Gameday Magazine

list. The Yankees won the game with the Dodgers 3-2. The Tigers returned to the Hill City in April of 1935 for a game with the Cincin-

It was only fitting that managers Joe McCarthy and Leo Durocher respectively were future inductees of the Hall of Fame. McCarthy’s lineup featured future HoF’s center fielder Joe DiMaggio and catcher Bill Dickey. Durocher himself shared short-

nati Reds which attracted a crowd estimated at “more than 5,000”. Led by Mickey Cochrane, another future HoF manager, the Tigers won a game 6-3 which was called after six innings due to rain. In addition to Co- chrane, the game featured future Tiger HoF inductees

stop duties with Pee Wee Reese, another future HoF member. Won by the Yankees 11-4, the game featured home runs by the Yankees’ Dickey, left fielder Charlie “King Kong” Keller, first baseman Babe Dahlgren

Charles Gehringer, Goose Goslin, and Hank Greenberg, and Reds inductees Chick Hafey and Johnny Mize. Green- berg hit a solo home run in the second inning. On April 11, 1940 the Yankees and Dodg- ers played the first game at the newly constructed City Stadium before an esti- mated 7,000 fans who “overflowed down the sidelines and around the outfield”.

and third baseman Red Rolfe. Second baseman Pete Coscarart launched one for the Dodgers. (Part 2 to follow)