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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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WORLD CHAMPS AGAIN June 30, 1915 ... A small army of ballplayers knocked in 50 base bits, and when the smoke cleared at Fenway Park, the Red Sox had swept a doubleheader from the Philadelphia Athletics. The first game was won by a score of 10 to 5 and the second game was won, 10 to 7. Both games were long and drawn out and many pitchers were used. It was Joe Wood, who finished the second game, being the only pitcher to work effectively. A continuous line of free passes dominated the games, making them two of the poorest games pitched this season. In the first game not one Red Sox player was thrown out on a ground ball and most of the outs were outfield flies. Bruno Haas, who played at Worcester Academy, started the first game for Philadelphia and in the second game Joe Bush got pounded by the Sox. Rube Foster started the first game for the Sox and was whacked around pretty well. He was relieved by Ray Collins, in the fifth inning, who did a fairly good job in relief. In the second game the visitors jumped off to the lead with Herb Pennock on the mound for the Sox. Pennock was wild, and after filling the bases on three hits in the fourth inning, was relieved by Foster, who failed to pitch any better than he did in the first game. He was finally replaced by Joe Wood in the seventh inning, and Joe did some first-class work to the end of the game. The Athletics jumped to a 2 to 0 lead in the first game, but the Red Sox bounced back for four runs in the bottom of the second inning. Then the Athletics scored one in in the third inning and one in the fourth to tie up the game. In the seventh inning the Red Sox loaded their heavy artillery and scored five runs with some terrific hits. After a 20 minute rest the second game started and Philadelphia jumped ahead to a lead of three runs in two innings. But the Red Sox scored five in the third to take the lead and then the A's tied it up by scoring one in the fourth and one in the fifth. Then they took the lead by one run in the sixth. But the Sox came back again with a run to tie it up a second time. The Athletics scored one more in the seventh to take the lead, but three runs in their half of the inning gave the Red Sox the lead for good. Harry Hooper, Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis made some great plays in the infield while Hal Janvrin and Heinie Wagner did some great work around the keystone sack for Boston. Both teams showed great skill in the field, making some great plays, considering the erratic pitching. In the second game runs were scored in every inning until the ninth-inning, and the first game was not much different. After the Athletics went up by a 2 to 0 lead in game number one, the Red Sox took back the lead on singles by Duffy Lewis and Hal Janvrin. They were followed by a succession of walks and two more hits by Harry Hooper and Heinie Wagner which accounted for four runs. Philadelphia scored again in the third on a pass and singles by Jimmy Walsh and Wally Schang. They made their fourth run in the fifth on a double by Stuffy McInnis and two ground ball outs, that tied up the game at 4 to 4. The Red Sox broke the tie in the fifth inning on a pass to Tris Speaker, who stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. He scored on a sacrifice fly by Del Gainer to put the Sox up by one. Then in the seventh inning the Red Sox unloaded with five runs. Singles by Wagner and Speaker, followed by a triple to center by Gainer, accounted for the first two runs. Larry Gardner followed and slammed a home run into the right-field bleachers for one more. Base hits by Thomas and Hooper gave them five total runs in the inning, and a 10 to 4 lead. Philly got one more run in the eighth, but it was not enough and the Red Sox secured the first game, 10 to 5. In game number two, the Athletics again jumped out to another lead off Pennock, before their pitchers opened the doors for the Sox, who scored five runs in the third inning and the race was on. It started with a double by Pennock, followed by a single from Hooper, passes to Wagner and Speaker, and singles by Hobby and Janvrin. Down 5 to 3, Mack's men scored one in the fourth, tied the score in the fifth. They took the lead in the sixth inning. Eddie Murphy drew a pass, was sacrificed to second and scored on a base hit by Schang. Now down by one, the Sox bounced back, scoring one in the sixth to tie it up, three in the seventh and one in the eighth to win it by a 10 to 7 score. In the sixth, the score was tied when Lewis doubled and was brought home by Hick Cady's base hit. In the seventh Wagner drew a pass, before both Speaker and Hobby singled. Wagner scored on Hobby's hit and Janvrin followed with another single to right, to bring in Speaker. With two runs in, Duffy Lewis hit a fly ball that Jimmy Walsh reached at the bank in left centerfield. He fell backward going up and, as he did, he dropped the ball, allowing Hobby to come in with the third run. In the eighth-inning, Wood was on the mound now and had very little trouble in disposing of the visitors over the last two innings. The Red Sox scored their final run in the eighth on a single by Cady that went through Murphy's legs in right field, allowing the catcher to reach third base. After Wood and Hooper went out, Wagner came across with a single to right that scored Cady. Speaker next slammed a double and Hobby drew a pass, to fill the bases, but they all died there when Janvrin hit a pop fly to the outfield ending the inning. There were nearly five hours of continuous baseball, with men on base in nearly every inning and it definitely was an exciting thing to see from the fans perspective. Twenty boys from the Winthrop St., Methodist choir were on hand as guests of President Lannin and they could of not asked for two more exciting games. |
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