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Stringing pennants
Boston Globe, September 16, 1915
RED SOX CLINCH PENNANT!
Boston Wins, While Tigers Lose
CLEVELAND--The game was a sloppy one, a wild affair that hardly befit the Red Sox' status as a champion, but when the dust cleared, the Boston club had put a dozen runs on the board, while allowing the Cleveland Naps only ten. Thus did the Red Sox clinch the 1915 pennant. Collins' Speed Boys now wait to see whether their opponents will be the current National League pacesetters, the New York Giants, or their perennial World Series foe, the Cincinnati Reds.
Chuck Rose was not at his best, allowing the Naps to score four times in the final half-inning of the game. Fortunately, his teammates had scored five times in their previous time at bat. A prior five-run outburst from the Clevelanders' clubs had already been answered by a similar Boston barrage, and the Sox added a less impressive two-run output for good measure.
The hitting star for Boston was shortstop Walter Thomas, who knocked in four runs, giving him a seasons' total of 92. "Tiny" hit higher in the order than is customarily the case, as Collins rested a few of his regulars and gave men such as George Whiteman and Bill Carrigan a day's work...
Carrigan has responded whenever Collins has called upon him this year. Rough Bill has spelled both catcher Bob Peterson and first baseman Ed Konetchy, and has pelted the pill at a .317 pace. This makes the third consecutive season in which Carrigan has nosed his batting average above the .300 level, and his total of 17 runs batted in, accumulated in only 133 at bats, speaks loudly of his productivity.
Collins knows that Carrigan, who broke in with the Sox in '08, can be relied upon in any situation. "Bill would be the starter on almost any club in the major leagues," he stated.
"I would rather be here in Boston, close to home," the Holy Cross-educated backstop added. "I wouldn't trade the pennants and World Series I have had a chance to help win here for a regular job on any other club."
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