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RED FABER |
THE LAST ONE FOR 86 YEARS
Red Faber beats the Sox in his last game for
the White Sox, before going into the service
June 11, 1918 ...
Charles Comiskey took away the uniforms of two White Sox players today, Clyde Williams and Byrd Lynn, when he learned of their intention to follow Joe Jackson into a safety first shipyard.
(The provost marshal general's office has received protest from baseball executives and owners that the strict execution of a "work or fight" order would cause large financial losses to the baseball clubs. The owners have declared that they would abandon the sport next season if this
order is implemented . About 220 baseball players are affected by the new order, which should be finalized by Secretary Baker in the next two weeks.)
Red Faber, who has enlisted in the Great Lakes Naval Station, for submarine duty, did not expect to pitch again. But he asked for his uniform when he learned of the desertions, and pitched a brilliant game against the Red Sox who were beaten for 2 to 1.
So good was Faber's work that he would have shutout the Red Sox, but for a mistake by Eddie Collins in the sixth inning, when he forgot how windy it was and tried in vain for a pop fly, which was carried out of his reach into the infield. It paved the way for the only
Red Sox run.
The White Sox found difficulty engaging Sam Jones in the early innings and would have not scored off him until the seventh, if the Red Sox infield had not pulled an error, which led Ray Schalk home from third base. In the seventh Chicago piled up three runs on Sam Jones
and won the game.
One of the features of the day was the raising of the championship pennant by the White Sox. It was a great spectacle with aid of the Battalion from the Great Lakes Naval Air Station. An American flag, and a service flag, containing thirteen stars, was also
raised. The band then played the national anthem as the crowd stood and took off their hats.
Sam Jones was wild all the way, and gave up six base on balls, but the White Sox could not hit him often enough, at first, to convert the passes into runs. Not until the fifth inning, was a run made, and even then the White Sox stole one without the aid of a base
hit. Ray Schalk walked and made third on a wild pitch. Red Faber also walked and Nemo Liebold hit one to Everett Scott, who held Schalk back to third and then tossed the ball to Dave Sheen, who wasn't anywhere near second base. While Dave Shean was holding the ball, and tried
frantically to locate the base with his foot, Schalk sneaked home to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead.
The Red Sox made only three hits off Faber in five innings, but part of that was due to Felsch and Eddie Murphy, both of whom made spectacular catches. Felsch pulled down a high liner with one hand and Murphy made two diving attempts to catch liners and held onto one of
them, but could not reach the other. Chick Gandil stole a hit from Harry Hooper, that would've scored a runner in from third base.
Harry Hooper's two bagger her opened the sixth inning and he scored on two sacrifice hits to tie the game
Swede Risberg lead off in the seventh with a walk. Schalk drove him to third with a single and made it to second himself. Liebold then singled to center and the two runners were scored. He stole second and scored on Eddie Collins second hit to make it 4 to 1. |
