Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox at Dodger Stadium Exhibition Game at Dodger Stadium Baseball Field  April 9th, 1942 was a thrilling day for the estimated 8,000 people who filled the Dodger Stadium baseball field to watch an exhibition game between the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs.  After the game, Bob Lewis, traveling secretary for the Chicago Cubs, said this was one of the largest crowds he has witnessed for a Cubs exhibition game. Both White Sox and Cub officials were amazed at the way the Fort Dodge handled the game, the crowd and the entire affair.  The legendary sports editor and writer for the Des Moines Register, Sec Taylor, attended this game. In his column for the Sunday Register, he wrote “Fort Dodge promoted the recent Chicago Cubs – White Sox game in a big way and in major league style. The results were so satisfactory that those in charge of the promotion hope to make the contest an annual affair.” Taylor went on to say “the Chamber of Commerce committee in charge of the game, headed by O. C. Pfaff, its chairman, did such a good job that I heard only two complaints, neither of which is serious – one was because the ball park gates were not opened before 1:30 p.m. The other was from two women who had come to Fort Dodge with their men folk. They had planned to do some shopping while their husbands attended the game, only to discover that the town had not arranged the contest to bring shoppers to it. The stores were closed.”  It was noted that fans from five different states and 75 Iowa counties came to Fort Dodge to watch this game. Most of the fans arrived at the ballpark when the gates opened at 1:30 p.m. hoping to get a good seat and watch the teams go through their pre-game drills and batting practice. However, the train that brought the Cubs and White Sox to Fort Dodge from their previous game in Tulsa, Oklahoma, did not arrive until almost 3:00 p. m., which was the scheduled start time for this contest. After very brief warm-ups, the game got underway- and it did not disappoint. In the bottom of the ninth inning with the Cubs up to bat and trailing the White Sox, Babe Dahlgren, the Cubs’ first baseman, blasted a 2-run home run to beat the White Sox, 16 – 14.   The teams combined for 30 runs scored, 38 hits, five of which were home runs.  Below are the players that played in that game:  Chicago White Sox                               Chicago Cubs Don Kolloway 						Stan Hack Wally Moses 						Charlie Gilbert Joe Kuhel 							Bill Nicholson Luke Appling (Hall of Fame) 			Dom Dallessandro Taffy Wright 						Phil Cavarretta Myril Hoag 							Babe Dahlgren Bob Kennedy 						Clyde McCullough Mike Tresh 							Bob Scheffing Thurman Tucker 					Lou Stringer Tom Turner 							Bobby Sturgeon Buck Ross 							Lennie Merullo Joe Haynes 							Jake Mooty Orval Grove 							Paul Erickson Jake Jones 							Bill Novikoff Pete Appleton 						Johnny Schmitz                                                                         Bill Fleming Sources:  *The Des Moines Register. April 10, 1942 *The Des Moines Register. April 12, 1942

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