|
“DIARY OF A WINNER”
|
FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM August 5, 1912 ... After losing seven straight games at home to the Sox, the Cleveland Naps gave the Boston Speed Boys a setback today by a score of 3 to 1. So eager was manager Harry Davis for a victory over the Red Sox, that he sent back his clever left-hander Vean Gregg for the second time in successive days, and though he was hit easily, he tightened up when a hit would have meant runs for the visitors. Hugh Bedient pitched a strong game for the Sox, except for his failure to hold down slugger Joe Jackson. Jackson was responsible for the three runs made by Cleveland, sending in two runs with his triple, and scoring the other on his double, a passed ball and a short fly to centerfield. Bedient failed to work efficiently in the first inning, but after that he was effective throughout the rest of the game. The Sox failed to show the enthusiasm that they displayed yesterday, scoring one run with two down in the first inning on a double by Tris Speaker and a sharp single by Duffy Lewis. Their best opportunity to tie the score came in the sixth, when Speaker and Lewis led off with singles and were sacrificed to second and third by Larry Gardner. Jake Stahl then hit one to Terry Turner at third for an out at the plate, and then got caught trying for second, and what looked like a serious situation for Cleveland, finished like a puff of smoke. Jackson was the game killer. He came to bat with a man on and one out in the first and smashed the ball against the screen for two bases. He got to third on a short passed ball and took a chance on scoring after Speaker caught a fly ball in short center, but Tris threw the ball three yards wide of the plate and the second and winning run for Cleveland came over. Joe Jackson is a remarkable hitter with men on base and obviously should be pitched to very carefully. Passing him intentionally may have been a better play, although that is hindsight. Stahl and Carrigan were the only two Red Sox players to go without a hit, while four men got in safe drives off Bedient for Cleveland. The game as a whole only had one real critical situation, and that was in the sixth inning when Stahl was unable to come through with men on base. There was a party of Boston College Eagles in the grandstand behind the Red Sox bench, loaded with bells and small flags, rooting hard for their team, however it went for naught. Four times the Red Sox got the first man up on base, and only two reached second and one got as far as third. Stahl was doubled up in the second, when he ran down on Heinie Wagner's fly to center, resulting in a doubleplay. The only fielding error of the game was a fumble by Steve Yerkes, with no damage done. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
 |
 |
