June 21, 1916
... George "Rube" Foster broke into a select set, no-hitting the New York
Yankees 2 to 0 and pitching the first no-hitter ever tossed at Fenway
Park.
While Foster had a heap of stuff, an airtight defense
was of inestimable value to him in attaining the honor that is the
ambition of every pitcher.
Foster blazed through nine innings with all the
confidence in the world. Not one of the Yankees saw first base until
the sixth when, after one was out, Les Nunamaker walked. In the
seventh Foster passed Hugh High and in the eighth Lee Magee, but in
the base-hit line there was absolutely nothing doing. It was not
until the game was about two-thirds over that all the fans realized
that Rube was holding the Yankees hitless, and after this interest
increased.
There were cheers every inning as he walked in, but
there were moments when the fans sat silent, fearing that some
Manhattan slugger would puncture Foster’s hopes. There were other
heroes in the affair besides Rube. Duffy Lewis drove in both tallies
made by the Red Sox, and there was some sweet hitting by Harry Hooper
and Hal Janvrin. The Sox banged out eight hits and but for
sensational work by Lee Magee, Hugh High and Gil Gilhooley, Yankee
starter, Bob Shawkey, would have been in a lot of trouble.
