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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM September 19, 1912 ... The Boston Red Sox made a farewell engagement in Cleveland and the Naps were delighted in taking both ends of a doubleheader from the new American League champions. The first game was stopped by rain in the fifth inning with nobody out and the score 9 to 3 in favor of the locals. After half an hour of waiting the game was called. Then after another half hour until the field could be fixed up, with the second game started on the wet muddy pasture. This game went to the Naps by a 6 to 0 score. It was called off in the seventh inning by umpire Connolly because of darkness. In the third inning of the first game, Harry Hooper threw out a runner at the plate with Hick Cady blocking him out. Umpire Connolly called the runner safe and manager Jake Stahl made a few remarks and gestures, resulting in him being sent to the dressing room for the rest of the day. Then Tris Speaker came in for a short discussion with the umpire and he returned too slowly to centerfield to suit Mister Connolly and so he was sent to keep the Boston manager company. The lineup for the second game looked like a Yannigans outfit at spring training in Hot Springs. Not caring to take chances on a slippery field, Hick Cady went the first, Clyde Engle went to third and Marty Krug was at shortstop. Charley Hall started for Boston in the first game and was given a bad pounding, the same as he was given against the Browns last Sunday. He remained on for 2 1/3 innings, allowing six runs on eight hits, including a double and two triples. Ben Van Dyke relieved him, but not before Hall had the satisfaction of hitting a home run himself. Cleveland got on the board in the first inning when Ray Chapman reached on Krug's fumble and then stole second base. Joe Jackson knocked out a triple and Larry Lajoie singled him in, putting the home team up 2 to 0. In the third inning Hall knocked one it extreme corner in center field for a home run cutting the Cleveland the to 2 to 1. In the third inning Cleveland put the ball game away. Doc Johnston bunted one down to Steve Yerkes, who threw the ball past Stahl and after recovering the ball, Jake threw wild to third. Chapman then blooped a short Texas leaguer that Harry Hooper cut to the plate, where Cady had the runner blocked off. The Sox protest resulted in Stahl's and Speaker's ejections. Clyde Engle then went to first and Olaf Henriksen went to center. Jackson whacked one against the left-field fence good for two bases and scored the two men ahead of him, but he was thrown out trying for the plate. Lajoie then singled and scored on a triple by Tim Hendryx. It was now that Van Dyke came into pitch and Jack Graney hit a line drive to Yerkes, that he threw to Gardner for a doubleplay, with the score now 6 to 1 against the Red Sox. The Sox added another run in the fourth when Henriksen singled and scored on a double by Duffy Lewis. One more in the fifth when Cady and Van Dyke singled, moving up on a wild pitch, and a walk to Yerkes to load the bases. Henriksen lined a single that scored Cady with the third Boston run. Cleveland added three more runs in the bottom of the inning when it started to rain and the umpire put an end to it with Cleveland ahead 9 to 3. Although they played a wretched game in the field, the Red Sox hit the ball hard, driving Bill Steen out of the game in the fifth inning with the bases full and one out. George Kahler then came in and forced Duffy Lewis to hit into a doubleplay. Hugh Bedient pitched a good ballgame in the second one, but had no chance with the incapable support that around him, including Les Nunamaker who caught a poor game. Jake Stahl ended up sitting in the grandstand and smoking a cigar, while Duffy Lewis captained the team on the field. The second game started with Cleveland jumping out to a two run lead in the very first inning. Johnston singled and Chapman was safe on Engle's wild throw. After Jackson grounded out, Lajoie smashed a single to center that scored two runs. They then scored two runs in the fifth on a pass and hits by Lajoie and Hendryx, along with a passed ball. Two more scored in the sixth on a single, a pass, Engle failing to cover third, and a base hit by Jackson. Umpire Connolly called the game at the close of the sixth inning, as it was getting too dark to see the ball. The Naps put up good games behind Lajoie who banged out six hits in succession and drove in about half the runs, while Jackson was a close second, getting five hits in six times up. The Red Sox team left the one by boat after the game for Detroit, where they are booked for a three-game series. Among the telegrams of congratulations received by manager Stahl today, was one from manager Connie Mack of the Athletics. |
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