The Archive · 1938

Chapman the Hero Although the Pale Hose tied the

Beantowners in the ninth of the opener, the Red Sox came through with five runs in the extra tenth canto to win, 13-8.

Ray Chapman was quite a hero, for with his home run, two singles and a sacrifice he scored four men.

Going off into an immediate lead and increasing the score to seven runs by the end of the third stanza the Red Sox won the concluding game with ease, 8-5.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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