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SAM AGNEW |
BACK-TO-BACK WORLD
SERIES CHAMPS
Carl Mays holds Washington to two hits
June 30, 1916 ...
Two hits was all that Carl Mays allowed
the Washington Nats in the Red Sox 6 to 1 win. Until the
seventh inning only one member of the Senators reached first base and
that was George McBride who was hit by a pitch in the third inning,
prompting one of the most disgraceful scenes seen at a ball park this
year.
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CLARK GRIFFITH |
McBride, after being hit, hurled his bat
at Mays. The benches cleared and it appeared that a free-for-all was
about to be unleashed. Manager Clark Griffith was screaming
something at Mays, when catcher Sam Agnew punched him in the face,
knocking him to the ground. Griffith got to his feet and
returned the punch at Agnew, before the police interfered and broke
it up. Agnew was arrested, put in the police wagon and hauled
off to the nearest police station. He was later released on a cash
bond.
Bert Gallia started for Washington and was touched for a run in the second inning, and another in the seventh inning, before he was retired in favor of a pinch hitter. Tilly Walker came to life with the bat, whacking out a double and a pair of singles.
Larry Gardner started the Red Sox first tally with a double to left field in the second inning, went to third on Everett Scott's Texas leaguer and scored on Pinch Thomas' ground ball out. The Sox scored another run in the seventh, and the Nats cancelled
that one out in their half of the inning. The Red Sox broke it open with four runs in the ninth inning off reliever Doc Ayers. |
