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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN May 24, 1915 ... George Lowdermilk was the chief troublemaker for the Red Sox today, when the weak-hitting Red Sox continued their poor showing at the plate, by only getting two hits off the Browns rookie pitcher and losing the game, 4 to 3. Two features of the game, one of which probably prevented the Browns from scoring even more runs, and the other, which may have lost the game for Boston, stand out prominently. The first came when, after the Browns scored two runs in the second inning, on Lowdermilk's single to center, Sam Agnew slid into third base and umpire Ollie Chili called him out, saying that he had overslid the bag. It looked like a bad call, but it was the third out. The other, this one a self inflected wound, happened in the ninth inning when Olaf Henriksen was caught napping at second base. He was only a few feet from second base when the catcher, Sam Agnew, threw to the shortstop Doc Lavan, who snuck in behind Henriksen. Olaf just stepped back to the bag, without sliding, diving or giving any real urgent effort. He was out and so were the Red Sox. The Red Sox three runs were made in the fourth inning. They were down 2 to 0, when Everett Scott drew a walk and Janvrin was safe on Doc Lavan's fumble. Pinch Thomas was then walked and filled the bases. On a wild pitch, Scotty scored and the other runners moved up. Janvrin scored and Thomas went to third on Rube Foster's sacrifice fly. Harry Hooper then hit a little a small grounder to Lavan, who threw to the plate in order to catch Thomas, but Sam Agnew dropped the ball allowing the third Red Sox run. Dick Hoblitzell, who has been out with an injured foot, was forced into the game when Del Gainor wrenched his arm in a collision with Agnew. In the sixth inning, Hal Janvrin, who had been called out on strikes, was thrown out of the game for protesting Umpire Connolly's decision. Mike McNally took his place in the next inning. Dutch Leonard was suspended by President Joe Lannin and sent back to Boston for being out of shape and his failure to get in shape. |
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