On October 22, 1926, Lee Fohl resigned after losing 299 games in his three seasons as Red Sox skipper. The 1926 season was so bereft of hope that a Boston newspaper headline in July 1926 read "Wait Till Next Year." There was even a suggestion floated early in June that the team put a second deck on the Fenway Park grandstand. Symbolic of the team's decade of misfortunes, the 1929 Red Sox finally had the ability to play Sunday games in Boston, but Fenway Park's proximity to a house of worship forced the team to play its Sunday home games at Braves Field instead. October 12: Boston English 6, Boston Trade School 0, October 12: Dorchester High 0, Mechanic Arts 0 (Football), October 17: Boston Woodsies 0, Fall River Marksmen 0 (Soccer), October 31: Boston vs. Providence (Soccer), November 14: BU 14, Providence College 6 (Football), November 26: Pere Marquette 9, Fitton A. C. 7 (Football), December 12: Hartford Blues 10, St. Alphonsus 0 (Football), November 14, 1925 Boston University 14, Providence College 6. Tickets for games that were rained out were voided . The fact that a future Hall of Famer like Ruffing could fare so poorly (9-18) reflected both his inexperience and the team around him. The fall of 1926 was a busy one at Fenway Park, with plenty of football action in October and November, including three separate football doubleheaders. Numbers! The longest Red Sox winning streak in 1925 was three games long and attendance plunged by over 180,000 at Fenway Park. Over the offseason, both the Braves and Red Sox were given formal approval to schedule Sunday games and the clubs agreed with the City of Boston not to charge more for these contests. Boston College's football team played several games at the ballpark in 1928 and the Boston Tigers of the Canadian American Hockey League held a November 2 workout on the Fenway Park field. The Yankees scored 260 more runs than they had the previous season, while Boston fans rued the slugger's absence and showered him with applause every time the Yankees visited. This was the first of many "City Series" games that would be played between the Red Sox and Braves franchises on a frequent basis until the Braves moved from Boston. In Bob Quinn's first full year as owner of the Red Sox, Fenway Park attendance grew quite dramatically. On June 13, 1926, the Boston Post Office hosted a pair of teams from Western Massachusetts in a Fenway Park doubleheader. After their first 25 games, the Red Sox found themselves in third place but by Memorial Day they were in eighth and rarely saw daylight again. Contributors: Ron Bolton, Bill Gutman, Paul Doyle, and Bill Schaefer. Braves Field didn't have one in that proximity but Fenway Park did, so the Red Sox planned to play Sunday baseball in the Braves' facility for the foreseeable future. However, despite Sunday ball, the team drew a couple of thousand less than it had in the year before. But even Quinn couldn't break even and went 13-16. Todt led the team with six home runs (one-tenth of Ruth's production) while the team hit just 28 total. In 1922, the distance to center field was first recorded. The team won its first five home games, but by year's end Fenway Park drew an average of 1,135 fewer fans per game than it had the previous season. Bill Carrigan, manager of the Red Sox championship teams in 1915 and 1916, returned to Fenway Park as Boston's manager in 1927. Plus I’ve edited many more. Boston's winning percentage in 1920 was slightly lower than it was the year before, though they did finish one rung higher in fifth place. However, Red Sox owner Bob Quinn worked out a deal with Braves owner Emil Fuchs for the Red Sox to play on Sundays at Braves Field. *Started in the 1910s, a late May memorial service coinciding with the Memorial Day weekend was often held at Fenway Park through the mid-20th Century. In other bouts that day, Eddie Shevlin of Roxbury won a 10-round decision over Paul Doyle of New York, "Pal" Reed of Framingham stopped Johnny Alecks of Philadelphia in the eighth round, and Young Sacco of East Boston scored a surprise win over Harry "Kid" Brown of Philadelphia in 10 rounds. In the first half of the 20th Century, the Red Sox and Braves (who were briefly renamed the Boston Bees in the late 1930s) frequently played exhibition games against each other in what was dubbed the "City Series". Providence head coach Archie Golembeski remarked: "While the system may produce approximately the same results as the customary timing methods so far as the elapsed time of periods and the number of plays per period are concerned, I believe it tends to devitalize the game by eliminating an element of suspense which is essential to football." In October, Fenway Park hosted its first professional soccer matches. Contact me for all your writing needs, including copy editing, proofreading, ghostwriting, white papers,  blog content, and magazine articles. August 9: Worcester (MA) American Legion 5, Manchester (NH) American Legion 5 (Tie), August 12: New York Printers 8, St. Louis Printers 2, September 22: College Avenue M. E. Church (Somerville) 3, Center Street Baptist (Jamaica Plain) 2, September 22: College Avenue M. E. Church (Somerville) 6, Center Street Baptist (Jamaica Plain) 5. Right-hander Ed Morris led the staff with a 14-14 record, while only Russ Scarritt drove in more than 70 runs. Needless to say, the Babe had a flair for the dramatic. Later in the year, two championship games were decided at Fenway Park including the National Post Office Championship. The team continued to tread water and finished in fifth place for the second consecutive year. Help Support “Baseball History Comes Alive!” by Doing Your Amazon Shopping Via Our New Sports Fan Shopping Portal! We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Red Sox starter Red Ruffing – who lost 25 games in 1928 – walked Ruth and Gehrig to start the inning. In the fall, Fenway Park was busy with over a dozen football games, the most it had hosted in one year. Record: 46-107, 8th in American LeagueManager: Lee A. FohlAttendance: 285,155. Rip Collins led the club in wins with 14 and was the only pitcher on the team with a winning record. The trades between the Red Sox and Yankees seemed to be working out in New York's favor as the Yankees won the first pennant in their history while the Red Sox finished 23 ½ games behind. October 12: BC High 20, Boston English 0 (Football), October 12: Dorchester High 11, Mechanical Arts 0 (Football), October 19: Boston Latin 7, Boston College High 0 (Football), November 10: Dartmouth 16, Brown 14 (Football), November 29: Pere Marquette 14, Fitton A.C. 9 (Football). The Iconic Norman Rockwell Painting: "The Dugout"! November 12, 1928 Boston College Beats Fordham 19-7, Remains Undefeated. After Boston Latin defeated Mechanics Arts High 18-0 in the first game of the October 12 doubleheader, Dorchester High and Boston English played a thriller in the second contest. It's a disgrace that he's not in. However, in the top of the ninth, a single by Babe Ruth and two errors by the newly-acquired Bill Wambsganss cost Ehmke the game. Howard Ehmke and rookie Red Ruffing both earned nine victories. Boston's winning percentage in 1920 was slightly lower than it was the year before, though they did … Newcomer Tim Hendryx led the squad with 73 RBIs and a batting average of .328, while Herb Pennock's 16 wins paced the pitching staff. Lee Fohl remained as manager of the Red Sox and so too did the team's losing ways. Record: 51-103, 8th in American LeagueManager: William F. CarriganAttendance: 305,275. The first division teams would fatten their win columns when the Red Sox came to town.

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