Sunday, May 5, 1918
Princeton, New Jersey
Boston Red Sox 3, Doherty Silk Sox 1
Exhibition
BOSTON
AB R H PO A E SILK
SOX AB R H PO
A E
John Wyckoff, rf.....4 1 2 0 0 0
Hartee, rf.......4 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Shean, 2b.......4 0 2 3 1 0
Sw'ns'n, 2b......4 0 0 1 1 0
Sam Jones, cf........4 0 1 5 1 0
Esche, cf........4 1 2 4 1 0
George Whiteman, lf..5 1 2 3 0 0
Lohr, lf.........4 0 2 1 0 0
Stuffy McInnis, 3b...4 1 1 3 2 0
Stallings, 1b....4 0 2 12 0 0
Fred Thomas, ss......3 0 0 3 2 0
Peploski, 3b.....4 0 0 1 1 1
Heinie Wagner, 1b....2 0 0 3 0 0
Irving, ss.......4 0 0 4 6 0
Babe Ruth, 1b ......1 0 0 4 1
0 Soper, c.........2 0
0 4 2 0
Wally Mayer,c .......4 0 1 1 0
0 Otto Rettig, p...1 0 0 0 7 1
Dick McCabe, p.......3 0 1 2 1 0
-- -- -- -- --
--
-- -- -- -- -- --
Total..........34 3 10 27 8 0
Total...........31 1 6 27 18 2
Boston....................1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -- 3
10 0
Silk Sox..................0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -- 1
6 2
Doubles: Shean, McInnis, Jones, Stallings.
Home Run: Wyckoff. Sacrifice
Hits: Ruth, rettig. Left on bases: Boston 11, Silk Sox 6.
Boston RBI: Ruth 3, Shean.
BOSTON
IP H R
ER BB K SILK
SOX IP H
R ER BB K
McCabe (W)... 9 6 1 1 2
1 Rettig (L).......9 10
3 4 3
Hit by Pitch -- Thomas (by Rettig).
Att: 3,000. Umpires: Dougherty and Duffy.
Location of the game was also listed as Patterson, New Jersey and Clifton, New Jersey. The Doherty Silk Sox were regarded as the top semi-professional team in New Jersey. John Wyckoff hit a home run on the first pitch of game. Wyckoff played right field and fellow pitcher Sam Jones played center.