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| 1911 | At Comiskey Park, Chicago hurler Ed Walsh, Sr. no-hits the Red Sox, 5-0. The future Hall of Famer's son, Edward Arthur, will also pitch for the White Sox from 1928-1932. |
| 1946 | While traveling in a caravan to East Douglas (MA) for an exhibition game against the Indians, Ted Williams, his wife, and two friends are involved in an auto accident when his new Pontiac hits a car owned by George Doncaster. Although no one is seriously hurt, including Doncaster's wife and daughter, the media widely reports the Red Sox outfielder's crash in Holliston on Sherborn Road. |
| 1946 | A committee formed to study integration, Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey delivers its secretive report during an Owners' Meeting, defending the covert color barrier in professional baseball. The reasons cited include the black's lack of fundamentals and skills, the respect of Negro League contracts, the reluctance to lose rental revenues from the Negro League teams, and the fear of white fans not attending games if black players attracted more minorities to the ballpark. |
3 Fact(s) Found