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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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FENWAY'S FIRST TEAM September 24, 1912 ... The New York Highlanders came to Fenway Park yesterday and broke even on the afternoon, winning the first game by a score of 5 to 2 and the Speed Boys winning the second game 3 to 1, with only eight innings being played on account of darkness. In the first game George McConnell clearly out pitched Hugh Bedient, who failed to show his best form until after four innings had been completed. Buck O'Brien and Ray Caldwell were on the mound in game number two. O'Brien pulled out of some narrow situations and was given great support by his teammates in the field. Tris Speaker got off a run at the plate after taking a fly in the fourth inning and Steve Yerkes got into a valuable doubleplay in the fifth inning. New York found Bedient to their liking and hammered the ball for four runs in the first inning of game number one. Ezra Midkiff opened with a single and Hal Chase sacrificed. Bert Daniels hit one for three bases and Bedient walked Jack Levlivelt. Hack Simmons reached on a safe bunt and then Roy Hartzell hit one to center for another triple. All this was good for four runs and a 4 to 0 lead. Boston scored one run in the third inning on singles by Bedient, who was forced by Hooper and went to third on Steve Yerkes' single. He scored on a double by Duffy Lewis. New York got that run back in the fourth inning. George McConnell opened with a double and scored on a single by Chase, giving New York a 5 to 1 lead. The second Red Sox run was turned in by Heinie Wagner on a single, a stolen base and a wild pitch. Wagner Bill Carrigan were in the lineup for the first game and retired in favor of Marty Krug and Pinch Thomas in the second game. Olaf Henriksen took Harry Hooper's place in right, early in the first game and proved to be the winning ingredient in the second game, when he scored two of the three runs, smacking out two doubles. Boston scored its first run in the third inning of the second game, on a double by Henriksen and a single by Yerkes to take a 1 to 0 lead. New York tied the game in the fourth inning on three successive singles. Neither team scored again until the eighth. Henriksen led off with a nice double and Yerkes sacrificed him to third. Speaker was passed intentionally and it was now up to Duffy Lewis. With two strikes against him, he hit the ball close to line past first base and legged it out for a triple. Henriksen and Speaker both scored ahead of him. Clyde Engle was passed and Hick Cady hit to the pitcher for an out at the plate on Lewis. Marty Krug sent a fly to centerfield and then umpire Dineen called the game as was getting dark, and the crowd of 7500 wandered off to get their dinner. The makeup of the Red Sox in the second game reminded one of the Yannigan teams that the boys put on the field in spring training. When Heinie Wagner went to bat the first game he received a loving cup from several Boston friends. Frank Gendreau made the presentation and later Hugh Bedient received a Golden horseshoe trimmed with roses. Among those present were several numbers of the Boston Braves and a number of players from the New England league. |
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