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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM July 30, 1912 ... The White Sox managed to win the last game of the series at Comiskey Park this afternoon by a score 6 to 5. They cut off the Red Sox from scoring in the first six innings, in which time they scored six runs, five off Charley Hall, in four innings. The first two were on passes and the next two on four safe drives. Hall was both wild and ineffective, while Ed Walsh, who was on the mound for Chicago, was strong and accurate. With the score 6 to 0 against them, the Red Sox scored two runs in the seventh inning on a wild throw by Buck Weaver, singles by Heinie Wagner and Les Nunamaker, with a long fly ball by Clyde Engle. They then staged a great rally in the eighth when Steve Yerkes, Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis singled and, with the bases full, Larry Gardner cleaned them up with a nice double, leaving the Red Sox only one run down. It was now up to Jake Stahl to advance Gardner to third, but a weak pop-up to second was the best that he could offer. Wagner then sent a long fly to right and Nunamaker fizzled with a strikeout, the same as Olaf Henriksen had done earlier in the game with a man at third and only one out. Walsh then tightened up and it was nothing doing in the last inning. The Sox hit the ball hard throughout the game but the Chicago outfield made some great catches of long drives. Boston put up a superb game in the field with Heinie Wagner making many great stops. It was simply a case of Big Ed Walsh getting by by using his head until the last part of the game when the Sox opened up on him for five runs. Charley Hall was just too much of a handicap in this game and was allowed to remain in much too long, showing nothing from the beginning, as he passed the first man up without getting one ball over the plate for strike. Larry Pape came in and pitched two innings for one run on four hits, being a big improvement over Hall. Hugh Bedient was brought in for the last two innings and held the home team to just one hit. This was the first victory by the White Sox in the last eight games with Boston. Ed Walsh took things easy as the Red Sox were hitting the ball into the outfield and his team's early lead made it comfortable. |
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