James E. Gaffney sells the Boston Braves for $500,000 to Percy Haughton, Harvard’s head baseball coach and businessman Arthur Chamberlin Wise, who will raise $600,000 to build Fenway Park. The former owner, a Tammany Hall alderman and construction contractor, who bought the team in 1913 for $187,000, recently gained notoriety as a target of Hennessy and Whitman investigations into political graft.

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James E. Gaffney sells the Boston Braves for $500,000 to Percy Haughton, Harvard’s head baseball coach and businessman Arthur Chamberlin Wise, who will raise $600,000 to build Fenway Park. The former owner, a Tammany Hall alderman and construction contractor, who bought the team in 1913 for $187,000, recently gained notoriety as a target of Hennessy and Whitman investigations into political graft.

Charles H. Weeghman buys the Cubs

Charles H. Weeghman buys the Cubs

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1916 – The National League, happy to be rid of fractious Chicago Cubs owner Charles W. Murphy, allows Charles H. Weeghman, owner of a restaurant chain and president of the Federal League’s Chicago Whales, to buy the Cubs for $500,000. By putting up $50,000, William Wrigley, Jr. becomes a minority stock holder. Whales manager Joe Tinker succeeds Roger Bresnahan, and the Cubs will play in the Federal League’s newly built ballpark on the North Side, soon to become known as Wrigley Field.

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1915

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History of the World Series – 1915

History of the World Series – 1915

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Five pitchers, including 20-year-old lefthander Babe Ruth, won 14 or more games in 1915 for Manager Bill Carrigan’s Red Sox, whose 101 victories (against 50 losses) were just enough to stave off the Detroit Tigers (100-54) in the American League pennant race. The Phillies rode the pitching of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the slugging of…

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Oscar Charleston runs in from his position and decks the official with one punch, starting a huge brawl that engulfs players, fans and police officers alike.

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1915 – In a game between the Indianapolis ABCs and a team of white “All-Stars” from the city, trouble breaks out in the 5th inning when All-Stars baserunner Donie Bush is declared safe by (white) umpire Jimmy Scanlon on an attempted steal of second base, while most observers contend he was out. ABCs second baseman Bingo DeMoss objects vehemently and starts to fight the umpire, at which point 19-year-old CF Oscar Charleston runs in from his position and decks the official with one punch, starting a huge brawl that engulfs players, fans and police officers alike. After order is restored, both DeMoss and Charleston are arrested, although they will be let out on bail and allowed to accompany their team on a planned barnstorming tour of Cuba. When they return to face trial on December 7th, Charleston is fined $10 and DeMoss $5, but the police use the fight as a pretext to ban any further games between teams of different races in the city.

The Red Sox clinch 3rd World Series title
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The Red Sox clinch 3rd World Series title

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1915 – The Phillies get four runs early off Boston Red Sox pitcher Rube Foster in Game 5 of the World Series. The Red Sox break a tie in the 9th inning for the third time in the Series, as Harry Hooper hits his second home run of the game off reliever Eppa Rixey. Boston wins, 5 – 4, to take the Series in five games.

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In front of the largest crowd to ever to see a World Series game, 42,300 fans watch the Red Sox beat the Phillies in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, 2-1

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In front of the largest crowd to ever to see a World Series game, 42,300 fans watch the Red Sox beat the Phillies in Game 3 of the Fall Classic, 2-1. The contest, which is played at the National League home of the Braves to accommodate more Boston patrons, ends when Duffy Lewis singles with two outs to score Harry Hopper in the bottom of the ninth inning.

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Woodrow Wilson becomes the first President to attend a World Series game

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On October 9, 1915, Woodrow Wilson becomes the first President to attend a World Series game. Wilson watches Game Two in Philadelphia at the Baker Bowl with 20,306 other fans and watches the Boston Red Sox defeat the Phillies. Red Sox hurler Rube Foster limits the Phillies to just three hits en route to a…

The Philadelphia Phillies win their first-ever World Series game behind Grover Cleveland Alexander, 3 – 1
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The Philadelphia Phillies win their first-ever World Series game behind Grover Cleveland Alexander, 3 – 1

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1915 – The Philadelphia Phillies win their first-ever World Series game behind Grover Cleveland Alexander, 3 – 1. Boston Red Sox rookie Babe Ruth grounds out as a pinch hitter in the 9th inning of the opener. Ruth will sit out the rest of the Series, and the Phillies won’t win another game in the Fall Classic until Game 1 of the 1980 World Series.

Before the game at Pittsburgh, manager Fred Clarke is presented with a grandfather clock and a red leather binder signed by thousands of well-wishers. Clarke plays four innings in left field and goes 1 for 2. After reaching first, Clarke is replaced by Max Carey, and the out-going manager exits to thunderous applause. Pittsburgh wins, 8 – 4, over the Braves.

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Before the game at Pittsburgh, manager Fred Clarke is presented with a grandfather clock and a red leather binder signed by thousands of well-wishers. Clarke plays four innings in left field and goes 1 for 2. After reaching first, Clarke is replaced by Max Carey, and the out-going manager exits to thunderous applause. Pittsburgh wins, 8 – 4, over the Braves.