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The Red Sox win the World Series...
The Red Sox win the World Series...
Item # 705591
October 12, 1916
EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, Oct. 12, 1916
* Boston Red Sox are champions
* 1916 World Series of baseball
* Babe Ruth was on this team
* Major League Baseball - MLB
The front page has a rather large headline announcing: "RED SOX ARE CHAMPIONS" with subhead: "Shore Hurls Great Game for Winners; Pfeffer Is Chased". This is a rare same-day account of the final game, an advantage a West Coast newspaper has.
Included on the front page is the "Box Score" as well as nice text and an inning-by-inning account of the game, carrying over to page 5.
Babe Ruth was a member of the Boston team, but being a pitcher he did not play in this game, participating only in game two when he pitched 13 shutout innings, winning the game 2-1. But he went 0 for 5 at the plate.
Additional reporting is on the sports page including a large photo of "Big Jeff" Pfeffer, and the facing page has more text and two more photos.
Complete in 14 pages and in uncommonly nice condition.
background: The 1916 Boston Red Sox were a dominant force in the American League, finishing the regular season with a 91–63 record under manager Bill Carrigan, clinching the AL pennant behind a pitching staff led by Babe Ruth, who, still primarily a pitcher, went 23–12 with a 1.75 ERA, establishing himself as one of the league’s premier arms. The team combined strong pitching depth with competent hitting, enough to carry them through the season and into the 1916 World Series, where they faced the Brooklyn Robins. The series showcased Ruth’s versatility, as he pitched a shutout in Game 2 and contributed key hits, helping the Red Sox win the Series 4–1. This championship marked Boston’s second World Series title in three years and highlighted the early emergence of Babe Ruth as a transformative figure in baseball, bridging the gap between the dead-ball era’s pitching dominance and the rise of the home run as a central feature of the game.
* Boston Red Sox are champions
* 1916 World Series of baseball
* Babe Ruth was on this team
* Major League Baseball - MLB
The front page has a rather large headline announcing: "RED SOX ARE CHAMPIONS" with subhead: "Shore Hurls Great Game for Winners; Pfeffer Is Chased". This is a rare same-day account of the final game, an advantage a West Coast newspaper has.
Included on the front page is the "Box Score" as well as nice text and an inning-by-inning account of the game, carrying over to page 5.
Babe Ruth was a member of the Boston team, but being a pitcher he did not play in this game, participating only in game two when he pitched 13 shutout innings, winning the game 2-1. But he went 0 for 5 at the plate.
Additional reporting is on the sports page including a large photo of "Big Jeff" Pfeffer, and the facing page has more text and two more photos.
Complete in 14 pages and in uncommonly nice condition.
background: The 1916 Boston Red Sox were a dominant force in the American League, finishing the regular season with a 91–63 record under manager Bill Carrigan, clinching the AL pennant behind a pitching staff led by Babe Ruth, who, still primarily a pitcher, went 23–12 with a 1.75 ERA, establishing himself as one of the league’s premier arms. The team combined strong pitching depth with competent hitting, enough to carry them through the season and into the 1916 World Series, where they faced the Brooklyn Robins. The series showcased Ruth’s versatility, as he pitched a shutout in Game 2 and contributed key hits, helping the Red Sox win the Series 4–1. This championship marked Boston’s second World Series title in three years and highlighted the early emergence of Babe Ruth as a transformative figure in baseball, bridging the gap between the dead-ball era’s pitching dominance and the rise of the home run as a central feature of the game.
Category: The 20th Century
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