All except one of the five hits compiled by both teams went for extra bases, and the Red Sox scored when a high fast pitch escaped Ray Schalk in the fourth inning, and let in the only run of the day.
That slip was preceded by another accident. Dave Shean lofted a long fly to right center and caught the White Sox infielders playing too close in for him. He cleared their heads and as Happy Felsch tried to corral the ball Shean was on third. Schalk's
passed ball did the rest.
That was practically all there was to the ballgame. The pitchers were so supremely masters of the situation, that there was little for the rest of the players to do. An occasional difficult chance was offered and accepted and two or three easy ones were missed
without upsetting the composure of the two airtight pitchers.
Each pitcher gave up three passes, but that more than evened out that by the number they struck out. The Red Sox had five men on first base and four of them reached second. Five of the White Sox got on, and only two of them made it to second without a man getting
beyond that.
Joe Bush make the same kind of jokes out of the White Sox that he did when he faced them on the closing day of the White Sox series in Boston last month.
Two men reached base against Shellenbach in the first three innings, and only one of those came close to the plate. Harry Hooper walked in the opener, stole second, and reached third on Schalk's wild throw to stop him. Shellenbach got the next three batters,
including Babe Ruth, without letting Hooper scored.
The Red Sox have now won four out of five games from the White Sox this season.
Dick Hoblitzell left the Red Sox tonight to accept his lieutenancy in the Army. Harry Hooper was appointed team captain.
Amos Strunk made the feature catch of the day when he dove forward on his elbows, and captured a low liner from Liebold's bat in the fourth inning. Everett Scott, stole a couple of hits from Chicago's bats with great running stops and throws to first. Ray Schalk,
and Eddie Collins were his victims.
The Red Sox threatened to double their runs in the ninth when Dave Shean led off with a single and was sacrificed over by Amos Strunk. Ruth was next up, and he had failed to hit and three times up, so Shellenbach walked him. Stuffy McInnis flied out and Fred
Thomas fouled out to end the threat.
