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Sunny days
Boston Globe, July 13, 1917
RED SOX SMILING AGAIN
Wins Coming More Often
Speaker Returns to Line-Up Today
BOSTON--The mood in the Red Sox clubhouse has been noticeably brighter in the past week or so. The sound of laughter has largely replaced grumbling, and one is more likely to hear singing than language that is too rough to print here.
Part of the reason, of course, lies in the fact that the team has been playing much better of late. The Sox have moved within four games of first-place Philadelphia, and have edged their record four games over the .500 mark. Harry Hooper, Chet Chadbourne, and Big Ed Konetchy have all been swinging the bat in a more customary fashion. Joe Wood, Chuck Rose, and "Hooks" Dauss have provided stellar mound work. Pat O'Farrell and Bill Carrigan have continued to play like All-Stars. And, since he was moved from behind the plate to fill in an outfield spot last week, Fred Snodgrass has done nothing but hit.
Snodgrass, who was picked up in a trade with the New York Giants to spell Carrigan behind the dish, can also play the outfield, and manager Jimmy Collins gave him a chance to see what he could do there. Collins has left him in the line-up since then, and Snodgrass has made Collins look like a genius.
The brightest smiles of all, however, greeted Tris Speaker as he walked into the clubhouse yesterday, with the news that he has been cleared by doctors to return to the lineup. Speaker's bat, glove, and leadership will be indispensable as the Bostons enter the season's final weeks...
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