100 Years Ago Today 8/29/1920: Cubs Gain Series Split with Brooklyn Robins

From the desk of: FINGERPRINTS OF THE BUMS

100th Anniversary

BROOKLYN ROBINS

1920 National League Champions

Game #123: Sunday, August 29, 1920 - BR
Brooklyn Robins vs. Chicago Cubs
Cubs Park

New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds Tied for Second Place, One Game Behind Brooks

Brooklyn wastes no time pushing across the game's first run in the opening frame.  But Chicago takes full advantage of their last licks against the Robins to salvage a series split.  The Cubs lead 3-2 through seven until Robins reliever Sherry Smith comes to his own aid and delivers a two out base hit in the eighth scoring Pete Kildiff from second.  Sherry Smith retires the Cubs in order in the bottom of the frame, and Chicago reliever Lefty Tyler retires Brooklyn in the top of the ninth.  Catcher Bob O'Farrell leads off the Cubs ninth with a hit.  He and pitcher Lefty Tyler swap places on a force out at second.  Right fielder Max Flack then singles putting runners on the corners.  Shortstop Zeb Terry follows with a double to right scoring Tyler for the win.  Starter Al Mamaux escapes with a no decision, after yielding three runs on six hits and no walks through six innings.  Sherry suffers his eighth loss of the season after allowing a run on four hits through 2.1 innings in relief.  Zack Wheat goes 2 for 5 with a triple and run batted in.  The New York Giants defeat Cincinnati at Redland Field to forge a second place tie.  Both the Reds and Giants sit one game behind the first place Brooklyn Robins.

• RECORD: 69-53 (.566)
• 1st Place; 1.0 GA

From the desk of: LITTLE NAPOLEON'S EMPIRE 

EXTRA: NEW YORK GIANTS PULL WITH ONE GAME OF UNCLE ROBBIE'S TROLLEY DODGERS

John McGraw's Giants end the season's first three months in seventh place with a sub par 30-35 record.  Since July 1st through the present time, the Giants have gone 38-18 for a vastly improved  67-53 (.558) record overall.  On July 17 they stood a distant 10.5 games back of first.  Over the ensuing forty games they've posted a 28-12 (.700) record to climb within one game of first place.

Game #121: Sunday, August 29, 1920 - BR

New York Giants vs. Cincinnati Reds
Redland Field

The Giants win their 20th game of the month on the strength of Jesse Barnes' right arm.  Last year's league leader in victories limits the defending champion Reds to one earned run on just four hits and one walk with three strikeouts for his sixteenth win of the season against eleven losses with a 2.90 ERA.  New York rallies for three runs in the fifth en route to a 4-1 victory at Redland Field.  Facing the competent Jimmy Ring, third baseman Frankie Frisch is 2 for 5 with two runs batted in.  George Burns and shortstop Dave Bancroft also register multiple hits.  Right fielder Ross Youngs is 1 for 4 with a walk, double, a run batted in and one run scored.  The Reds are winless in their last five games and are teetering at .500 in August with a 14-13 record.