BOXSCORE: 1914 Chicago Cubs At 1914 Philadelphia Athletics 8/15/1914 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG H.Groh SS 2 0 1 0 .272 B.Carrigan C 4 1 1 0 .210 A-D.Bush SS 3 1 2 1 .235 T.Speaker CF 2 1 2 0 .332 D.Moeller CF 3 1 1 0 .198 J.Walsh 3B 3 0 1 0 .250 E-R.Oldring PH,CF 2 0 1 1 .300 Z.Wheat LF 4 0 1 2 .357 D.Kenworthy 2B 4 0 1 0 .269 F-H.Shanks LF 0 0 0 0 .275 B.Becker LF 4 0 0 1 .306 C.Wilson RF 2 2 0 0 .230 C.Meyers C 1 0 1 0 .291 F.Laporte 2B 4 2 3 3 .282 C-W.Barbare 3B 0 0 0 0 .207 A.Demaree P 0 0 0 0 .108 H-O.Henriksen PH 1 0 1 0 .316 C.Gandil 1B 4 0 1 0 .263 I-B.Wallace 3B 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Fletcher SS 4 0 2 0 .269 B.McKechnie 3B 2 0 0 0 .248 J.Benz P 3 0 0 0 .075 B-B.Schmidt PH,1B 2 0 0 0 .327 G-L.Boone 2B 1 0 0 0 .250 D.Paskert RF 4 0 0 0 .210 F.Luderus 1B 2 0 0 0 .190 D-A.Wilson C 1 1 0 0 .306 E.Plank P 2 0 0 0 .308 P.Cavet P 0 0 0 0 .000 J-L.McLean PH 1 0 0 0 .375 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 3 8 3 Totals 31 6 11 5 A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Groh In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For McKechnie In 6th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Meyers In 6th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Luderus In 6th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Moeller In 7th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Wheat In 8th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Benz In 8th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Barbare In 8th Inning I-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Henriksen In 8th Inning J-Pinch Hit For Cavet In 9th Inning Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 - 3 8 1 Athletics....... 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 - 6 11 2 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET E.Plank LOSS(4-2) 6 2/3 10 4 4 3 5 1 2.97 A1 D4 P.Cavet 1 1/3 1 2 2 1 0 1 4.54 D5 Totals 8 11 6 6 4 5 2 Athletics IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCORESHEET J.Benz WIN(14-2) 7 6 3 2 3 2 0 2.09 A1 D3 A.Demaree SAVE(1st) 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.22 D4 Totals 9 8 3 2 3 3 0 ATTENDANCE- 9,013 DATE- Sunday, August 15th 1914 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 1:30 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 8 Athletics: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 1 Athletics: 0 ERRORS- E.Plank, T.Speaker, C.Wilson DOUBLES- D.Kenworthy(23rd), A.Fletcher(13th) HOME RUNS- F.Laporte-2(2nd) RBIs- D.Bush(23rd), R.Oldring(40th), B.Becker(56th), Z.Wheat-2(58th), F.Laporte-3(43rd) SACRIFICE HITS- E.Plank, T.Speaker, J.Walsh WALKS- C.Meyers-2, A.Wilson, B.Carrigan, T.Speaker, C.Wilson-2 STRIKE OUTS- D.Moeller, D.Paskert, L.McLean, Z.Wheat, C.Wilson, C.Gandil, J.Benz-2 GIDP- J.Walsh 2-out RBI- D.Bush, R.Oldring, F.Laporte-2 RLISP 2-out- B.Carrigan-2, B.McKechnie, C.Wilson-2, B.Schmidt, J.Benz TEAM RISP- Cubs: 2 for 6 Athletics: 3 for 9 Frank Laporte slammed 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the phenomenal Philadelphia Athletics topped the Chicago Cubs by a score of 6 to 3 at Shibe Park. It was a good day for Philadelphia thanks to Laporte. He lined a single in the 2nd inning, lofted a solo-blast 'downtown' in the 4th inning and blasted a two-run home run in the 7th inning. Philadelphia finished with 11 hits while Chicago ended up with 8. Joe Benz(14-2) went 7 innings allowing 3 runs for the victory. Benz got help from Al Demaree who earned his 1st save. The loss was charged to Eddie Plank(4-2). He got hit hard, allowing 10 hits and 3 walks in 6 and 2/3 innings. Wth the win Philadelphia now has a record of a division leading 72-33. With the loss Chicago now has a record of 57-51. SCORESHEET: 1914 Chicago Cubs at 1914 Philadelphia Athletics H.Groh-A1 A1:Si B1:F/7 *6*:L/6 D1:Si+E/8 E1:Si D.Bush-B2 >2# D.Moelle-A1 A2:G/63 *4*:K C2:Si D2:Si>3# E2:G/63 R.Oldrin-D2 D.Kenwor-A1 A3:F/8 B3:E/9>b2 C3:Do>13 D3:F/8 B.Becker-A1 *2*:F/9 B4:P/6 C4:G/53>3 *8*:F/7 # 23 C.Meyers-A1 A5:Si B5:IW>b1 C5:IW>b1 D5:Si W.Barbar-C7 O.Henrik-D5+ B.McKech-A1 A6:L/4 B6:L/3 C6:Force/ D6:P/5 B.Schmid-C6 64>1o b1 D.Pasker-A1 A7:K *5*:F/7 *7*:F/9 D7:G/3 F.Luderu-A1 *3*:L/3 B8:G/43 C8:W>b1 *9*:G/43 A.Wilson-C7 E.Plank-A1 A9:P/3 B9:F/7 C9:Sac/34 D9:K P.Cavet-D4 >12 L.McLean-D9 B.Carrig-A1 A1:G/53 B1:G/53 *5*:W>b1 *7*:Si E1:P/5 T.Speake-A1 A2:Si *3*:Si C2:Sac/54 D2:W>12 b >12 1 J.Walsh-A1 A3:G-DP/6 B3:G/43 C3:Si>23 D3:Sac/54 43>1o >23 12 Z.Wheat-A1 *2*:L/3 B4:K C4:G/31>1 D4:Si>3# H.Shanks-D8 2 2# C.Wilson-A1 A5:W>b1 *4*:L/3 C5:K D5:W>b1 F.Laport-A1 A6:Si>12 B6:HR>b# *6*:G/53 D6:HR>1# A.Demare-D8 b# C.Gandil-A1 A7:Si>23 B7:F/8 C7:K D7:L/6 12 A.Fletch-A1 A8:E/1>3# B8:Si C8:Do *8*:F/9 23 12 J.Benz-A1 A9:K B9:K C9:G/53 D9:P/6 L.Boone-D8