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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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April 28, 1915 ... The cold weather forced the game to be called off. President Lannin took Duffy Lewis, Del Gainor, Wally Rehg, Ernie Shore and scout Tom McCarthy to Providence to see their opening game against Buffalo. The Providence Greys opened their season to a packed house which made President Lannin very happy. |
WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN April 29, 1915 ... The New York Yankees took the second game of the series by our playing the Red Sox, 6 to 4. Former Red Sox pitcher, Marty McHale, had the Red Sox batters eating out of his hand for five innings, holding them to just one hit. But by the end of the game McHale was bombarded and the bases were full of Red Sox runners when the game ended. Ernie Shore started for the Red Sox and was hit hard. A pair of errors started the trouble when the Yankees scored five runs. A wild throw by Hal Janvrin and a fumbled ground ball by Shore started New York on their way. Then came two singles, a triple, and another base hit almost putting the game practically out of reach. The Yankees got their first run in the opening inning on a single by Fritz Maisel, who stole second and scored on a base hit by Roy Hartzell. New York added five runs in the fourth inning when Roger Peckinpaugh hit a ground ball to Janvrin, who made a wild throw to first. With Peck at second, Luke Boone hit the ball back to Shore, who got Peck trying to make it to third, but Boone later ended up on second on a passed ball. Les Nunamaker reached first when Shore fumbled his bouncer back to him. McHale singled to score Boone and Maisel reached when Janvrin bobbled his grounder. Hartzell hit one over Tris Speaker's head for three bases, scoring three runs, and Hugh High scored Hartzell with a sacrifice fly. Shore was taken out of the game when Wally Pipp singled and replace by Dutch Leonard. The inning ended when Pipp was thrown out trying to steal second, but the Yankees were up 6 to 0. The Sox scored one run in the sixth, on a bunt single by Speaker, who stole second and was driven home by Everett Scott. In the seventh inning the Red Sox added another run when Harry Hooper doubled and made it over to third on another double by Babe Ruth, who was batting for Wagner. Duffy Lewis singled home one run, making it 6 to 2. The Sox got to McHale in the ninth when Wally Rehg singled, Hooper singled and Mike McNally drove home Rehg with another base hit. Speaker reached first on a short single to left to fill the bases and Dick Hoblitzell smashed one down the first, that Wally Pipp blocked, but when the ball got away from him, Hooper scored. The bases were full and Everett Scott hit a simple ground ball down to Maisel to end the game. Captain Huston, the Yankees owner, said that plans are in the works to build the Yankees a new ballpark, because the rent at the Polo Grounds is too high. |
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