22-Brownies and 41-Sahx Split Series for road chalk

22-St. Louis 7,  41-Boston 6

Fenway Park

Shocker vs. Harris, M

The KOD22 season got off to a delayed start today as the Secret Service scrambled to find President Hoover who was expected to throw out the first pitch, but was nowhere to be found.  In his place the Secret Service found Calvin Coolidge, and hoping no one would notice, had him throw out the first pitch.  The press later photo shopped Hoover into the photos and no one was the wiser. J

The game started poorly for the home team as the Browns opened up an early 5 run lead collecting 10 hits in the first three innings.  The third inning through the 5^th belonged to the home team Sox as they rebounded with 5 runs of their own on 8 hits, including a solo home run by Dom Dimaggio.  After 7 complete innings the teams, were locked at 6 with the game turned over to the bullpens.  It remained that way until Jack Tobin led off the top of the 10^th with a solo home run to rightfield to give St. Louis the opening day win.

St Louis 5 Boston 4

Fenway Park

Davis vs. Newsome

Game two was another 1 run affair.  St. Louis again broke on top in the 2^nd inning with two runs.  Wally Gerber led off the top of the 2^nd with a triple, scoring on a Sac Fly and just ahead of a solo home run by George Sisler.  Boston came back with 2 in the bottom of the frame on three singles and a defensive lapse by St. Louis.  IN the bottom of the 5^th Boston took their first lead of the series with 2 more runs as a Bobby Doer single drove in two.  Wasting no time, just as Boston had done earlier, St. Louis put two on the board on a Hank Severid two RBI single and an outfield error in the top of the 6^th.  Tied 4-4 in the top of the 8^th St. Louis broke through with a run as Ken Williams doubled home Jack Tobin who had singled to start the inning.  And that is where it remained as St. Louis Alan Sothoron closed out the game and completed the two game sweep for the visiting team….a trend that would hold throughout the series.

--submitted by Mark Nixon—

Red Sox 6, Browns 2

Sportsman’s Park

C.Wagner vs Vangilder

After sustaining two close losses at home, not to mention the mistaken presidential fiasco, the Sahx were glad to take the show on the road.  Their young left fielder, who is hitting over .400, seemed all smiles and wasn’t one bit distracted with the circus of events during the home opener.  That young leftfielder, known as T.S. Williams blasted 2 homers and went 2 for 3 with 2 walks to spoil the Brownies home opener and their bid for the unattainable undefeated season.  Hurler Charlie Wagner posted a 7.2 IP with 2 runs allowed line, then let the pen finish the game out.  The bottom 3 in Boston’s lineup combined for 5 of the team’s 10 hits, one less than the HOF combination of:  Williams, Cronin, Foxx and Doerr.

Red Sox 8, Browns 3

Fenway Park

Davis vs. Newsome

Game 4 saw the road team hold serve with wins throughout the series.  The “reverse chalk” saw young Boston hurler, Joe Dobson, do it with both his arm and the bat respectively.  Dobson went the circuit giving up 3 runs on 7 hits.  He also smashed a 434 foot shot in the top of the 5^th to stake himself to a 4-2 (at the time) lead.  A combination of walks (2) and errors (2) in the top of the 8^th led to the Sahx posting 3 more runs, which put the game out of reach.  Catcher Johnny Peacock’s 2^nd two bagger of the day provided the final tally as the boys from Beantown earned the series split.

--submitted by Marc Weiss--