Roger's 1916 APBA Replay

Chicago (AL_ manager Pants Rowland and daughter Week Nine of the 1916 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was comparatively a slow week. There were twenty-four games played this past week, plus one tie. In Week Eight, we had the Memorial Doubleheader holiday, which led to a total of fifty-five games having been played. That is quite a difference … Week Nine (of twenty-five) means that if counting by weeks, we have completed 36% of the weeks in the schedule, but when counting by games played, neither league has reached the 30% mark yet. The highlight of the week was another No-Hitter, the third of the season. Cleveland had a three-game stretch versus Boston the previous week where they were shut out, no-hit, and then shut out again, and then four days later, Washington's Walter Johnson continued their misery:   Cleveland is not a bad team, and Tris Speaker , acquired just before the start of the season, is doing what he can, but the Indians always seem to be able to find a way...

Monday, June 5, 1916 Transactions: N/A   New York (AL) 1 Chicago (AL) (H) 0   George Mogridge (2-0, 1.37) held the hometown White Sox to only two hits as he went all the way for the shutout victory. Jim Scott (2-4, 1.84) only allowed four hits, but a Frank Gilhooley single in the eighth was followed by a hit-and-run single by Lee Magee that placed Gilhooley on third, and Joe Gedeon hit a sacrifice to score Gilhooley with the game's only run.   Boston (AL) 1 Cleveland (H) 0   The Red Sox shut out the Indians 4-0 on Saturday, Carl Mays no-hit/shut out the Indians on Sunday, and today Babe Ruth (8-3, 1.55) delivered a third consecutive shutout. Backup right fielder Olaf Henriksen led off the top of the eighth with a single, was sacrificed to second by backup second baseman Mike McNally , and then one batter later, first baseman Dick Hoblitzell delivered a single to bring home Henriksen with the game's only run. Fritz Coumbe (2-7, 2.51) pitched a masterful game...