Saturday, January 21, 2012

1935 Top Mound Showdown - Clark v Hubbell

Watty Clark (10-62, Dodgers) v  Carl Hubbell (10-62, Giants)


1935 Dodgers  212 000 140  -  10  15  1
1935 Giants   001 100 010  -   3  12  0

W - Clark       L - Hubbell

Home Runs - Babe Phelps 2 (Dodgers), Travis Jackson (Giants)

 
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed. It was one of those days for legendary screwballer Carl Hubbell. Clark was hardly lights out, but he didn't need to be.


       IP   H   R  ER  SO  BB
Clark   7   9   2   2   1   3
Hubbell 6   9   6   6   1   0  

1935 Top Mound Showdown - Broaca v Ferrell

Johnny Broaca (10-63, Yankees) v Wes Ferrell (10-63, Red Sox)

1935 Yankees  010 010 010  -  3   8  2
1935 Red Sox  000 003 20x  -  5  11  1

W Ferrell        L - Broaca

Home Run - Earle Combs (Yankees)


The Yankees scored the first two runs of the game thanks to a George Selkirk second inning single that plated Bill Dickey.Selkirk led off the fifth by reaching on a Mel Almada error and then scored on Frankie Crosetti's triple.

The Sox bounced back with three in the bottom of the sixth. Rick Ferrell helped his brother with a double scoring Carl Reynolds and Joe Cronin. Ferrell scored the go ahead run on Ski Melillo's single.

Boston added two unearned runs in the bottom of seventh when Ben Chapman misplayed a two out fly ball that should concluded the inning into a two base error scoring Wes Ferrell and Mel Almada.

Combs homered in the top of the eigth to bring the Yankee within two runs of the Sox, but Wes Ferrell would let them get no closer.


         IP   H   R  ER  SO  BB
Broaca    7  10   5   3   2   2
Ferrell   9   8   3   2   3   0 

1976 French Open - Quarterfinals to Final

Quarterfinals
Guilliermo Vilas    5  4  3
Harold Solomon      6  6  6
 

Balazs Taroczy      3  6  3 
Raul Ramirez        6  7  6
   

Eddie Dibbs         4  6  4  6  6   
Jaime Fillol Sr     6  2  6  1  3

Adriano Panatta     6  4  4  6  7  
Bjorn Borg          1  6  6  4  6


Semifinals
Harold Solomon      3  4  6  6  6
Raul Ramirez        6  6  4  3  4
   

Eddie Dibbs         3  6  3    
Adriano Panatta     6  7  6  


Final
Solomon             0  7  5  6  7
Panatta             6  5  7  3  6


1976 French Open - Fourth Round

Fourth Round
Guilliermo VIlas    6  6  7
Corrado Barazzutti  4  1  6
 

Harold Solomon      6  6  6
Brian Gottfried     2  2  2


Juergen Fassbender  3  4  5
Balazs Taroczy      6  6  7  


Raul Ramirez        6  6  6
Bernard Mignot      0  4  1
 

Wojtek Fibak        3  7  3  6  3
Eddie Dibbs         6  5  6  3  6
 

Jaime Fillol Sr     3  7  3  6  3 
Manuel Orantes      6  5  6  3  6

Zeljko Franulovic   1  2  3
Adriano Panatta     6  6  6
  

Bjorn Borg          6  6  7
Francois Jauffret   3  4  6

1911 Top Mound Showdown - Collins v Ford

Ray Collins (10-67, Red Sox) v Russ Ford (10-68, Yankees)

1911 Red Sox   010 000 101  -  3  7  1
1911 Yankees   000 100 001  -  2  5  1

W - Collins        L - Ford

Les Nunamaker singled home Larry Gardner to give the Sox a 1-0 lead in the top second. The Highlanders answered with a run in the bottom of the fourth on Larry Gardner single that plated Cozy Dolan. The Red Sox regained the lead on a seventh inning single by Nunamaker that scored Heinie Wagner.

Boston added an insurance run in the top of the ninth thanks to a John Knoght error that scored Clyde Engle. Harry Wolter led off the bottom of the inning with a single and scored on a Dolan single, but Collins finished off the next three hitters for the complete game win.
 
            IP    H   R   ER   SO   BB     
Collins      7    5   2    0    6    1
Ford         9    7   3    2    5    2

1911 Top Mound Showdown - Moore v Marquard

Earl Moore (10-64, Phillies) v Rube Marquard (10-66, Giants)

1911 Phillies  200 001 100  -  4  7  0
1911 Giants    100 100 001  -  1  5  0

W - Moore         L - Marquard

Home Runs - Sherry Magee 2 (Phi), Roy Thomas (Phi)

Bit of a strange game this one. Magee's first home run came in the first inning - off Marquard's card. Thomas' homer in the seventh also came off Marquard's card - a card with only one home run number! Marquard did not pitch badly, but those home runs doomed him.

            IP    H   R   ER   SO   BB     
Moore        9    5   1    1    3    4
Marquard     9    7   4    4    7    2

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Bjorn Borg at 1976 French Open

First Round
Borg             6  7  6
Dominique Bedel  2  6  3

 

Second Round
Borg        6  7   6
Hans Kary   2  6   1

 

Third Round
Borg               6   7   6
Antonio Zugarelli  2   6   4

 

Fourth Round
Borg              6   6   7
Francois Jauffret 3   4   6
      
 

Quarterfinals
Borg             1  6  6  4  6
Adriano Panatta  6  4  4  6  7

Arthur Ashe at 1976 French Open

First  Round
Ashe          6   6   6 
Grover Reid   3   3   3


Second Round
Ashe           6   6   6
Raymond Moore  4   1   2


Third Round
Ashe                3  6  3  7  6
Juergen Fassbender  6  1  6  6  8

1985 Five Nations Rugby

England   6      England   9      England  10
Ireland  10      France   10      Scotland  9

England  13      Ireland  21      Ireland   9  
Wales    12      France   16      Scotland  9

Ireland  22      France   15      France    7
Wales    12      Scotland  3      Wales     3
 

Scotland  9
Wales    19



          W-D-L  PTS
Ireland   3-1-0   7
France    3-0-1   6
England   2-0-2   4
Wales     1-0-3   2
Scotland  0-1-3   1

1984 Five Nations Rugby

England  18     England   9       England    12
Ireland  24     France   16       Scotland   25

England  9      Ireland   21      Ireland    9
Wales    9      France    22      Scotland  19

Ireland  7      France    21      France   21
Wales   30      Scotland  21      Wales    12

Scotland  15
Wales      6


          W-D-L  PTS
Scotland  3-1-0   7
France    3-1-0   7
Wales     1-1-2   3
Ireland   1-0-3   2
England   0-1-3   1

Since France and Scotland tied in their head to head match, I'm awarding the tourney championship to Scotland based on a greater point differential in the tourney (+32 Scotland; +21 France).

1983 Five Nations and British-Irish Lions Rugby

England  28       England  21       England   12
Ireland  18       France   12       Scotland  10

England   9      Ireland   15       Ireland   27
Wales    19      France     9       Scotland  16

Ireland  18      France    19       France   7
Wales     6      Scotland  15       Wales    6

Scotland   9
Wales     15


          W-D-L  PTS
England   3-0-1   6*
Ireland   3-0-1   6
France    2-0-2   4
Wales     2-0-2   4
Scotland  0-0-4   2

*Since England defeated Ireland, I'm awarding England the tourney championship.

Lions        0
New Zealand 25

Lions        7
New Zealand 34

Lions        6
New Zealand 24

Lions        9
New Zealand 22

Saturday, January 14, 2012

1982 Five Nations Rugby

England 12    England  13     England   15
Ireland 12    France   10     Scotland  12

England  18   Ireland  12     Ireland   16 
Wales    18   France    3     Scotland  15
 

Ireland  15   France    9     France   18
Wales    22   Scotland  6     Wales    30
 

Scotland  13
Wales     18


           W  D  L   PTS
Wales      3  1  0    7
England    2  2  0    6
Ireland    2  1  1    5
France     1  0  3    2
Scotland   0  0  4    0

1911 Top Mound Showdown -Adams vs Alexander

Babe Adams (10-68, Pirates) vs Pete Alexander (10-65, Phillies)

          123 456 789       R   H   E
Pirates   000 000 300  -    3   7   0
Phillies  004 400 13x  -   12  16   2

W- Alexander         L - Adams


Not much to say about this one. The Phillies took batting practice against Adams pounding out 10 hits off him in just 4.2 innings. Alexander had little trouble with the Pirates until the seventh when they scored three meaningless runs.

            IP    H   R  ER  SO  BB
Adams       4.2  10   8   8   3   2
Alexander   9     7   3   3   6   2 

1911 Top Mound Showdown - Pape v Scott

Larry Pape (10-66, Red Sox) vs Jim Scott (10-67, White Sox)

                                  R   H   E
Red Sox    000 010 000 000 0  -   1   8   3
White Sox  000 001 000 000 1  -   2  12   2

W - Joe Benz       L - Charley Hall

The game that seemed to go on forever! 

The Red Sox drew first blood in the top of the fifth when Harry Hooper singled home Bill Carrigan.  The White Sox tied the game in the bottom of the sixth when Shano Collins doubled and scored on a Duffy Lewis two base error. Each team had good scoring opportunities in subsequent innings, but that was all the scoring until the bottom of the thirteenth.

Matty McIntyre singled with two out and advanced to second when Lee Tannehill drew a walk. Shano Collins smashed a grounder to third, but Larry Gardner's poor throw bounced past Clyde Engle allowing McIntyre to score the winning run.

       IP   H  R  ER  SO  BB
Pape    9  10  1  0   3   1
Scott   9   5  1  0   5   2

1911 Top Mound Showdown - Walsh v Bender

Ed Walsh (10-69, White Sox) vs Chief Bender (10-70, Athletics)

                                R   H  E
1911 White Sox  001 000 060  -  7  11  1
1911 Athletics  100 002 002  -  5   9  5


W - Walsh          L - Bender




Bender and the A's took a 3-1 lead in the top of the eighth when it all came apart for the Mack Attack. After the Pale Hose banged out hits and Philly committed three errors in the inning, the White Sox had a 7-3 lead. The A's added two runs in the bottom of the ninth before their rally fizzled out.

         IP  H   R   ER  SO  BB
Walsh    7   6   3   3   5   4
Bender   8   7   6   5   1   2

1911 Top Mound Showdown - Mathewson v Richie

Lew Richie (10-68, Cubs) vs Christy Mathewson (10-73, Giants)

1911 Cubs   100 000 000  -  1  3  0 
1911 Giants 000 000 20-  -  2  6  2

W - Mathewson    L - Richie

Mathewson had some bad luck in the first inning when Josh Devore's two base error on lead off hitter Jimmy Sheckard led to an unearned run. Solly Hofman's sac fly scored Sheckard. But after that Mathewson was really on his game retiring 16 hitters in a row during one stretch.

Richie kept the Giants off the scoreboard until seventh. Larry Doyle led off with a triple and scored on Red Murray's single. Murray scored what turned out to be the game winner on Fred Merkle's triple.



            IP   H   R   ER   SO   BB     
Richie       8   6   2    2    4    0
Mathewson    9   3   1    0    3    1

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

1911 Top Mound Showdown - Johnson v Gregg

Walter Johnson (10-73, Senators) vs Vean Gregg (10-75, Indians) 

Senators   000 100 001 -  2  7  0
Indians    010 000 002 -  3  8  1

W - Vean Gregg     L - Charles Becker

Neal Ball tripled and then scored the first run of the game on Terry Turner's single.

The Senators tied the game when Germany Schaeffer walked and then scored on Kid Elberfield's sac fly.

Johnson injured his arm in the fifth and had to leave the game.

Washington took the lead in the ninth when Doc Gessler scored on a Tilly Walker sac fly.

Charles Becker relieved Dixie Walker who had previously Johnson. The Naps gave him a rude welcome in the bottom of the ninth.

Ivy Olson led off with a single that was followed by a Shoeless Joe Jackson single. George Stovall doubled them both home for the dramatic win.
 


            IP   H   R   ER  SO   BB     
Johnson    4.2   2   1   1    2    0
Gregg       9    7   2   2    4    2

Monday, January 2, 2012

1981 Men's Tennis Tour - Grand Marnier/La Quinta

2-16-1981
Grand Marnier Games at La Quinta Resort, CA (hard surface) 
End of year rankings in parentheses

Quarterfinals
Jimmy Connors    (3)  7   6   6
Pat DuPre       (44)  6   7   2

Tomas Smid      (31)  1   3
Eliot Teltscher  (8)  6   6

Brian Gottfried (19)  7   6
Harold Solomon  (22)  6   3

Ivan Lendl       (2)  6   6
Roscoe Tanner   (11)  3   3


 
Semifinals
Jimmy Connors    (3)  6   7  
Eliot Teltscher  (8)  4   6

Brian Gottfried (19)  1   6
Ivan Lendl       (2)  6   7  

 
Final
Jimmy Connors    (3)  5   7   7
Ivan Lendl       (2)  7   6   6

Sunday, January 1, 2012

1981 Men's Tennis Mar del Plata

2-2-1981
Mar Del Plata, Argentina (clay surface)

Quarterfinals
Gulliermo Vilas    (6)  6  6
Carlos Castellan (179)  0  3

Jose Higueras    (36)   4  6  7
Kjell Johansson (131)   6  4  5

Dominique Bedel (225)   3  2
Victor Pecci     (17)   6  6

Jose Lopez-Maeso  (73)  1  2
Eddie Dibbs       (27)  6  2


Semifinals
Vilas        (6)   6  6
Higueras    (36)   2  4

Pecci       (17)   1  2  
Dibbs       (27)   6  6


Finals
Vilas        (6)   6  7
Dibbs       (27)   0  5

1974 Wimbledon (Men's)

Starting with the quarter-finals

Quarter-finals
John Newcombe     2  4  2
Ken Rosewall      6  6  6

Stan Smith        8  6  9  7  6
Ismail El Shafei  9  7  8  5  3 

Jan Kodes        4  0  4
Jimmy Connors    6  6  6

Alex Metreveli  4  5  6
Dick Stockton   6  7  3



Semi-finals
Rosewall   6   6   6
Smith      0   2   3

Connors    9   6   9
Stockton   8   3   8


Finals
Rosewall  8  3  6  3  
Connors   9  6  4  6

Arthur Ashe at 1974 Wimbledon

Arthur Ashe at Wimbledon

First Round

Ashe              6  6  6
Hans Kary         3  4  2

Second Round

Ashe              6  6  4  6  6
Teimuraz Kakoulia 3  8  6  4  3

Third Round

Ashe              3  3  9  6  4
Roscoe Tanner     6  6  7  4  6

Bjorn Borg at 1974 Wimbledon

Bjorn Borg at Wimbledon

First Round
Borg              7  6  6
Graham Stillwell  5  1  3
 
Second Round
Borg             6  5  6  6
Ross Case        3  7  2  2

Third Round
Borg             3  5  11
Ismail El Shafei 6  7  13