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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1939-08-21 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4402 · 2:23

Chicago Cubs defeated New York Giants 4–3. Chicago Cubs put up 3 in the 4th. Larry French earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	7
NY1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7

W: Larry French L: Bill Lohrman SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Magerkurth · 1B: George Barr · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Stan Hack	3	0	1	0	1	0
Billy Herman	3	1	1	0	1	0
Augie Galan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hank Leiber	3	1	1	1	1	0
Bill Nicholson	3	1	1	1	1	1
Rip Russell	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Mattick	3	0	1	0	1	0
Gus Mancuso	4	0	0	0	0	1
Larry French	4	0	1	2	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	5	1	0	0	0	0
Billy Jurges	5	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Demaree	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Seeds	4	0	2	2	0	1
Harry Danning	4	0	1	0	0	1
Zeke Bonura	3	0	0	0	1	0
Alex Kampouris	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Hafey	3	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Lohrman	3	0	1	1	0	1
Burgess Whitehead	0	1	0	0	1	0
Mel Ott	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry French	9.0	7	3	6

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Lohrman	9.0	7	5	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Stan Hack: W
Billy Herman: 7
Augie Galan: 3/G.1-2
Hank Leiber: 63

Bot 1

Jo-Jo Moore: 3/G
Billy Jurges: 8
Frank Demaree: 4/L

Top 2

Bill Nicholson: 3/G
Rip Russell: 63
Bobby Mattick: S7/78
Gus Mancuso: 43

Bot 2

Bob Seeds: E5/G
Harry Danning: 4/P
Zeke Bonura: W.1-2
Alex Kampouris: 63.2-3;1-2
Tom Hafey: 7

Top 3

Larry French: 3/G
Stan Hack: 43
Billy Herman: 53

Bot 3

Bill Lohrman: 2/P
Jo-Jo Moore: E3/G.B-2
Billy Jurges: S6.2-2
Frank Demaree: S9.2-3;1-2
Bob Seeds: S8/78.3-H(UR);2-H;1X3(85)
Harry Danning: 7

Top 4

Augie Galan: S7
Hank Leiber: W.1-2
Bill Nicholson: S9.2-H;1-3
Rip Russell: WP.1-2
Rip Russell: K
Bobby Mattick: IW
Gus Mancuso: K
Larry French: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Stan Hack: 4/P

Bot 4

Zeke Bonura: 7
Alex Kampouris: 9
Tom Hafey: K

Top 5

Billy Herman: S7
Augie Galan: 16(1)/FO
Hank Leiber: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Bill Lohrman: K/C
Jo-Jo Moore: 63
Billy Jurges: 5/L

Top 6

Bill Nicholson: K/C
Rip Russell: K
Bobby Mattick: 63

Bot 6

Frank Demaree: W
Bob Seeds: K/C
Harry Danning: S7.1-2
Zeke Bonura: 4/P
Alex Kampouris: K

Top 7

Gus Mancuso: 63
Larry French: 7
Stan Hack: S9
Billy Herman: CS2(26)

Bot 7

Tom Hafey: S5/BG.B-3(E5/TH)
Bill Lohrman: S7.3-H
Jo-Jo Moore: 4(1)/FO
Billy Jurges: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Billy Herman: W
Augie Galan: 4/P
Hank Leiber: D/78.1-H
Bill Nicholson: IW
Rip Russell: 5(2)3/GDP

Bot 8

Frank Demaree: 3/G
Bob Seeds: S7
Harry Danning: K
Zeke Bonura: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Bobby Mattick: 3/G
Gus Mancuso: 3/G
Larry French: 2/FL

Bot 9

Alex Kampouris: 3/P
Burgess Whitehead: W
Mel Ott: K
Jo-Jo Moore: E1/TH.1-3;B-2
Billy Jurges: 63

Notes & reviews

Hafey injured himself sliding into 3rd and left game

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