New York     39 36  6.0
Washington   32 44 16.0      Boston       30 41 13.0
St Louis     28 46 19.0      Brooklyn     23 50 21.0

		LEAGUE LEADERS
		 BATTING AVG
G.Sisler SLA	.408	      	C.Bigbee Pit	.393
T.Speaker Bos	.405		H.Summa Bkn	.377
R.Stephenson Cle.404		M.Menosky Chn	.375
B.Ruth NYY	.395		H.Miller NY	.370
J.Jackson Pha	.389		R.Hornsby StL	.354
	
		  HOME RUNS
B.Ruth NYY	  33		J.Walsh Phi	 17
C.Williams Wsh	  18		A.McHenry StL	 14
E.Smith Cle       12		H.Miller NY	 11
B.Meusel NY	  11		H.Felsch NY	 11
H.Heilmann Det	  11	   	R.Hornsby StL	 10

		    RBI'S
B.Ruth Bos	  88		A.McHenry StL	 75
H.Heilmann Det    67		H.Felsch NY	 74
C.Williams Wsh 	  66		J.Tobin Cin	 65
J.Wood Pha	  62		C.Bigbee Pit	 60
F.Baker Cha	  60		R.Hornsby StL	 57

		     WINS
H.Eller Bos        11		B.Adams StL	 10
H.Pennock Pha      10		R.Faber NY	 10
E.Cicotte Det	   10		C.Johnson Chn	 10
S.Stroud Bos	   10		P.Donohue Cin	  9

		      ERA
J.Scott Bos	   3.23		B.Brown Pit	  2.93
S.Stroud Bos       3.34		P.Donohue Cin	  3.00
E.Cicotte Det      3.49		B.Hasty StL	  3.20
D.Leonard Det      3.49		C.Johnson Chn	  3.32
E.Steele Cle	   3.59		D.Griner Bkn	  3.53

		    STRIKEOUTS
D.Mails Cha	   51		C.Johnson Chn	63
H.Moran NY         51		D.Ayers Cin	62
D.Walker Pha	   50		B.Shawky Cin	60
G.Morton Cle	   48		P.Alexander Phi 54
H.Eller Bos	   48		R.Comstock Phi	53

JUNE AWARDS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - Babe Ruth New York: .351 with 13 homers and 31 RBI's in June.
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Sailor Stroud Boston : 5-1 with 2.92 era in 6 starts
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Riggs Stephenson Cleveland: .471 with 3 homers and 13 rbi's

NATIONAL LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - Happy Felsch New York: .364 with 7 homers and 30 rbi's in June
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Chief Johnson Chicago: 5-1 with 1.97 era in 6 starts
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Homer Summa Brooklyn: hit .417 with 5 HR and 19 rbi

JUNE NOTES
Washington will be without outfielder Cy Williams for 2 months after he was injured in a game on June 29th. The 33 year old Williams was hitting .320 with 18 homers and 66 rbi's at the time of the injury.

Brooklyn lost a pair of outfielders. First 21 year old Heinie Mueller tore his ankle up and a week later the Dodgers lost Casey Stengel for a month with a groin injury. The 30 year old Stengal was hitting .283 with 8 homers and 38 rbi's. Mueller's injury is much more serious as he is expected to be done for the year. He was hitting .308 with a homer and 26 rbi's in 221 at bats when he went down.

Patsy Dougherty of the Senators got his 2500th career hit in a game against the Athletics on June 23. The 44 year old becomes the 8th player to reach the 2500 hit plateau.
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JULY 1, 1921
WHITE SOX DELIVER MAILS TO CUBS
The Chicago White Sox have sent pitcher Duster Mails to the cross-town Cubs in exchange for outfielder Babe Twombley. Mails was leading the American League in strikeouts with 51 at the time of the deal. The 26 year old righthander was 6-8 with a 5.98 era for the White Sox this season. He is 23-36 in a 6 year career that also included a stop in Brooklyn. The Cubs made the move because Phil Douglas (7-2, 2.24) suffered a hand injury and will be out of action for a month.

The 25 year old Twombley is being counted on to add some offense to the White Sox. He was batting .376 in part time duty for the Cubs.


JULY 2, 1920
xCUICI WINS NEW JERSEY OPEN
Al xCuici picked up his first PGA Tour victory with a win in the New Jersey Open. The PGA Tour next makes a stop in Toronto for the Canadian Open before heading overseas to compete in the British Open at St Andrews Golf Club.

FINAL LEADERBOARD FROM THE NEW JERSEY OPEN 
event held at The Harvester
#  NAT	Player		     Winnings  Total	R1  R2	R3  R4	Total
1  USA	Al xCiuci		$881   -13	74  66	69  66	275
2  USA	Phil xHesler		$529  	-8	73  73	68  66	280
3  USA	Pat xO'Hara		$333 	-7	70  67	75  69	281
4  USA	Chas xRowe		$245  	-6	70  70	68  74	282
4  USA	Frank xColtart		$245  	-6	67  75	68  72	282
4  USA	Emmett xFrench		$245  	-6	72  73	70  67	282
4  CAN 	Logan Atwood		$245  	-6	70  74	68  70	282
8  USA	Ivan Scott		$151  	-5	66  71	75  71	283
9  SAf	Dominic Spencer		$137  	-4	75  72	71  66	284
9  USA	Shawn Collins		$137  	-4	70  70	71  73	284
11 USA	Harry xHampton		 $99  	-3	69  70	76  70	285
11 USA	AJ xChapman		 $99  	-3	71  73	73  68	285
11 ENG	Cyril xWalker		 $99  	-3	73  69	71  72	285

[AthleticsFan]

What's next Tiger Fan what will you agree on in order to switch to Historictional......

- Ancestor Sign-ups (Starting in 1922) Including High School Teenagers starting in 1970.
- Expansion Voting (Starting in 1942-1945) First Tiger Fan picks 5-10 teams from Minor League Teams that not have a Major League Team, then the users from the forum will suggest Created Teams for the Expansion Vote.
- Female Baseball Players (Starting in 1943 with the AAGPBL) and possibly have the first Female player to play baseball. (And Hopefully will get a Miss USA and Miss Teen USA Team.)
- International Baseball (Starting in 1936 with the Japan League)
- Using the NFL with Total Pro Football instead of Second and team (Starting in 1923) If Agreed what are the teams?

Will you agree Tiger Fan?

[Tiger Fan]

Don't think any of those will happen. The two closest to consideration would be ancestor sign-up and using TPF. I decided against ancestor signup becuase 1)- I have too much other stuff to track already and 2)-others have done it and done it quite well on this board. As for using TPF and BBCF I briefly considered it but with no way to get my college stars to the pro league I thought staying closer to historical made more sense.

Btw, I have already simmed the NFL from 1950-2006 using Second and Ten and there were some great NFL championship and Super Bowl games.

[Tiger Fan]

JULY 5, 1921
PLENTY OF FIREWORKS AS DEMPSEY WINS AGAIN
Amistd Independance Day celebrations, World Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey unloaded with plenty of fireworks of his own. The World Heavyweight Champion beat challenger Fred Fulton badly in a bout at Madison Square Garden. Fulton was handpicked as an easy tuneup fight for Dempsey but the challenger deserves a lot of credit for being one of the few men to survive the entire 15 rounds with Dempsey. Fulton, 40-7, was also given a title shot a few years back against then-champ Harry Wills.


JULY 9, 1921
WALLACE WINS CANADIAN OPEN
American Alex Wallace notched his second PGA win of the season after winnning the Canadian Open by 2 strokes over Jack xBurgess. Very few of the top professionals elected to compete as most decided to board a boat across the Atlantic a little early in order to get some practice rounds in England before the British Open. This year's Open will be held at St Andrews from July 19-21.





JULY 13, 1921
EDDIE COLLINS COLLECTS CAREER HIT 2000
Philadelphia Athletics infielder Eddie Collins became the 32nd member of the 2000 hit club after singling in a 6-5 loss to Detroit. The 34 year old is in his 16th major league season, all with the A's and has a .298 career batting average. This seeason he his hitting .311 with 5 homers and 47 rbi's. He has 3 World Series rings from his time with the A's.

The all-time career hit leader is Jesse Burkett with 3030. Detroit's Ty Cobb is the top active player with 2922.



JULY 18, 1921
BRITISH OPEN SET TO START AT ST ANDREWS
For the 12th time St Andrews will play host to the British Open. Most of the top American tour golfers have made the trip across the Atlantic so this should prove to be one of the most competitive Opens ever staged.

Among the favourites are 1919 and 1920 PGA champion Walter xHagen, PGA tour money leader Jim xBanres and Euro tour vets Alec xRoss and Harry xVardon. Youngsters who could make some noise include Americans Bobby xJones and Gene xSarazen. The defending champion, American Jimmy xHines who won at Royal Cinque Ports last year, will also be back.


JULY 18, 1921
O'DOWD BEATS SMITH IN REMATCH
After winning an unanimous decision over Jeff Smith in January to reclaim the World Middleweight Title, Mike O'Dowd once again defeated Smith in the rematch. O'Dowd, fighting before a hometown crowd in St. Paul, Minnesota, won by technical knockout in the 14th round. The 26 year old's professional record now stands at 35-4-4. Smith falls to 42-8-1 and it appears unlikely the 30 year old will get another title shot.


JULY 19, 1921
22 GOLFERS WITHIN 2 STROKES OF LEAD AFTER OPENING ROUND AT ST ANDREWS
Calm conditions were the order of the day on Thursday at St. Andrews and as a result 33 of the 120 entrants in the British Open broke par. The tournament is extremely tight as 7 golfers share the opening round lead at 4 under par while another 8 including 21 year old American Bobby xJones are just one stroke back.

Scores may skyrocket tomorrow as the early forecast is for extremely brisk winds.

LEADERBOARD AT BRITISH OPEN AFTER THURSDAY'S OPENING ROUND
1-  James xBraid		-4
    Lucas Janes			-4
    Fred xHerd			-4	
    Paul Sims			-4
    Eddie xLoos			-4
    Logan Atwood		-4
    Tommy xArmour		-4
8-  Leo xDiegel			-3
    Bobby xJones		-3
    Bobby xCruikshank		-3
    Harry xHampton		-3
    Ed xDudley			-3
    Chick xEvans		-3
    Page xHufty			-3
15- Aaron Palmer		-2
    Bill xLeach			-2
    Jimmy xHines		-2
    Zachary Watts		-2
    Jack xForrester		-2
    Donald xRoss		-2
    Arnaud xMassy		-2
    Carl xGehler		-2

OTHERS OF NOTE
23- Olin xDutra			-1
34- Willie xMacFarlane		 E
    Jerry xTravers		 E
    Walter xHagen		 E
45- Alec xRoss			 1
72- Johnny xMcDermott		 3
    Gene xSarazen		 3
    Long Jim xBarnes		 3
83- Francis xOuimet		 4
103-Harry xVardon		 6

JULY 20, 1921
MOODY KNOCKS OUT O'BRIEN FOR LHW TITLE
Frank Moody is the new World Lightheavyweight champion after he knocked out Philadelphia Jack O'Brien in the 15th round of their title bout in London. The bout was close throughout but the 42 year old O'Brien clearly ran out of gas in the final couple of rounds.

Moody, a 21 year old Welshman, improves to 39-3-1 after claiming the World Title in his first shot at the belt. O'Brien falls to 61-12-6 with the loss and is expected to announce his retirement soon. He held the World Lightheavyweight Title from 1911-1916 and again the past 6 months after beating Fay Keiser.


JULY 20, 1921
DEFENDING CHAMP xHINES CO-LEADER MIDWAY THRU OPEN
Perhaps Jimmy xHines should consider playing on the European PGA Tour full-time. He has yet to win an event in North America but is in position to claim the British Open title for the second straight year.

xHines, a 21 year old from New York state, shot the best round of the day at 5 under par 67. That lowers his score to 7 under and ties him with fellow American Page xHufty for the lead. In real life Hines played in 18 majors but never finished higher than 7th. He competed in 8 US Opens and 10 Masters tournaments but never played in the British Open.

LEADERBOARD AT BRITISH OPEN AFTER FRIDAY'S SECOND ROUND
1-  Jimmy xHines		-7
    Page xHufty			-7
3-  Paul Sims			-4
4-  Tommy xArmour		-2
    Leo xDiegel			-2
    Fred xHerd			-2
7-  Matt xDuffy			-1
8-  Jack xForrester		 E
    Ed xDudley			 E
10- Nathan Bryant		 1
    Arnaud xMassy		 1
    Bobby xCruikshank		 1
    Logan xAtwood		 1

   OTHERS OF NOTE
15- Bobby xJones		 2
    Gene xSarazen	         2
29- Walter xHagen	         4
    Willie xMacFarlane		 4
42- Harry xVardon		 5
    Long Jim xBarnes		 5

[Tiger Fan]

JULY 21, 1921
xHINES CLOSING IN ON BRITISH OPEN REPEAT
Jimmy xHines is 18 holes away from repeating as British Open champion. The 21 year old American has a 1 stroke lead on Matt xDuffy and is two ahead of Bill xLeach with one round remaining on the Old Course at St. Andrews.

LEADERBOARD AT BRITISH OPEN AFTER SATURDAY'S THIRD ROUND
1-  Jimmy xHines		-5
2-  Matt xDuffy			-4
3-  Bill xLeach			-3
4-  Paul Sims			-1
5-  Page xHufty			 1
6-  Ed xDudley			 2
    Fred xHerd			 2
    Arnaud xMassy		 2
9-  Bobby xCruikshank		 4
    Leo xDiegel			 4
    Nathan Bryant		 4
12- Bobby xJones		 5
    Logan Atwood		 5
    Jack xForrester		 5
    Tony xManero		 5

   OTHERS OF NOTE
16- Tommy xArmour		 6
20- Gene xSarazen	         7
    Long Jim xBarnes		 7
28- Harry xVardon		 9
32- Walter xHagen	        10
43- Willie xMacFarlane		14

[RoyalsBlue]

Just at first glance, it looks like everybody struggled in that third round, TF. Walter and Willie appeared to have the most trouble though! I'm still holding out hope that Bobby Jones will make a run!

Also, did Dempsey have Arliss Michaels set him up with Tomato Khan?

[Tiger Fan]

Originally Posted by RoyalsBlue

Just at first glance, it looks like everybody struggled in that third round, TF.

Final round created even more problems.


JULY 21, 1921
xLEACH WINS BRITISH OPEN IN PLAYOFF AFTER WILD FINISH
A wet, windy day made for extremely difficult playing conditions but it also provided one of the most dramatic finishes to major a tournament in recent memory. Only Carl xGiehler managed to break par with a 1 under 71 as scores over 78 were more the norm on this day. Defending British Open champion Jimmy xHines exploded and shot an 8 over par 80 but it was still good enough to get him into a 4 way playoff for the title.

xHines would join Bill xLeach, Matt xDuffy and Fred xHerd in the playoff. Young American Bobby xJones made a tremendous charge, starting the day 10 strokes off the pace, but finished 2 back of the leaders.

xLeach, who hails from Philadelphia, never played in the British Open in real life. He did make 3 appearances in the US Open in the 1920's with his best finish coming in 1928 when he was 6th. In the real 1921 British Open Jock Hutchinson became the first non-British champion when he beat British amateur Roger Wethered in a 36-hole playoff by 9 strokes. Hutchinson missed the cut in the sim while Wethered tied for 34th.

FINAL LEADERBOARD AT BRITISH OPEN
event held at St. Andrews
POS NAT     NAME	    EARNINGS	Total	R1  R2	R3  R4	Total[/b]
1  USA	Bill xLeach	      $1,214  	 3	70  76	67  78	291* won playoff
2  USA	Jimmy xHines		$742 	 3	70  67	74  80	291
2  USA	Matt xDuffy		$742 	 3	74  69	69  79	291
2 SCOT 	Fred xHerd		$742 	 3	68  74	76  73	291
5  USA	Page xHufty		$270 	 4	69  68	80  75	292
6  USA	Bobby xJones		$256 	 6	69  77	75  73	294
6  USA	Ed xDudley		$256 	 6	69  75	74  76	294
6  USA	Nathan Bryant		$256 	 6	71  74	75  74	294
9  CAN 	Lucas Janes		$189 	 7	68  78	76  73	295
10 USA	Paul Sims		$175 	 8	68  72	75  81	296
10 FRA	Arnaud xMassy		$175 	 8	70  75	73  78	296
10 USA	Leo xDiegel		$175 	 8	69  73	78  76	296
10 USA	Carl xGiehler		$175 	 8	70  77	78  71	296
10 USA	Eddie xLoos		$175 	 8	68  78	77  73	296
15 USA	Tony xManero		$108 	 9	75  72	74  76	297
16 SCOT	Bobby xCruikshank	 $94  	10	69  76	75  78	298
16 USA	Chick xEvans		 $94  	10	69  79	74  76	298
16 USA	Billy xBurke		 $94  	10	73  72	81  72	298
19 USA	Jack xForrester		 $79  	11	70  74	77  78	299
19 USA	James xWest		 $79 	11	71  77	78  73	299
19 ENG	Long Jim xBarnes	 $79  	11	75  74	74  76	299
22 AUS	Hamish Sharp		 $74 	12	74  72	77  77	300
23 USA	Tyler Graham		 $72  	13	73  75	80  73	301
23 SCOT	Tommy xArmour		 $72  	13	68  74	80  79	301
23 USA	Gene xSarazen		 $72  	13	75  71	77  78	301
23 ENG	Cyril xWalker		 $72  	13	74  74	75  78	301
23 USA	L xGoldbeck		 $72  	13	72  76	75  78	301
23 USA	Olin xDutra		 $72  	13	71  77	76  77	301
23 USA	Al xCiuci		 $72  	13	71  75	80  75	301
30 USA	Harry xHampton		 $60  	14	69  78	80  75	302
31 ENG	Harry xVardon		 $59  	15	78  71	76  78	303
32 USA	Phil xTurnesa		 $57  	16	72  74	76  82	304
32 SCOT	Willie xMacFarlane	 $57  	16	72  76	82  74	304
34 ENG	Roger xWethered		 $53  	17	71  77	79  78	305
34 USA	Walter xHagen	 	 $53  	17	72  76	78  79	305
36 CAN 	Logan Atwood		 $50  	18	68  77	76  85	306
36 USA	Henry xTopping		 $50 	18	73  74	76  83	306
36 ENG	Zachary Watts		 $50  	18	70  78	77  81	306
36 SCOT	James xBraid		 $50  	18	68  80	77  81	306
36 USA	Fred xBaroni		 $50  	18	72  74	82  78	306
36 USA	Fred xBrand		 $50  	18	73  76	83  74	306
42 ENG	Jack xBurgess		 $40  	19	71  77	81  78	307
43 SCOT	Robert Graham		 $38  	22	71  78	83  78	310
43 IRE	Callum O’Grady		 $38  	22	75  74	80  81	310
43 ENG	Abe xMitchell		 $38   	22	75  73	83  79	310
46 USA	Jerry xTravers		 $33  	23	72  75	82  82	311
47 SAf	Max Matthews		 $32  	26	73  76	83  82	314
48 ENG 	Alf xPerry		 $30  	27	74  75	83  83	315

	          MAJOR TOURNAMENTS SIM RESULTS
YEAR	PGA		US OPEN			BRITISH OPEN
1919   Walter xHagen	Jerry xTravers	 	not held		
1920   Walter xHagen	Willie xMacFarlane	Jimmy xHines		
1921			Jim xBarnes		Bill xLeach

JULY 25, 1921
JOE GANS CAREER COMES TO END WITH LOSS TO UREN
Joe Gans, who at age 46 shocked the boxing world in May by beating Jimmy Fryer for the World Welterweight Title, has announced his retirement after he was knocked out in the first round of his title defense against Tommy Uren. The 28 year old Australian was all over Gans right from the start and the veteran looked all of his 46 years of age.


Gans retires with a 70-16-6 career record. He was World Lightweight champion from 1902-1906 and held the Welterweight Title in 1910-1911 as well as for the last 3 months.

Uren, 31-3-2, also briefly held the Welterweight title last year before losing to Fryer in August.


JULY 25, 1921
SENATORS ACQUIRE LEONARD FROM DETROIT
The Washington Senators have picked up pitcher Dutch Leonard from Detroit in a deal just before baseball's trade deadline. The Tigers get shortstop Tillie Shafer in return.

Leonard was among the league leaders in both strikeouts and earned run average. The 29 year old is 9-3 with a 3.46 era this season. In 9 years he has a career record of 111-99. Shafer was hitting .283 for the Sens at the time of the deal. The 32 year old infielder has played over 1500 games and is a career .274 hitter.

In a seperate trade the Senators filled the hole at shortstop by acquiring Russ Wrightstone from the Phillies. The 28 year old Wrightstone was hitting .294 with 8 homers and 57 rbi's this season. The Phillies add Rasty Wright to their woeful pitching staff in the deal. Wright is 25 years old and was 7-8 with a 5.11 era.

JULY 27, 1921
LEW TENDLER HOLDS LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP LEONARD TO DRAW
Top contender Lew Tendler fought the fight of his life but it still wasn't good enough to beat World Lightweight Champion Benny Leonard. The bout ended in a draw but only after Leonard floored the challenger with 30 seconds remaining in the 15th and final round. Had Leonard not won the 15th 10-8 for the knockdown on all 3 judges cards we would be talking about a new lightweight champion today.

With the draw Leonard retains the title but has promised Tendler a rematch in October.

[Tiger Fan]

JULY 29, 1921
xWHITECOMBE WINS AT LONG ISLAND
Ernest xWhitecombe won a 3-way playoff to capture first place in the Long Island Open. American's Al xCiuci and Braden Howard had to settle for a split of second place after losing the playoff. xWhitecombe is the eldest of three brothers playing professionally. Younger brothers Reg and Charles are on the European Tour.

FINAL LEADERBOARD AT LONG ISLAND OPEN
event held at Winged Foot
POS NAT     NAME	    EARNINGS	Total	R1  R2	R3  R4	Total[/b]
1  ENG	Ernest xWhitcombe	$899 	 8	71  76	70  71	288
2  USA	Braden Howard		$539 	 8	72  71	70  75	288
2  USA	Al xCiuci		$539 	 8	71  72	75  70	288
4  USA	Gene xSarazen		$250 	 9	73  69	75  72	289
4  USA	Harry xHampton		$250 	 9	72  71	74  72	289
6  CAN 	Aiden Hadfield		$170 	10	71  76	71  72	290
6  USA	Walter xHagen		$170 	10	70  69	79  72	290
8  USA	Blake Berry		$154 	12	78  72	71  71	292
8  CAN 	Marcus Korman		$154 	12	74  71	73  74	292
8  USA	Joe xSylvester		$154 	12	73  70	76  73	292

AUGUST 1, 1921
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - JULY RECAP

		STANDINGS ON AUGUST 1
AMERICAN      W  L  GB	     NATIONAL      W  L  GB
Boston	     62 37   -       New York	  62 44   -
Philadelphia 57 41  4.5	     St Louis     57 44  2.5
Cleveland    54 46  8.5      Chicago      54 47  5.5
Detroit      52 51 12.0      Philadelphia 53 49  7.0
Chicago      47 54 16.0      Pittsburgh   53 49  7.0
Washington   47 58 18.0      Cincinnati   50 51  9.5
New York     42 58 20.5      Boston       43 57 16.0
St Louis     42 58 20.5      Brooklyn     36 67 24.5

		LEAGUE LEADERS
		 BATTING AVG
R.Stephenson Cle.421	      	R.Hornsby StL	.406
G.Sisler SLA	.418		H.Summa Bkn	.382
T.Speaker Bos	.393		C.Bigbee Pit	.372
B.Ruth NYY	.381		E.Smith NYG	.370
T.Cobb Det	.374		H.Felsch NYG	.367
	
		  HOME RUNS
B.Ruth NYY	  41		J.Walsh Phi	 19
C.Williams Wsh	  18		R.Hornsby StL	 17
E.Smith Cle       18		E.Smith NYG	 17
B.Meusel NY	  17		H.Felsch NYG	 15
F.Baker Cha	  17	   	A.McHenry StL	 15

		    RBI'S
B.Ruth NYY	  114		H.Felsch NY	 106
H.Heilmann Det     92		R.Hornsby StL	  91
F.Baker Cha	   89		A.McHenry StL	  91
E.Smith Cle	   87		J.Tobin Cin	  85
G.Sisler SLA	   86		C.Bigbee Pit	  78

		     WINS
H.Pennock Pha      13		R.Faber NYG	 16
H.Eller Bos        12		B.Adams StL	 14
E.Cicotte Det	   12		W.Hoyt NYG	 13
S.Coveleski Cha	   12		P.Donohue Cin	 12
E.Steele Cle	   12		R.Collins Chn	 12

		      ERA
S.Stroud Bos       3.28		B.Brown Pit	  3.09
E.Cicotte Det      3.40		R.Faber NYG	  3.34
D.Leonard Wsh      3.56		B.Hasty StL	  3.38
F.Miller Wsh	   3.79		P.Donohue Cin	  3.45
R.Benton Cle	   3.95		C.Johnson Chn	  3.49

		    STRIKEOUTS
S.Coveleski Cha	   72		D.Ayers Cin	  86
H.Moran NYY        70		C.Johnson Chn	  80
W.Glazner SLA	   69		P.Alexander Phi   76
J.Lively Det	   67		B.Shawky Cin	  74
D.Leonard Wsh      65		R.Faber NYG	  71

JULY AWARDS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - George Sisler Browns: hit .442 with 6 homers and 28 rbi's in July
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Wilbur Cooper Cleveland: 5-1, 3.71 era in 6 July starts
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Riggs Stephenson Cleveland: .457 with 2 homers and 24 rbi's

NATIONAL LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - Rogers Hornsby Cardinals: hit .504 with 7 homers and 34 rbi's in 117 at bats
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Red Faber NY Giants: 6-0 with 2.50 era in July
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Homer Summa Brooklyn: hit .393 with 3 HR and 23 rbi


AUGUST 5, 1921
xARMOUR TAKES TOP SPOT AT EASTERN OPEN
Tommy xArmour notched his second win of the season by taking top spot in the Eastern Open. xArmour finished at 12 under par to bead Ed xDudley by 4 strokes in the final tune-up for next week's PGA Championship.

xArmour moves up to 7th on the PGA money list these season, after finishing first in 1920.

FINAL LEADERBOARD AT EASTERN OPEN
event held at Torrey Pines
POS NAT     NAME	    EARNINGS	Total	R1  R2	R3  R4	Total[/b]
1 SCOT 	Tommy xArmour		$539 	-12	68  70	69  69	276
2  USA	Ed xDudley		$323 	-8	71  71	70  68	280
3  CAN	Christopher Forster	$204 	-6	67  71	73  71	282
4  USA	Gene xSarazen		$150 	-3	75  73	66  71	285
4  USA	Chick xEvans		$150 	-3	76  73	66  70	285
4  USA	George xSimpson		$150 	-3	71  73	70  71	285
4  USA	Craig xWood		$150 	-3	75  70	72  68	285
8  USA	Wilfred xReid		 $92 	-2	71  72	74  69	286
9  USA	JD xEdgar		 $84 	-1	69  73	74  71	287
9  USA	Alex xCunningham	 $84 	-1	75  68	73  71	287
11 USA	Stephen Marshall	 $60 	 E	70  75	74  69	288
11 USA	Nathan Bryant		 $60 	 E	73  72	66  77	288
11 USA	Michael Perez		 $60 	 E	71  69	74  74	288
14 ENG	Ernest xWhitcombe	 $53 	 1	68  73	70  78	289
14 USA	Fred xBrand		 $53 	 1	72  72	76  69	289
14 USA	Henry Martinez		 $53 	 1	71  71	76  71	289
14 USA	Bobby xJones		 $53 	 1	73  69	73  74	289
14 USA	Emmett xFrench		 $53 	 1	71  69	76  73	289
14 USA	James xWest		 $53 	 1	72  72	75  70	289

AUGUST 6, 1921
TIGERS LOSE HEILMANN FOR REST OF SEASON
The Detroit Tigers slim hopes of challenging the Boston Red Sox for the American League crown to a huge hit with news that second baseman Harry Heilmann will likely miss the rest of the season. The 27 year old Heilmann (.327,17,101) had been the Tigers best offensive threat this season.

Detroit will be forced to move shortstop Tillie Shafer (.269,4,50) to second to fill in for Heilmann. Donie Bush (.252,0,43), who had lost his starting job when the Tigers acquired Shafer from Washington last month, will go back in the lineup at short.


AUGUST 10, 1921
US OPEN CHAMP xBARNES CO-LEADER AFTER DAY 1 OF PGA
Long Jim xBarnes is one of 4 golfers tied for the lead after the opening round of the PGA Championships at Inwood Country Club on Long Island. xBarnes, who won the US Open earlier this year, shot an even par 71 and shares the lead with Taylor Barnes (no relation), Craig xWood and Johnny xGolden. Canada's Logan Atwood is just one stroke back. Atwood was among the co-leaders after the opening round of last month's British Open but he quickly faded and finished 36th.

LEADERBOARD AT PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER THURSDAY'S OPENING ROUND
1-  Long Jim xBarnes	E
    Taylor Barnes	E
    Craig xWood		E
    Johnny xGolden	E
5-  Logan Atwood	1
6-  Lou Goldbeck	2
    Edward xBeall	2
    Billy xBurke	2
    Al xEspinosa	2
10- Donald xRoss	3
    Louis xTeller       3
    Tommy xArmour	3
    Emmett xFrench  	3
14- Eddie xLoos	 	4
    Johnny xMcDermott	4
    Oliver Richards	4
    Henry xTopping	4

   OTHERS OF NOTE
18- Arthur xHavers	5
    Harry xVardon	5
35- Willie xMacFarlane	7
    Gene xSarazen	7
61- Walter xHagen	9
90- Ernest xWhitecombe 12
106-Jock xHutchinson   14
117-Bobby xJones       17

[Tiger Fan]

AUGUST 11, 1921
COURSE IS WINNING MIDWAY THROUGH PGA
Inwood Country Club on Long Island has proven to be extremely difficult midway through the PGA championships. After 36 holes only one golfer, England's Taylor Barnes, has managed to meet par. Barnes carded back to back even par 71's over the first two days.

Johnny xGolden and Long Jim xBarnes both shot 74 yesterday and trail Taylor Barnes by 3 strokes. Craig xWood, who was the co-leader with the 2 Barnes' and xGolden after round one, shot a 77 and now trails by 6 strokes. Only American Fred xBaroni, with a 1 under 70, managed to break par yesterday. xBaroni shot a 77 on Thursday and is in 4th place 5 strokes behind Taylor Barnes.

LEADERBOARD AT PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER FRIDAY'S SECOND ROUND
1-  Taylor Barnes	E
2-  Johnny xGolden	3
    Long Jim xBarnes	3
4-  Fred xBaroni	5
5-  Craig xWood		6
    Page xHufty		6
7-  Al xEspinosa	7
    Emmett xFrench	7
9-  Edward xBeall	8
10- James xWest		9
    Henry xTopping	9
    Billy xBurke	9
13- Tommy xArmour      10
    Logan McGregor     10
    Fred xHerd	       10
    MacDonald xSmith   10
    Leo xDiegel        10
18- Phil xHesler       11
    Arnaud xMassy      11
    Johnny xMcDermott  11
    Shawn Collins      11
    Alex Wallace       11
    Logan Atwood       11
    Alex xCunningham   11

   OTHERS OF NOTE
28- Harry xVardon      13

AUGUST 12, 1921
LONG JIM xBARNES A DAY AWAY FROM SECOND MAJOR WIN OF THE YEAR
On a day when scores in the high 70's were the norm, England's Long Jim xBarnes carded a 3 over par 73 and enjoys a 3 stroke lead in the PGA Championship with 18 holes to play. xBarnes, who won the US Open in June, is at plus 5. The wind was blowing quite heavily at Inwood Country Club yesterday and when you couple that with the narrow fairways and deep rough it is easy to see why most golfers saw their scores skyrocket.

xBarnes is 3 strokes ahead of Fred xBaroni, Taylor Barnes and Craig xWood. Johnny xGolden and Billy xBurke are 5 back but still have an outside chance because windy conditions are expected again today.

LEADERBOARD AT PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER SATURDAY'S THIRD ROUND
1-  Long Jim xBarnes	 5
2-  Fred xBaroni	 8
    Taylor Barnes	 8
    Craig xWood	   	 8
5-  Johnny xGolden	10
    Billy xBurke	10
7-  Edward xBeall	12
    Johnny xMcDermott	12
9-  Emmett xFrench	13
    Fred xHerd		13
11- Phil xHesler	14
12- Al xEspinosa	15
    Lucas Janes		15
    MacDonald xSmith	15
    Henry xTopping	15
16- Chick xEvans	16
    Tommy xArmour	16
18- Page xHufty		17
19- Wilfred xReid	18
    Harry xVardon	18

[Tiger Fan]

AUGUST 13, 1921
JIM xBARNES WINS ANOTHER MAJOR
Long Jim xBarnes won his second major golf tournament of the summer by taking a 4 stroke victory in the PGA Championship. The English-born xBarnes, who is a regular on the American PGA tour, won the United States Open in June. Only a 19th place finish in the British Open prevented xBarnes from sweeping all 3 majors.

In real life Barnes, who was born in England but raised in the United States, won the first two PGA championships in 1916 and 1919 (there was no event in 1917 or 1918 due to WWI) as well as the 1921 US Open. He would also win the British Open in 1925. In real life Walter Hagen beat Barnes in the 36 hole final of the 1921 PGA, 3 and 2. It was a match-play event back then.

FINAL LEADERBOARD AT PGA CHAMPIONSHIPS
event held at Inwood CC, Long Island.
POS NAT     NAME	    EARNINGS	Total	R1  R2	R3  R4	Total[/b]
1  ENG 	Long Jim xBarnes       $989 	 7	71  74	73  73	291
2  USA	Fred xBaroni	       $605 	11	77  70	74  74	295
3  USA	Phil xHesler	       $440 	12	81  72	74  69	296
3  USA	Emmett xFrench	       $440 	12	74  75	77  70	296
5  USA	Craig xWood	       $220 	13	71  77	73  76	297
5 SCOT 	Johnny xMcDermott      $220 	13	75  78	72  72	297
7  USA	Johnny xGolden	       $197 	15	71  74	78  76	299
8  USA	Billy xBurke	       $165 	19	73  78	72  80	303
8  USA	Edward xBeall	       $165 	19	73  77	75  78	303
10 USA	Page xHufty	       $143 	20	76  72	82  74	304
10 SCOT	Fred xHerd	       $143 	20	81  71	74  78	304
12 SCOT	MacDonald xSmith       $121 	21	77  75	76  77	305
12 SCOT	Tommy xArmour	       $121 	21	74  78	77  76	305
14 ENG	Taylor Barnes		$99 	22	71  71	79  85	306
14 USA	Noah Tucker		$99 	22	76  79	79  72	306
16 USA	Henry xTopping		$77 	23	75  76	77  79	307
16 USA	Wilfred xReid		$77 	23	78  77	76  76	307
18 USA	Al xEspinosa		$65 	25	73  76	79  81	309
18 USA	L xGoldbeck		$65 	25	73  83	76  77	309
18 USA	Olin xDutra		$65 	25	78  76	81  74	309
18 USA	Leo xDiegel		$65 	25	77  75	83  74	309
22 CAN	Lucas Janes		$60 	26	77  78	73  82	310
22 USA	Walter xHagen		$60 	26	80  76	78  76	310
22 USA	Shawn Collins		$60 	26	76  77	80  77	310
25 USA	Braden Howard		$56 	27	76  78	77  80	311
25 ENG	Harry xVardon		$56 	27	76  79	76  80	311
25 SCOT	Logan McGregor		$56 	27	78  74	83  76	311
28 CAN	Logan Atwood		$52 	28	72  81	82  77	312
28 ENG	Arthur xHavers		$52 	28	76  80	79  77	312
28 CAN 	Aiden Hadfield		$52 	28	78  77	81  76	312
31 USA	Willie xKidd		$48 	29	79  78	76  80	313
31 USA	James xWest		$48 	29	79  72	83  79	313
31 ENG	Oliver Richards		$48 	29	75  81	78  79	313
34 ENG	Len xHolland		$43 	30	78  77	84  75	314
34 USA	William Stephens	$43 	30	78  77	79  80	314
34 USA	Louis xTellier		$43 	30	74  81	80  79	314
34 USA	Harry xHampton		$43 	30	76  81	78  79	314
34 USA	Alex Wallace		$43 	30	77  76	84  77	314
39 FRA	Arnaud xMassy		$37 	32	81  72	82  81	316
40 USA	Chick xEvans		$35 	33	77  78	74  88	317
40 USA	Alex xCunningham	$35 	33	78  75	83  81	317
42 USA	Jaden Carpenter		$32 	35	82  75	79  83	319
42 IRE	Callum O’Grady		$32 	35	78  77	82  82	319
42 SCOT	Donald xRoss		$32 	35	74  80	86  79	319
42 SCOT	Sandy xHerd		$32 	35	82  75	82  80	319
46 USA	Archie xLoeffler	$27 	37	78  79	84  80	321
47 PORT	Angel xde la Torre	$26 	38	83  74	81  84	322
48 USA	Ed xDudley		$24 	41	82  75	82  86	325

AUGUST 24, 1921
RUTH CRANKS HOMER #50
Babe Ruth became the first player to hit 50 homeruns in a season when he took Wilbur Cooper deep in the 5th inning of the New York Yankees 8-2 victory over the Indians in Cleveland. Ruth, who surpassed his own major league record by hitting his 43rd homer earlier in the month, still has over a month remaining in the season and may make a run at 60.




SEPTEMBER 1, 1921
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - AUGUST RECAP
ALL SIGNS POINT TO RED SOX-GIANTS SERIES REMATCH
With a month remaining in the regular season the odds seem good that the World Series participants will be a repeat of last season when the Boston Red Sox swept the New York Giants in 4 games. The Giants enjoy a 6.5 game lead on second place Chicago atop the National League while in the junior circuit the Red Sox are 4 ahead of Cleveland and 6.5 up on the Philadelphia Athletics.

		STANDINGS ON SEPTEMBER 1
AMERICAN      W  L  GB	     NATIONAL      W  L  GB
Boston	     74 48   -       New York	  81 51   -
Cleveland    72 54  4.0	     Chicago      72 55  6.5
Philadelphia 68 55  6.5      St Louis     69 59 10.0
Detroit      69 61  9.0      Pittsburgh   68 60 11.0
Chicago      63 65 14.0      Cincinnati   63 65 16.0
Washington   58 72 20.0      Philadelphia 63 68 17.5
New York     55 72 21.5      Boston       53 75 26.0
St Louis     48 80 29.0      Brooklyn     46 82 33.0

		LEAGUE LEADERS
		 BATTING AVG
G.Sisler SLA	.407	      	R.Hornsby StL	.389
R.Stephenson Cle.405		E.Smith NYG	.379
T.Speaker Bos	.391		C.Bigbee Pit	.373
B.Ruth NYY	.387		J.Tobin Chn	.365
T.Cobb Det	.385		H.Summa Bkn	.362
	
		  HOME RUNS
B.Ruth NYY	  52		J.Walsh Phi	 24
F.Baker Cha	  22		E.Smith NYG	 24
E.Smith Cle       21		A.McHenry StL	 20
B.Meusel NY	  21		R.Hornsby StL	 18
G.Sisler SLA	  20	   	T.McDonald Cin   18

		    RBI'S
B.Ruth NYY	  145		H.Felsch NY	 126
F.Baker Cha	  118		A.McHenry StL	 126
B.Meusel NYY	  105		J.Tobin Cin	 114
G.Sisler SLA	  102		R.Hornsby StL	 111
H.Heilmann Det    101		E.Smith NYG      108

		     WINS
H.Pennock Pha      16		R.Faber NYG	 19
S.Stroud Bos       16		W.Hoyt NYG	 17
E.Cicotte Det	   16		B.Adams StL	 15
S.Coveleski Cha	   16		P.Donohue Cin	 15
E.Steele Cle	   16		P.Alexander Phi	 15

		      ERA
S.Stroud Bos       3.21		C.Johnson Chn	  3.26
D.Leonard Wsh      3.63		B.Brown Pit	  3.45
E.Cicotte Det      3.67		R.Faber NYG	  3.70
F.Miller Wsh	   3.83		P.Donohue Cin	  3.79
E.Steele Cle	   3.87		R.Collins Chn	  3.93

		    STRIKEOUTS
S.Coveleski Cha	   92		D.Ayers Cin	  102
W.Glazner SLA	   87		C.Johnson Chn	   98
J.Lively Det	   84		P.Alexander Phi    90
H.Moran NYY        82		R.Comstock Phi	   87
W.Cooper Cle	   79		B.Schardt Bkn	   86

AUGUST AWARDS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - Babe Ruth NY Yankees: hit .409 with 11 homers and 31 rbi's in August
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Mysterious Walker White Sox: 5-1, 2.85 era in 6 August starts
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Chicken Hawks NY Yankees: .409 with 4 homers and 24 rbi's

NATIONAL LEAGUE
PLAYER OF THE MONTH - Earl Smith NY Giants: hit .414 with 7 homers and 33 rbi's in August
PITCHER OF THE MONTH - Johnny Morrison Cardinals: 5-0 with 2.93 era in August
ROOKIE OF THE MONTH - Ray Grimes Cincinnati: hit .339 with 6 HR and 24 rbi

[Tiger Fan]

OCTOBER 3, 1921
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - FINAL STANDINGS
RECORD SETTING YEAR FOR RUTH
It was an eventful year for Babe Ruth. After getting into a brawl with teammates that precipitated a trade from Boston to the New York Yankees Ruth went on to hit 61 home runs, smashing his own record of 42 set last year. The Bambino also set major league single season marks for slugging percentage (.548), total bases (442), walks (175) and rbi's (175).

Cleveland rookie Riggs Stephenson also made his mark on the record books. The 23 year old infielder hit .402, which is the highest single season mark since the American League was formed in 1901. Stephenson joins Joe Jackson (.400 in 1911) as the only major leaguers in the modern era to hit .400 in a season.

The New York Giants ran away with the National League to claim their 3rd straight pennant while in the American League even the absence of Ruth did not deter the Red Sox from a second straight berth in the World Series.

	  STANDINGS AT CLOSE OF REGULAR SEASON
AMERICAN      W  L  GB	     NATIONAL      W  L  GB
Boston	     93 61   -       New York	  98 56   -
Philadelphia 89 65  4.0	     St Louis     86 68 12.0
Cleveland    87 67  6.0      Chicago      84 70 14.0
Detroit      81 73 12.0      Pittsburgh   80 74 18.0
Chicago      71 83 22.0      Philadelphia 73 81 25.0
New York     69 85 24.0      Cincinnati   70 84 28.0
Washington   68 86 25.0      Boston       69 85 29.0
St Louis     58 96 35.0      Brooklyn     56 98 42.0

		LEAGUE LEADERS
		 BATTING AVG
R.Stephenson Cle.402	      	R.Hornsby StL	.389
B.Ruth NYY	.396		C.Bigbee Pit	.374
T.Speaker Bos	.395		H.Summa Bkn	.366
G.Sisler SLA	.395		E.Smith NYG	.361
J.Jackson Pha	.370		M.Menosky Chn	.360
	
		  HOME RUNS
B.Ruth NYY	  61		J.Walsh Phi	 28
F.Baker Cha	  28		R.Hornsby StL	 25
E.Smith Cle       28		E.Smith NYG	 24
B.Meusel NY	  28		A.McHenry StL	 23
G.Sisler SLA	  22	   	T.McDonald Cin   19

		    RBI'S
B.Ruth NYY	  175		A.McHenry StL	 150
F.Baker Cha	  139		H.Felsch NY	 138
B.Meusel NYY	  139		J.Tobin Cin	 137
E.Smith Cle	  126		R.Hornsby StL	 132
H.Hooper Bos	  120		E.Smith NYG      116

		     WINS
H.Pennock Pha      22		R.Faber NYG	 24
E.Steele Cle	   21		W.Hoyt NYG	 22
S.Stroud Bos       20		R.Collins Chn	 19
E.Cicotte Det	   19		C.Johnson Chn	 19
S.Coveleski Cha	   19		R.Witherup Bsn	 18

		      ERA
S.Stroud Bos       3.23		C.Johnson Chn	  3.14
D.Leonard Wsh      3.53		B.Brown Pit	  3.33
W.Cooper Cle	   3.70		R.Faber NYG	  3.59
E.Cicotte Det      3.73		B.Hasty StL	  3.87
E.Steele Cle	   3.75		P.Donohue Cin	  3.93

		    STRIKEOUTS
S.Coveleski Cha	  108		D.Ayers Cin	  122
D.Walker Pha	  107		C.Johnson Chn	  121
W.Cooper Cle	  103		R.Faber NYG	  112
W.Glazner SLA	  102		B.Schardt Bkn	  106
J.Lively Det	  100		P.Alexander Phi   105

YEAR END AWARDS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
MVP: Babe Ruth NY Yankees: hit .396 with 61 homers and 175 rbi's
PITCHER OF YEAR: Sailor Stroud Boston : 20-8 with 3.23 era
ROOKIE OF YEAR: Riggs Stephenson Cleveland: AL batting champ at .402

NATIONAL LEAGUE
MVP: Rogers Hornsby St Louis: .389 with 25 homers and 132 rbi's
PITCHER OF YEAR: Red Faber NY Giants: 24-8 with 3.59 era
ROOKIE OF YEAR: Homer Summa Brooklyn: .366 with 14 homers and 102 runs scored


OCTOBER 5, 1921
WORLD SERIES
GIANTS TAKE GAME 1 1-0 IN 10 INNINGS
After getting swept in the World Series by Boston last year the New York Giants finally managed to beat the Boston Red Sox but it took them 10 innings to do so. Frankie Frisch (.350,8,71) hit a solo homer with 2 out in the bottom of the 10th off of Boston reliever Benn Karr to score the game's only run in a 1-0 New York victory.

Rosy Ryan (17-5, 4.42) went the distance allowing just 4 hits for the victory while Karr took the loss in relief of Larry Brenton (11-10, 4.81).


OCTOBER 5, 1921
WORLD SERIES
RED SOX EVEN SERIES ON MAYS' 4-HITTER
Carl Mays allowed just 4 New York hits as the Boston Red Sox beat the Giants 2-1 at the Polo Grounds to even the World Series at 1 game apiece. Mays (18-10, 4.47) allowed a first inning triple to Earl Smith (.361,24,116), who scored on a sacrifice fly for the Giants only run. Boston got an unearned run to even things up in the 4th inning and won the game on an rbi single off the bat of Steve O'Neill (.306,5,86) in the top of the ninth.

OCTOBER 7, 1921
WORLD SERIES
YOUNGS AND MILLER LEAD GIANTS PAST RED SOX 6-3
Outfielders Ross Youngs and Hack Miller combined for 7 hits, 3 rbi's and 3 runs to carry the New York Giants past Boston 6-3 at Fenway Park in Game Three of the World Series. The Giants now lead the series 2 games to one. Youngs (.353,8,101) had 4 hits including a triple while Miller (.389,12,55) drove in 2 and scored twice. Waite Hoyt (22-10, 3.94) allowed just 5 hits for the win. Hod Eller (16-15, 4.49) went the distance in the loss.

OCTOBER 7, 1921
WORLD SERIES
GIANTS HAMMER RED SOX 8-2 TO TAKE 3-1 SERIES LEAD
Happy Felsch homered twice and Hack Miller had 5 hits to pace the New York Giants past Boston 8-2 in Game Four of the World Series. The victory gives the Giants a commanding 3 games to one lead and they can wrap up the series with a win in Boston today.

Rosy Ryan got his second win of the series after allowing 6 Boston hits in 8 innings of work. Lynn Brenton took the loss.


OCTOBER 8, 1921
GIANTS WIN THE WORLD SERIES
BEAT RED SOX 8-5 TO TAKE SERIES IN 5 GAMES
The New York Giants won their second World Series in 3 years with an 8-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game Five. Earl Smith and Hack Miller each hit 2-run homers in the 7th inning of the game to put the series away for the National League club.

Miller hit .579 in the series with 3 homers and 6 rbi's and was named the World Series MVP.




OCTOBER 22, 1921
DEMPSEY FLOORS JOHN JOHNSON IN THE FIRST
Jack Dempsey finished his night's work in just over 2 minutes as he floored big John Lester Johnson three times in the opening round of their title fight in Philadelphia. The final knockdown, on a vicious combination, was one that Johnson was unable to recover from. Johnson drops to 39-9-3 with the loss while the World Champion runs his record to 42-1.

OCTOBER 29, 1921
LEONARD KO'S CHALLENGER TENDLER
World Lightweight champion Benny Leonard retained his title with a 13th round knockout of challenger Lew Tendler. The knockout comes in a rematch of their title from from July which ended in a draw after the challenger fought arguably the best fight of his career.

This time Leonard wore Tendler down and began to carry the fight in the later rounds. Near the end of the 12th round Tendler appeared to be out on his feet but the referee allowed the fight to continue. The Philadelphia native regrouped slightly in his corner before the 13th but when Leonard came out attacking and reigned a volley of punches on Tendler it was just a matter of time before the challenger went down. That happened 1:20 into the round when Leonard landed a short, concussive uppercut to the chin of Tendler sending him to the canvas.

Leonard is 35-2-1 after the victory while Tendler falls to 32-6-5.

OCTOBER 30, 1921
UREN RETAINS WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
Australian native Tommy Uren scored an unanimous decision over Ted 'Kid' Lewis in his first defense since beating Joe Gans to claim the crown. The fight was very close through 10 rounds but Uren clearly dominated over the final five to convince the judges to give him the title despite fighting in Lewis' hometown of London, England.

OCTOBER 30, 1921
ARKANSAS LANDS TOP COLLEGE HOOPS RECRUIT
The Arkansas Razorbacks pulled off a major college basketball recruiting coup when they managed to get the nation's top ranked prospect to sign with them. Jerry Gurley, a 6'10" center from Booker T Washington High School in Atlanta, decided on Arkansas over Georgia and North Carolina. Gurley averaged 26.7 ppg and 17.6 rpg as a junior in high school last season.

Georgia did get a consolation prize when the Bulldogs stole Jarion Owens out of the Razorbacks backyard. Owens, a 6'3" shooting guard from Lavaca, Arkansas, is the number two ranked prospect.

Here is the status on the top ten recruits.

TOP 10 COLLEGE RECRUITS FOR 1922
#  POS NAME			COLL COMMIT	HIGH SCHOOL/JUCO
1  C  Jerry Gurley		Arkansas	Booker T Washington HS, Atlanta
2  SG Jarion Owens		Georgia		Lavaca HS, Arkansas
3  PF Tommy Marsh		Holy Cross	Kemmerer HS, Diamondville, Wy.
4  SG John Bond			Kansas		Argyle HS, Texas
5  PG Doug Oliver		Michigan	Newman HS, Wausau, Wisc.
6  SG T J Kent			NYU		Kearney Catholic HS, Kearney, Neb.
7  SF James Anderson		North Carolina  Washington County HS, Sandersville, Ga.
8  SF Brian Stokes		Virginia	Long Beach HS, Long Beach, Mississippi
9  PF Earl Seagers		San Francisco   St. Anthony HS, Waliuku, Hawaii
10 PG Alex Williamns		Virginia	Waite HS, Toledo, Ohio

NOVEMBER 11, 1921
MOODY HANGS ON TO LHW BELT WITH DRAW
Frank Moody retained the World Lightheavyweight title but he had to scramble to do so as a late comeback allowed him to earn a draw with challenger Mike McTigue In Liverpool, England. Moody looked disinterested in the early rounds as McTigue built a strong lead. Finally late in the 11th round Moody began to look like a champion and won the final four rounds including the 15th when he knocked McTigue down twice.

Despite the late rally by Moody one judge had the challenger winning 144-140, another scored the bout 143-141 for Moody while the third had the fight even at 142-142. The 21 year old Moody has now won 40 fights against 3 losses and a draw.

The 29 year old McTigue was born in Ireland but fights out of New York City. His record dips to 38-4-2. McTigue held the World Title in this division for one defense after winning the belt when Kid Norfolk was disqualified from their bout in August of last year.


NOVEMBER 14, 1921
DEFENDING CHAMPION JAYHAWKS PRESEASON NUMBER ONE
Kansas comes into the 1921 season as the #1 ranked team in the country. Sophomore center Jesse Mason is the man to watch and the Jayhawks hopes of repeating as National Champion ride squarely on his shoulders. Will Kansas be able to handle the pressure of being defending NCAA champs when every team they play will be treating a contest with Kansas as their National Title game?

The Jayhawks are certainly not the only contenders for cutting down the nets next April. Kentucky, UCLA, Georgia and North Carolina are all legitimate threats to win it all.

The season kicks off this week with two preseason tournaments: the Coaches Classic and the Preseason NIT tournament. In the Coaches Classic, New York University is the top seed and faces a first round match-up against Colgate. Kansas is the favourite in the Preseason NIT Tournament but first they will have to get by Furman.

HOLY CROSS LOOKS TO CHALLENGE FOR BIG TEN TITLE
The Big Ten has always been very competitive but it will be even more so this year with the addition of a twelfth team. Holy Cross is ranked 12th in the nation and has as good a shot as anyone of winning the conference title. Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota are also Big Ten contenders.

PRESEASON COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 20
1   Kansas
2   Kentucky
3   UCLA
4   Georgia
5   North Carolina
6   San Francisco
7   Oklahoma A&M
8   Tennessee
9   Alabama
10  New York University
11  Indiana
12  Holy Cross
13  Texas A&M
14  Yale
15  Texas
16  Virginia
17  Maryland
18  Michigan
19  Princeton
20  Notre Dame

NOVEMBER 16, 1921
MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMP O'DOWD HAS LITTLE TROUBLE WITH BORRELL
In what was designed simply to be an easy payday, World Middleweight Champion Mike O'Dowd had no trouble taking an unanimous decision victory against Philadelphia native Joe Borrell in the challenger's hometown.

It was the first and most likely last title shot Borrell will ever get. The 29 year old does have a decent 44-12 record but has fashioned it mainly by taking on club fighters. Borrell does deserve credit for going the distance against O'Dowd despite being badly out boxed.


NOVEMBER 21, 1921
JAYHAWKS SURVIVE PRESEASON NIT
Outstanding competition highlighted the preseason NIT Tournament as five of the top six teams in the preseason rankings participated. In the end it was preseason number one Kansas that prevailed with a 71-69 squeker over San Francisco in the title game. The Jayhawks also learned they can win without the big man in the middle as sophomore center Jesse Mason was limited to just 7 points in 22 minutes because of foul troubles. Junior guard Lars George stepped up and led the way for Kansas in the win over preseason #6 San Francisco. George had 25 points and 7 rebounds.

To get to the finals Kansas beat #2 Kentucky 75-64 in the semi-finals. That game belonged to Mason as the center had 16 points and 16 boards. In the quarterfinals Kansas beat 9th ranked Alabama 68-54 after hammering Furman 73-42 in the opening game.

San Francisco also had a tough road to the finals beating #12 Holy Cross, #4 Georgia and Villanova. The most exciting game of the tournament, aside from the championship contest, had to be Georgia's triple overtime 84-81 victory over 5th ranked North Carolina.

In the other preseason tournament, UCLA won the Coaches Classic with an 83-67 win over South Carolina in the title game. Notre Dame and New York University were the semi-finalists.


DECEMBER 1, 1921
xBARNES NAMED GOLFER OF THE YEAR
It comes as little surprise that Jim xBarnes was named the PGA player of the year for 1921. All xBarnes did was win 3 events including the United States Open and PGA Championship and finish second on two other occassions. He also lead the tour in earnings with $6,157 and finishes the year ranked #1 in the World.

Here are the top money winners from both the North American and European Tours:

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PGA MONEY LEADERS
1- Long Jim xBarnes $6157
2- Walter xHagen $5771
3- Fred xHerd $4751
4- Tommy xArmour $4393
5- Olin xDutra $3901
6- Jack xBurgess $3755
7- Bill xLeach $3554
8- Phil xHesler $3544
9- Bobby xJones $3516
10- Willie xKidd $3337

PGA EUROPE MONEY LEADERS
(in UK pounds)
1- Alec xRoss 2671
2- Willie xMacFarlane 2299
3- Harry xVardon 2293
4- James xBraid 2027
5- Callum O'Grady 1851


WORLD GOLF RANKINGS
NAME PTS
1- Long Jim xBarnes 469
2- Walter xHagen 456
3- Fred xHerd 418
4- Tommy xArmour 376
5- Harry xVardon 349
6- Willie xMacFarlane 346
7- Alec xRoss 328
8- Bobby xJones 321
9- Matt xDuffy 281
10- Phil xHesler 279

DECEMBER 12, 1921
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP DEMPSEY WINS IN EUROPE
Call it a working vacation for Heavyweight Champ Jack Dempsey after he scored an easy 3rd round knockout victory over someone by the name of Daan Holtkamp in the Netherlands. The bout was not sanctioned as a world title fight but Dempsey does improve to 43-1 with 30 knockouts in his career. Holtkamp is a journeyman with a 30-27 career mark.

On the undercard lightheavyweight challenger Gene Tunney improved his record to 35-3 with an 11th round TKO of Arthur Tracy. The 24 year old Tunney looks to be the strongest fighter in the lightheavyweight division and should be in line for a title shot next year.

The Lightheavyweight Division was thrown into turmoil when World Champion Frank Moody was knocked out in the 4th round of a non-title match with Charlie Nashert(14-4) on the same card. Moody looked out of shape and was clearly not ready for the bout which was to be a tune-up for his title defense next month against Bob Sweeney.

FLOWERS' TITLE HOPES WILT
In other boxing news, Tiger Flowers hopes of challenging Mike O'Dowd for the World Middleweight title suffered a setback when the 26 year old Georgia native suffered a first round knockout in his bout with Silent Martin in New York. The loss drops Flowers record to 21-3 and probably cost him a February title shot.

Instead, O'Dowd will likely face Harry Greb. The 27 year old Greb has recorded 10 straight knockouts and is 47-3-2 for his career. Greb's most recent victim was Terry Mitchell on the same card as the Flowers-Martin tilt.


DECEMBER 16, 1921
KANSAS REMAINS PERFECT IN COLLEGE HOOPS
The Kansas Jayhawks improved to 11-0 with an 80-36 pounding of 11th ranked Notre Dame. After winning the preseason NIT, the Jayhawks have dominated their non-conference schedule so far. Only a scary contest at Wichita State, where Kansas was lucky to escape with a 63-61 victory, has provided a challenge for the defending National Champs. National player of the year candidate Jesse Mason has led the way averaging 17.3 ppg and 13.9 rpg but he has also received plenty of support from junior guards Lars George (17.6 ppg) and Joe Johnson (12.6 ppg).


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COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 20
1 Kansas 11-0
2 San Francisco 11-2
3 Indiana 11-1
4 UCLA 8-2
5 Georgia 9-2
6 Kentucky 8-2
7 Yale 8-1
8 North Carolina 7-2
9 Texas 7-1
10 Michigan 8-2
11 Notre Dame 8-3
12 New York Univ 7-3
13 Illinois 7-2
14 Tennessee 5-3
15 Alabama 6-4
16 Washington 8-1
17 Holy Cross 6-3
18 Duke 7-2
19 Arizona 8-3
20 South Carolina 6-6


JANUARY 2, 1922
CALIFORNIA REPEATS AS ROSE BOWL CHAMP
For the second year in a row the University of California beat Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl to cap an undefeated season. The Bears held off a late Irish comeback bid to win 28-23 and finish 10-0 on the year. California also went 10-0 last season including a 40-13 win over Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl. Notre Dame ended the season with a 10-2 record. The Irish's other loss came at Nebraska (7-1).

In real life California and Washington&Jefferson played to a scoreless tie in the Rose Bowl.

There were two other bowl games to conclude the 1921 season.

Southwest Conference Champion Texas hammered Louisianna State 33-14 in the Dixie Bowl while Cornell beat Iowa 24-14 in the San Diego Christmas Classic.

The Longhorns and Texas A&M finished tied for top spot in the SWC and tied each other 17-17 in their regular season matchup. Texas was given the conference title and a Dixie Bowl bid because of a better points ratio. In the real Dixie Bowl of January 2, 1922 Texas A&M beat Centre 22-14.

1921 COLLEGE FOOTBALL STANDINGS

		    CONFERENCE
WESTERN		W  L  T 	SWC	W  L  T		
Iowa		6  2  0	     Texas	7  1  1
Michigan	6  1  0      Texas A&M  6  1  1
Chicago		5  1  1      Baylor     8  2  1
Wisconsin	5  2  0      Arkansas   7  2  1
Illinois	4  2  1      Rice       4  4  1
Purdue		3  3  1      Okla A&M   4  5  1
Indiana		3  4  0      SMU        3  5  1
Minnesota	3  4  0
Northwestern	2  4  1
Ohio State	2  5  0


PCC		W  L  T    ROCKY MTN    W  L  T
California     10  0  0	  Denver	6  1  0
Stanford	7  1  0	  Colorado	4  2  0
Washington St	5  1  1	  Utah		4  2  0
Oregon State	7  2  0   Utah State	5  3  0
Oregon		6  2  1	  Colorado St	3  3  0
Washington	3  5  0	  Colo. Mines	2  3  1
 			  Wyoming	2  4  1 
			  Colorado Coll	3  5  0

MISSOURI VALLEY W  L T	     SOUTHERN	W  L  T
Missouri	8  0 0  Virginia Tech	8  1  1
Nebraska	7  1 0	Alabama		8  2  1
Drake		6  1 0  Georgia Tech	7  1  1
Oklahoma	5  2 1	Georgia		7  2  1
Iowa St		4  4 0	Auburn		6  1  1
Kansas St	4  4 0	North Carolina	6  2  1
Kansas		3  3 1	Tennessee	6  2  1
Grinnell	3  4 0	Virginia	6  3  0
Washington(Mo)  2  6 0	Wash & Lee	5  3  1
			Maryland	4  3  2
			Kentucky	4  4  0
			N Carolina St	4  4  1
			Clemson		3  5  1
			Mississippi St	2  6  1

MAJOR IND     	W  L  T
Furman		9  0  1
Cornell		9  0  0
Louisiana State	7  1  1
Notre Dame     10  2  0
Syracuse	8  1  0
Mississippi	8  1  0
Pittsburgh	7  1  1
Miss  College	7  1  2
Vanderbilt	7  1  0
Princeton	6  1  0
Centre		8  2  0
Florida		8  2  1
Lafayette	7  2  0
Pennsylvania	7  2  0
Wash& Jefferson	7  2  1
Dartmouth	7  2  0
Yale		7  2  0
Lehigh		6  2  0
Erskine		6  2  0
Richmond	6  2  0
Texas Christian	6  2  2
Phillips	5  2  2
Sewanee		5  2  0
Penn State	6  3  1
Brown		6  3  0
Harvard		6  3  1
Newberry	4  3  0
Navy		3  3  1
West Virginia	6  4  0	
Colgate		5  4  1	
Mercer		5  4  0	
Samford		5  4  0	
Tulane		5  4  1	
Rutgers		4  4  1	
Birm-Southern	4  4  1	
Spring Hill	4  4  0	
South Carolina	3  4  1
Wake Forest	4  5  1
Oglethorpe	4  5  0
Davidson	4  6  0	
Tenn-Chatt	4  6  0	
Citadel		3  5  0
Idaho		3  5  0	
VMI		3  6  0	
Presbyterian	2  6  0	
Columbia	2  5  1	
Sthwestern(Tx)	1  5  1

[Tiger Fan]

I want to build up a little more history in each of these sports so I am going to pick up the pace of the sim. Rather than post all the different stories as I sim from day to day I am going to do an end of the year recap for each sport. I will still focus on all of the same events but I will group it by sport each year instead of date. Hopefully this will make it a little easier to follow as well as pick up the pace a little.

Starting with 1922 each sport will get it's own couple of posts every year. I will still keep it more or less in chronological order so we will begin with the basketball and hockey reports, then move on to the Indy 500, golf and baseball before wrapping each year up with football. Since boxing runs all year I will save it for last.

Unless there is some big objection I am going to eliminate the Kentucky Derby from this sim at least until I can find a decent program that let's me rate horses and run the races. Using a dice game takes far too long to complete a race and the sport really seems incomplete without a triple crown. I have not been able to find full info on past Preakness and Belmont races of the era.

Thanks to all who are reading along and I hope the slight format change makes it even easier to follow.

The 1922 hockey and basketball recaps will be posted in the next day or so.