October 12, 1935
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The 1935 Uplantic Association season has come to end with the completion of the Windsor Cup Finals. The Redwoods Owls and the Deerborn White Sox were the top two seeded teams at the end of the Regular Season, and they both advanced to face one another in the Finals after sweeping their respective SemiFinal Series.
The White Sox are no stranger to the Finals. This was Deerborn’s sixth appearance in the championship series out of eight seasons of the UA’s existence. Before this year, the White Sox had only won the Windsor Cup once in five appearances. The Sox would have to compete without two of their top veteran pitchers. Mathew Huertata missed the finals with an arthritic elbow, and Jacob Hudson was out with shoulder inflammation.
The Owls appeared in their first Windsor Cup Finals series, having won their first Davis Trophy for finishing the Regular Season with the league’s best record at 64-36. The Owls would be without young SP Felipe Katakien, whose second season in the UA made him one of the dominant hurlers in the league. C Alfonso Lia Suunu also missed the Finals with a partially torn shoulder labrum sustained at the end of August.
Who would lift the cup? The White Sox, seeking redemption after losing in four straight Finals series from 1930-33? Or the Owls, riding the momentum of their best season in franchise history into their first Finals appearance?
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Thursday, 10/3/1935
- The White Sox took Game 1 on the road in Redwood. IF Kylian Trimble came off the bench in the 10th inning and hit an RBI single to put the Sox up 4-3. Joao Thery pitched the bottom of the 10th, striking out the side to give Deerborn a 1-0 series lead.
Friday, 10/4/1935
- Owls SS Fouad Lefevre went off for 5 RBI with a 2-run double to start the scoring in the 3rd inning, and a 3-run homer later in the 6th. Redwood dominated, 9-3, to even the series at a game a piece. Owls 3B Marc Zorn also hit well, with a double and a HR for 4 RBI.
Sunday, 10/6/1935
- Deerborn C Yousef Guillame had a HR and a double for 3 RBI to guide the White Sox to a 6-4 win in Game 3. Guillame’s 2-run blast in the 8th inning proved to be the difference after the Owls tied the game in the top half of the inning.
- White Sox RF Ray Worthy set a playoff record with 3 doubles, going 4-for-5 with an RBI. However, after the game, Worthy was hospitalized with kidney stones, leaving his return to the series unlikely. This follows a bout with gout for Worthy before the baseball season began.
Monday, 10/7/1935
- For the second time in this year’s WCF, a game went to extra innings. Doubles by Fouad Lefevre and Mario Machupa scored 3 for the Owls in the 8th to tie the game. Redwood went on to score a run in 12th inning when Deerborn pitcher Michael Green walked C Antonio Pentakaz with the bases loaded to put the Owls up 5-4. Mike Gurr closed out the win in the bottom half of the 12th inning, evening the series 2-2.
Wednesday 10/9/1935
- The series shifted back to Redwood for a pivotal Game 5. The Owls jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the 1st inning thanks in part to a 3-run blast by 3B Marc Zorn, chasing Deerborn starter Juan Kwacha before he could record a single out. They would score 1 more before the end of the inning to lead 6-0. The White Sox got right back into the game in the top of the 2nd, when 3B Lura Opdahl took Will Shufflebottom deep for a grand slam to pull within 2, 6-4. The Sox got within 1 run in the 5th before the Owls took advantage of the Deerborn bullpen to come out with an 11-7 win. The Owls took a 3-2 lead in the series, one win away from their first Windsor Cup title.
Friday 10/11/1935
- Back in Deerborn for Game 6, the White Sox faced a must-win situation, hoping to force a seventh game in the series. Owl starter Craig Ogg pitched a great game, putting in 8 innings on 96 pitches, allowing 1 run on 3 hits, walking zero and striking out 6. Redwood Fouad Lefevre contributed 2 RBI on a single, a double, and a HR, while LF Steve Thomas went 2-for-5 with a double and 2 RBI. Redwood won the game by a score of 8 to 1, taking the series 4 games to 2. The Redwood Owls are Windsor Cup champs for the first time!
Fouad Lefevre capped his career year by winning Windsor Cup Finals MVP! He hit very well in the Finals, going 12-for-26 with 2 HR, 5 doubles, and 9 RBI. Lefevre is also a top candidate for UA league MVP, which will be awarded at the UUBO Awards Banquet at the end of the month.
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The NPL season is over. Congrats to the Petchon Carp, 1935 National Cup champions!
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