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SAM AGNEW |
BACK-TO-BACK WORLD
SERIES CHAMPS
The Red Sox and the Browns don't score all day
July 14, 1916 ...
For 17 long innings the Red Sox and the Browns played sensational baseball, but neither team could get a man around the bases, and the game was called on account of darkness after 3 hours and 40 minutes. The Browns went through the game with one change
using two catchers, while the Red Sox made several shifts in the lineup. Carl Mays pitched a remarkable game for 15 innings and Ernie Koob went through the 17 innings for the Browns in fine form, doing his most effective work with men on base.
The Red Sox were never able to get near the plate, but two Brownies made it interesting for catcher Sam Agnew. Armando Marsans tried to steal home in the second inning, but was cut off by my Mays' throw, as he started before the pitch to the plate. Then
in the 15th inning, Koob was on second base when Ward Miller singled to left. Koob raced around third to home, but failed to touch the third base bag and was called out. Agnew was very much a part of the game with two putouts at the plate, his throwing, and a great catch of George
Sisler's foul near the stands in the eighth inning. The Red Sox had a number of chances to score. Several times they tried to bunt with one out, when a hit would have won the game, but Koob was always on the job and had the batters at his mercy. |
