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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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THE LAST ONE FOR 86 YEARS June 20, 1918 ... Tilly Walker smashed the ball over the left field wall, sending Red Shannon in ahead of him, to beat the Red Sox 2-0 in the first game of a doubleheader at Fenway Park. But in the second game of the doubleheader, the Sox turned the tables, scoring a 3-0 win over Scott Perry, and the Athletics. The home run that Tilly pushed out of the yard over over the wall, was the fourth of its kind that the former Sox player has registered. Just two years ago yesterday, when playing with the Sox, he hit one of Ray Keating's spitters and the ball landed in Lansdowne Street. When he was playing with the Browns, he put one over twice. One of the homers was against Vean Gregg and the other against Dutch Leonard, both of whom curiously enough pitched today. The ball has been pushed over the barrier no more than 15 times since Hugh Bradley was the first to do it in 1912, but Tilly has been the only athlete who is been able to repeat the trick. Buck Weaver of the White Sox, was the only batter to do it last year and Tilly was the first to do it this season. Walker did a lot of damage. He not only knocked Sam Jones out of a chance of winning the first game, but he put this Dutch Leonard on the disabled list in the second. In the hope of knocking down a smash, that Tilly had registered off a low one, Dutch got his thumb in the way and it swelled up like a balloon. As a result, he will not be available for several days. Young Vince Molyneaux came into the game and got the credit for the win, after he held Mack's men hitless in the three innings he pitched. Thrill after thrill was provided for the fans, as the fielding was exceptionally brilliant particularly in the second game, when young Fred Thomas deserved the applause of the crowd on three different occasions. The first occurred in the third inning when a one-handed stop, with his gloved hand, off a smash by Rube Oldring the Athletics' captain, robbing him of a hit. Three innings later, he went over the railing of the Philadelphia dugout for George Burns pop fly. And in the seventh inning, a jumping one-handed catch of a ball hit off Shannon's bat, spoiled a base hit. Everett Scott, in the third inning of the second game, with his bare right hand, stopped a terrible slam also from Shannon, and tossed him out of first. This play was just one of the many good ones made by Scotty, was now played 27 consecutive games without an error. In the opening game Vaughn Gregg pitch much of the game for Philly, allowing only three hits, none of which got out of the infield. Only one of the Sox reached third and in the fifth, he was hit safely by Harry Hooper to load the bases, but he squirmed out of the jam when Dave Shean forced Hooper at second base. Sam Jones pitched well too, with only one of the Athletics getting to third up to the fatal ninth inning. In the ninth Red Shannon beat out an infield hit and scored when Tilly hit the moon shot over the left field wall to win the game. In the second game. Dutch Leonard was in trouble for the first two innings. A pass filled the bases in the first inning. but Dutch worked his way out of that jam when Babe Ruth threw Oldring out at the plate, after taking Larry Gardner's fly ball. In the second inning, the Sox broke up an attempted double steal, getting Cy Perkins before he could get back to third, after first trying for Joe Dugan would started for second. Dutch steadied however, before his injury, and Molyneux allowed only two men to get to first, those from free passes.
Harry Hooper's triple, Shean's single, Strunk's sacrifice, and a pass to Babe, followed by a triple from Stuffy McInnis, who smacked the ball to dead center field that crossed Walker up, gave the Sox their three runs in the sixth inning. Of course, everybody was interested in Scott Perry. Perry, who was playing for the Boston Braves earlier this year, was sold by them to Atlanta of the Southern League. When he refused to report, he was signed by Connie Mack. The Braves took the issue to the National Commission, who settles disputes between the two leagues. They ruled this week that Perry was still owned by the Braves. Connie Mack refused to abide by the ruling and the Athletics will take the case to the Common Pleas Court to ask for a legal injunction to stop the Braves from interfering with Perry. Up until this point all of the owners in both leagues have abided by the decisions on the National Commission, but now their authority will be challenged in civil court. |
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