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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM September 21, 1912 ... The Red Sox took a great game this afternoon with Ray Collins on the rubber, and had no difficulty in defeating the Tigers in an 11 to 4 route. Everything looked rosy for the new champions with 6000 fans cheering them for their all around fine work. However Larry Gardner experienced an injury, which may prove to be a big handicap to the Red Sox chances in the postseason. In the eighth-inning, Donie Bush the first man up, smacked a grounder just inside the third-base line. Gardner dove for the ball, throwing himself on his side and trying to block the ball with his bare right-hand. The ball hit the top of his little finger, dislocating it and breaking the flesh so that the finger bled badly. A physician was soon on hand to dress the wound and said that it would be at least ten days before Gardner could touch a baseball. This will keep Gardner out of the lineup until the very eve of the World Series. Manager Stahl however figures at Gardner will be in shape to work in the last series of the season against Philadelphia. Gardner was booked to go to his home in Vermont after the game tomorrow, and will not put on a uniform again until a week from today. One of the highlights of the game today was the all around work of Pinch Thomas. His catching, throwing and hitting were flawless and nothing finer as been done by any other of the Boston catchers. The young man is lively on his feet and shows to be a great baseball player. The Red Sox players were anxious to see if Ray Collins had fully regained his form after being sick. For six innings he was invincible, having fine control and fast breaks on his curveball. He let up in the last two innings when the Red Sox had a big lead. He had no trouble in disposing of Ty Cobb, but found Sam Crawford there with some punch. Crawford came to the plate four times, turning in a single, a triple and a home run. Outside of Crawford, none of the other Tigers did much of anything. Gardner was the only one of the Boston regulars who did not get a base hit. They ran the bases and gave a good exhibition of great hustling for a nice change. In the third inning with two down Harry Hooper beat out a bunt, stole second and scored on Steve Yerkes' single to left. In the next inning Speaker opened with a base hit and Lewis grounded one to Donie Bush who hit Speaker in the back on his way to third. Gardner's ground ball was fumbled by Baldy Louden and allowed speaker to score. After making two attempts at a bunt, Clyde Engle then sent a fly to center. Marty Krug singled to fill the bases and Thomas singled to center, scoring two runners. Red Corriden then fumbled Hooper's ground ball and Krug scored. The Sox got two more the very next inning on a pass to Speaker and Clyde Engle's single that got by Cobb, giving Engle a free trip around the bases. One more run in the sixth on a pass to Collins, a single to Yerkes and Lewis' out. With the score 8 to 0, Collins let up and in the seventh and the Tigers scored two runs on singles by Bobby Veach and Eddie Onslow, followed by a double by Jack Onslow. The Red Sox scored two more runs in the eighth on a single by Yerkes and a home run by Speaker, making it 11 to 4. |
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