The Pecan Park Eagle

Larry Miggins

BIRDS FOUL UP INDIANAPOLIS BID TO REGAIN AA TOP

By The Associated Press

Indianapolis’ drive to take the American Association lead was derailed Friday night by Columbus.

Larry Miggins’ three-run homer in the fourth inning pushed the Redbirds to a 5-1 victory.The Indians dropped 1/2 game behind idle Minneapolis.

The Tribe collected eight hits off Harvey Haddix, including a second inning double by Whitey Platt and a single by Earl Turner that produced the one run.

MIGGINS connected against Lefty Frank P apish, who absorbed his second loss of the season.

St. Paul moved into third place, .551 to .550 over Columbus. Jim Pendleton’s single drove in two eighth inning runs to give the Saints a 3-2 decision over Kansas City.

~ The Associated Press, Kokomo Tribune, September 2, 1950, P 7.

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Larry Miggins and the 1950 Columbus Redbirds would go to capture 3rd place in the AA pennant race. They would go on from there to beat first place Minneapolis in the first round in a six-game series and then defeat second place Indianapolis in a seven game series for the AA flag. From there, 1950 Columbus would move forward to defeat the Baltimore Orioles, champions of the International League, in what was then called “The Little World Series,” ringing up the AAA season as the reigning minor league champs of baseball’s highest minor league series level.

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