KNIGHTS CLINCH TIE; NORTH DALLAS GAINS GROUND ON BURNS
The Harlem Knights (89-51) have clinched a tie, and will most likely become the first team in DBS history to repeat winning the pennant. The Sahara Jihad (76-65) have lost 6 in a row, and 15 of their last 16. Pawtucket sits at 61-76, and Fremont is 57-85.In the SouthEast Division, Montgomery (76-66) all but put away Hattiesburg (67-71), who have fallen to 7 games back and pretty much are out of it. But watch out for the North Dallas 40 (72-72), who have climbed back to the .500 mark and are only 5 games back. St Louis (63-75) are just winding out the string, possibly joining the 1929 Jihad and the 1930 Dutchmen in falling from first to last in consecutive seasons.
PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Bill Terry
Player of the month for the month of August 1931 is First Baseman Memphis Bill Terry of North Dallas. For the month Bill batted .356 (42-118), hitting two home runs, nine doubles, one triple, knocked in fourteen runs, scored twenty-six times himself and stole six bases. Bill had seven two hit game, two three hit games, one four hit game and one six hit game, along with four multiple RBI games and eight multiple run games on the month. Bill was second in the league in hits, led the league in runs and was fourth in doubles. During the month Bill had a ten game hitting streak and his slugging percentage was .500. Bill has won player of the week twice this month and this is his second player of the month award for 1931.PITCHER OF THE MONTH
Larry French
Pitcher of the Month for the Month of August 1931 is SP Larry French of Harlem. For the month Larry was 4-1 with an ERA of 1.61, allowing only eight earned runs in 44 2/3 innings. For the month Larry had five starts completing four of them and being only one out away from completing his fifth game. Larry won his first four starts posting back-to-back complete game shutouts and allowing only one unearned run in his next start. In the past two months Larry is 8-3 and is one of the aces in the Harlem rotation in his rookie year in the DBS.PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Rogers Hornsby
Player of the week for (August 28th � September 3rd) is 2B Rogers (Raja) Hornsby of Montgomery. Although Rogers did not have an outstanding batting average .286 (6-21) his hits were timely and his production with these at-bats was high. For the week Rogers hit three home runs and a slugging percentage of .714 with nine runs batted in and four runs with one stolen base. Rogers led the league in home runs and runs batted in for the week. Rogers came to Montgomery with George Uhle from Pawtucket to help Montgomery make the playoffs. Last year they could not get them over the hump, but appear to be doing their share this year.Back to Notes Page
