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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN June 26, 1915 ... Two thoroughly interesting games were played at Fenway Park today in front of nearly 10,000 fans. The Yankees won the first game 6 to 1, and the Sox took the finale by a 4 to 2 score. Boston's two great right-handed pitchers threw superb games, but both were forced out before completing the game. In the first game Rube Foster held the New Yorkers run-less for seven innings, with his teammates only scoring one run in support. This run came in the seventh inning when, with two down, Pinch Thomas singled and then was sent over the plate by Foster's double to the bank in left center. Jack Warhop pitched for the Yankees and his puzzling rise ball was quite effective, as Thomas and Foster accounted for four of the eight hits made by the Sox in the game. The Yanks scored all their runs in the eighth inning on some bad fielding plays by Thomas and Hal Janvrin. Ernie Shore relieved Foster and was not much of an improvement, with the Sox going down to a very bitter defeat, especially after the awful eighth-inning. But the second game was much better. Joe Wood pitched and received a great hand when he took the mound. He pitched a gem for eight innings, the only hit being a grounder by Luke Boone that went by Janvrin for a scratch infield single. But in the ninth another scratch hit started Wood's trouble. He walked two more batters and then was removed from the game by Bill Carrigan, who deemed that Joe had run out of gas. Carl Mays took over and did a fine job in saving the victory. The hitting star was Joe Wood himself, who launched a home run over the left field wall in the seventh inning. Harry Hooper had an outstanding day in the field. With two on and one out in the sixth inning, he made a great running catch in center field on a long drive by Hugh High. He was playing deep and Speaker was playing in short center field. When High hit the ball, Hooper put on a great burst the speed and made one of the greatest and timeliest catches seen in weeks. In the fifth inning, Hooper also made a doubleplay by taking a sharp liner by Roy Hartzell and then throwing Birdie Cree out at first base for a doubleplay. All of the Red Sox runs were scored as a result of extra-base hits. Duffy Lewis, Hick Cady, Dick Hoblitzell and would were the men who delivered the big hits. The Red Sox took a the lead in the first game after both teams were shutout for six innings. In the Sox half of the seventh with two outs Thomas lined a single and scored on a double by Foster to left-center. But then the wheels came off in the eighth when the Yankees scored five times. In the second game the Sox scored one in the first inning with two outs. Speaker drew a pass and scored on a double to left by Duffy Lewis. The Sox scored another one in the fifth on a double by Cady, a sacrifice bunt by Wood and a sacrifice fly by Hooper. In the sixth inning the Yankees got their first run when, with a runner on first, Jeff Sweeney shot one back to Wood, who turned to make a play at second, but found that the base was not covered. He tried to hold back his throw but couldn't, and hit the runner on the back with the ball. Brown's fly ball to Hooper allowed Boone to come over with the first Yankee run. The Red Sox got that back in the seventh as Wood slammed the ball 15 feet over the left-field fence. Then in the eighth the Sox put up another run on a Speaker single, a sacrifice by Lewis and a double down the first base line by Hobby, making it 4 to 1. The Red Sox gained ground on both the White Sox and the Tigers who were beaten. The Yankees will make a trip to the Cape today to do some fishing, with Tris Speaker and some other Boston players as their guides. |
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