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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN June 5, 1915 ... More than 10,000 fans were at Fenway Park and enjoyed a great ballgame, seeing the Red Sox beat the American League leading Chicago White Sox, by a 4 to 2 score. The game had sharp fielding, clever baserunning, and timely hitting, but the Red Sox were never in any real trouble after scoring two runs in the first inning. Rube Foster pitched a masterful game and but for a passed ball and a missed ground ball by Dick Hoblitzell, the White Sox would not have scored any runs. He was a bit wild at times, but great fielding, especially by Everett Scott at short and Duffy Lewis in left, saved him from any real trouble. Reb Russell was hit rather easily by the Red Sox and failed to show any expertise at the plate, in bunting men over, as two men were cut off at third and one hit home, had he not been able to bunt effectively. Duffy Lewis went nearly to the top of the bank in left field to catch a fly from Jimmy Collins and Everett Scott made a great one-handed stop of a hard drive by Eddie Collins in the third inning. In the seventh, Scotty started a fast doubleplay, by taking a hot grounder, touching second and throwing to first. The Red Sox scored two runs in their half of the second inning, as Hoblitzell drew a pass and went to third on Scott's single down the left-field foul line. Larry Gardner filled the bases with another free pass and Bill Carrigan hit a low line drive to centerfield that Finners Quinlan made a great try for, but trapped the ball, allowing the two Red Sox base runners to score. The White Sox got one of those runs back in the fourth inning on a pass to Jack Fournier and a passed ball by Carrigan. He scored on a single by Bunny Brief. The Red Sox however, scored two more in the fifth. Harry Hooper led off with a scratch single and Heinie Wagner reached first on a fumble by Reb Russell. Del Gainer pushed the ball back to Russell, who got Hooper to third on the force. Then Duffy Lewis drove the ball against the left-field fence, getting two bases, scoring Wagner and sending Gainer over to third. Gainer scored on a long fly ball by Hobby to Shano Collins, to make the score 4 to 1. In the sixth inning the White Sox got a gift of a run, because Eddie Collins smashed one straight to Hobby at first, who let the ball get through him and roll all the way to the fence. Collins made it all the way to third and Fournier brought him home with a sharp single. Foster got out of the jam on three flyballs and no man on either side got to first base after this inning. Tris Speaker is expected to be out for tomorrow's practice, but remained at home for the day. He had considerable pain in his head, but felt much better this morning. |
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