CARL MAYS

THE LAST ONE FOR 86 YEARS
Carl Mays dominates Chicago in 3-1 win

July 15, 1918 ...  It was another day at the ballpark for Carl Mays when he hung a 3 to 1 defeat on the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park. Outside of the seventh inning, when Chicago shoved over a lone run, the visitors could not do anything with Mays. In that inning, when another hit would have caused a bunch of damage, Mays just planted the lid on the trouble in a businesslike way.

The Red Sox outfield did not have a chance, as only two balls were hit their way, in the entire ballgame. Three of the Chicago hits were scratch infield ones. Mays himself delivered the usual fine fielding exhibition, having seven fielding chances.

Four of the seven hits the Sox assembled, were bunched in the fourth inning aided by a bad throw by White Sox pitcher Dave Danforth.  Other than that, Danforth looked good for the rest of the game.

Babe Ruth partially emerged from his batting slump.  He hit two sharp singles and the other time he was up, he popped out to Danforth while trying to sacrifice.

Danforth, who is an artist at slipping the ball over the first, nailed Babe off the bag twice.

Dave Shean and Babe reached Danforth for singles in the first inning, and while Wally Schang was at the plate, Babe was caught cold, but the first time slipped back to the cushion, as Swede Risberg and Eddie Collins were trying to run him down. He was no sooner back there then he leaned too far and over came the ball to, this time, trap him.

Amos Strunk opened the third with a single and after Babe failed to sacrifice, Wally Schang slammed a single to center, going to second when the play was made to get Otis Strunk at third. Everett Scott, then slammed one right at Danforth, which he knocked down, but it bounded away from him, allowing Strunk to score.  Danforth recovered and made a wild throw to first, allowing Schang to also score. With Scott on second base, George Whiteman's singled to center scored him with the third run.

Mays had one of the visitors out in the seventh inning, when he passed Eddie Collins.  Swede Risberg singled to right, sending the Chicago captain to third.  Eddie Collins scored when Shano Collins laced a double to the left field corner and Risberg stopped at third. Mays fanned Buck Weaver and Barbare tossed out McMullen, to end the threat.

Several hundred soldiers and sailors were present. They did not save all of their cheers for the Red Sox, and based on the cheering, some of them were Chicago boys. Ed Barrow received the final report on infielder Horace Ford. The boy from Tufts played a great game in Woonsocket yesterday.

A District Court in Boston ruled that professional baseball was a nonessential industry in the war effort, and that baseball players were no different than anybody else in their status of having to serve in the Armed Forces or in war related industry.