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September 22nd, 1930
Chicago Cougars (80-70): 1
Baltimore Cannons (85-67): 2
11 Innings

W: Paul Vandenberg (3-0)
L: Len Moore (5-6)

Up 1-0 headed to the 8th, the Cannons managed to tie it with their season almost on the line. Fast forward to the 11th, Abel Man tripled to lead off the inning and then pinch hitter Chuck Decker sent him home with a single. Gus Cain made the start and looked really good, 7.1 innings with 7 hits, a run, 3 walks, and a strikeout. Harry Simmons was 2-for-4 with a double. Joe Davis was 1-for-4 with a steal and run scored. Art Panko was 1-for-4 with an RBI.

September 25th, 1930
Chicago Cougars (81-70): 17
Cleveland Foresters (69-82): 6

W: Jim Crawford (7-4)
L: Karl Johnson (1-4)

We got two off days and used one of them to head to Cleveland for our last road game of the season. The Foresters would probably prefer to lose these games, and not win, to secure a better draft pick. It came pretty easy in this one, and we piled on 8 runs in the first and cruised to a 17-6 victory. Clyde Hinzman led the charge, 3-for-5 with 3 doubles, 2 runs, a walk, and 5 RBI's. Fred Barrell was 3-for-5 with 2 doubles, 4 runs, a walk, and 2 RBI's. George Jordan was 3-for-5 with a walk, 2 runs, and 3 RBI's. Mack Deal was 2-for-4 with 2 runs, 2 RBI's, a triple, and homer. Bill Ashbaugh was 1-for-3 with a double, 3 walks, 2 runs, and an RBI. Starter Jim Crawford was 2-for-6 with a double, run scored, and 2 RBI's. He went 8 innings with 8 hits, 5 runs (4 earned), 3 walks, and 4 strikeouts.

September 26th, 1930
Cleveland Foresters (69-83): 5
Chicago Cougars (82-70): 6
11 Innings

W: Len Moore (6-6)
L: Ed Smith (4-3)

For the first time since September 7th, we finally got to enjoy some home cooking and would finish out the season hosting the Foresters for three games. Despite outhitting them 21 to 9, it took 11 innings and a Slim Bloom walk-off single to win the opener 6-5. Vince York went 5-for-6 with a double. Mack Deal was 3-for-6 with a double, 2 runs, and 2 RBI's. Bill Ashbaugh was 3-for-6 with a triple, run scored, and 2 RBI's. Bloom was 3-for-6 with the game winning RBI. Harry Simmons was 3-for-5 with a walk. Starter Milt Nelson was 1-for-3 with a run scored and RBI. Nelson went 5.1 innings with 7 hits, 5 runs (2 earned), 3 walks, and 2 strikeouts. Cotton Taylor pitched 2.2 innings with 2 hits, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts.

September 27th, 1930
Cleveland Foresters (69-84): 5
Chicago Cougars (83-70): 9

W: Ace McSherry (6-4)
L: Harvey Tully (1-4)

We actually got outhit in this one, but we actually took advantage of base runners, winning 9-5. Ace McSherry made his first big league start since June 14th, and pitched 6 full innings. He allowed 6 hits, 2 runs, and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts. Karl Clasby pitched worse, 2 innings with 6 hits, 3 runs, 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts. John Kincaid was 3-for-4 with a triple and 2 RBI's. Fred Barrell was 2-for-3 with a sac-bunt and run scored. Harry Simmons was 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored. Bob McCarty was 1-for-3 with a double, walk, 2 runs, and 2 RBI's. Russ Combs was 1-for-4 with a run and 2 RBI's.

September 28th, 1930
Cleveland Foresters (69-85): 3
Chicago Cougars (84-70): 4

W: Dick Kadlec (10-13)
L: Jack Gunderson (4-11)

This is it. The last game of 1930 (for us). And we get to play it in front of 22,970 people, a close to sold out crowd to add to our league best 1,460,380 attendance figure and our also league best $829,295 gate revenue that was almost $60,000 better then #2 and #3, the CA champion Sailors and FA champion Gothams and over 100,000 more then the 4th place Dynamos. The Foresters tried to make this one interesting, scoring 2 in the 9th to tie the game at 3. With the bases loaded and two outs, The Top Cat himself John Dibblee sent the still packed crowd home happy with a walk-off single to finish our season on a high note, a 4 game win streak capping off a very fun 84 win season.

Dick Lyons made the start, going 8 innings with 10 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts to lower his season ERA to 4.99. Dick Kadlec got the win despite allowing 4 hits and a run in the 9th. Russ Combs was 3-for-5 with a run scored and RBI. Fred Barrell was 2-for-4 with a triple, walk, and RBI. Joe Davis was 1-for-1 with a double, 3 walks, and a run scored. Dibblee was 1-for-4 with a walk, run scored, and the game winning RBI.

Stars of the Week
Fred Barrell : 12 AB, 7 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .583 AVG, 1.560 OPS
Harry Simmons : 18 AB, 9 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .500 AVG, 1.082 OPS
Mack Deal : 10 AB, 5 H, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .500 AVG, 1.600 OPS

Weekly Summary
What a week! 4-1 and we end the season with a sweep! I'm going to do a full season recap at some time this week as the playoffs start and do not contain us. It will be the reigning CA pennant leading Philadelphia Sailors (88-66) taking on the former last place New York Gothams (98-56) who lost 92 games last year. And I thought going from 92 losses to 84 wins was impressive, but man, the Gothams really had a great season. They made a lot of good offseason moves and shocked everyone (except our commissioner who predicted them to win the pennant). It should be an exciting postseason, and while I generally would root for my division, I'd love to see the Gothams win this one.

We finished September 15-10, 11-10 on the road and a perfect 4-0 at home. July was our only month below .500, and I'm extremely excited for next season.