HARRY HOOPER

THE LAST ONE FOR 86 YEARS
The Sox come from behind
with a walk-off in the ninth

May 15, 1918 ... A mighty ninth inning finish was put over by the Red Sox against the Tigers today. The final count was 5 to 4 with the Red Sox, driving in two runs in the last inning. The wallop that won the prize being kicked in by Harry Hooper.

It was a good ballgame, although it had it's bad spots. The Tigers pounded Babe Ruth for three runs in the fourth and this looked as if it might be a safe lead, but as the contest eased on, the Red Sox commenced to thump Hooks Dauss, who most the time has something on them.  In the ninth, they hit him beautifully, with Dauss helping the Sox along himself, by contributing a couple of free passes.

Ty Cobb proved the same old attraction.  He did not hit safely but reached first twice via a fielder's choice.  The fans got a real thrill in the fifth, when he tried to score from second, after Babe Ruth made a wild throw into center while trying to pick him off at second base. Otis Strunk, to Ruth, to Sam Agnew is the way Cobb went out, with  the play being close and bringing the crowd to their feet.

The Tigers scored three runs in the third inning. Singles by Archie Yelle, Dauss and Donie Bush put over the first Tiger run in the third inning.  A triple by Frank Walker, which went over Strunk's head counted Dauss and Bush.  Walker never got beyond third with the next three men going down in order.

Strunk's single and steal, and Stuffy's hit gave the Sox one in the fourth. Stuffy had reached second on Walker's error.

In the fifth Bush doubled, advanced to third on an infield out, and scored when Dave Shean, after handling Cobbs' grounder threw wild to Fred Thomas, trying to get Bush between third and home, making the score 4-1 in favor of Detroit.

With two out in the fifth, Ruth laced a double to deep center and scored when Hooper slammed one past Bush.  Hooper went to third on Shean's single and later being was nailed between third and home, when a delayed steal failed.

A pass to Otis Strunk, George Whiteman's double to right, and Stuffy's long sacrifice fly to Bobby Veach were good for a run in the sixth to make it 4 to 3.  Whiteman was caught napping off second before the run was scored.

There was one out in the ninth when the Red Sox set off the fireworks.  Pinch-hitter Wally Schang walked, took second on Scott single, and tallied when Capt. Dick Hoblitzell, pinch hitting for Sam Agnew, cracked a single to left to tie the score.  Babe was passed purposely, filling the basis. Then Harry Hooper knocked one over Veach's head to knock in Schang with the come-from-behind walk off victory.