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THE SOX CAN'T STAY
HEALTHY NOR HAPPY ... June 3, 1913 ... The Red Sox returned Fenway Park today, after a tour of the American League cities. With the Chicago White Sox for opponents, the Speed Boys entertained the fans with some great baseball. After running seven innings neck and neck, the Red Sox scored one in the eighth and won the game 3 to 2. The day was perfect for a ball game and a little ceremony out deep center field. Preceded by the band and accompanied by Mayor Fitzgerald, the two teams marched from home plate to the flagpole in center field. There the American League Championship Pennant was attached to the halyards and hauled to the peak by manager Jake Stahl and the mayor. As the pennant fluttered in the breeze the crowd cheered and, as the band played the National Anthem, everyone rose and took off their hats. The players were cheered again as they followed the band back to the diamond. While the band continued on to the plate, the White Sox marched to their dugout and the Red Sox marched to theirs. Accompanied by some of the players to take pictures, the mayor then proceeded to his box and the players returned to the bench. The game was smooth and played without much fault. The Red Sox turned the starting job over to Ray Collins and the White Sox put Reb Russell on the mound. Both pitchers pitched great ball, but in the fifth inning the White Sox scored two runs and took the lead away from the Red Sox, who had scored one run in the third inning on two hits. The teams fielded nearly perfectly, the one era by each team doing no damage. In the third inning the Red Sox grabbed a 1 to 0 lead. With one down, Steve Yerkes doubled and Tris Speaker singled. Duffy Lewis forced Speaker at second but Yerkes was able to score. In the fifth inning the White Sox took the lead when Jack Fournier smashed the ball against the fence in left-center for three bases with one out. Buck Weaver then hit the left-field fence for two bases and Ray Schalk smacked a double to left-center to drive in two runs, making it 2 to 1. The Red Sox tied the score in the seventh inning on a pass, a hit by Bill Carrigan and a long fly ball by Harry Hooper. The way the pitchers were pitching it would be a clear case of who would score the next run. The visitors had fine starts in the seventh and eighth innings, but were nipped off by the clever fielding of the Red Sox. Boston scored the precious winning run in the eighth on a fine single by Tris Speaker, a sacrifice by Duffy Lewis, and Heinie Wagner's ringing single that brought in Speaker. Joe Wood came in to finish the last inning and pitched great. The crowd saw Joe throw with punch and gave him a round of applause as he struck out two of the four men who faced him to win the game. |
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