THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, February 8, 2019 Page 5 Greatest Of All Time (GOAT)? By The Old Sachem, Bill Stewart W OW! Look what the Red Sox team has accomplished this season. Over 100 wins, an MVP and outstanding pitching along with a great outfield – certainly Hall of Fame players and pitchers. The 2018 Red Sox? Yankee fans will dispute this reasoning and tell you about their outstanding teams. Not the 2018 team – I’m talking about the team that opened the new Fenway Park in 1912. The 2018 team had an average of .667 (198 & 64) while the 1912 team had .691 (105 & 47). Yup. They won 105 ASK | from page 1 sexual and transgender] community and all sorts of different types of people. Q: How old is St. John’s in the town of Saugus? A: The original building was built in 1883. I believe the community started gathering earlier than that, so it started in the sanctuary, and as the years have gone on, the church got bigger and different parts have been added on, so the office I’m in now was probably put in during the 1950’s or 1960’s. Q: So, the oldest part of the church … A: Is the actual sanctuary. It started out as a little church and has grown over the years. We have lots of different parts: We have church schoolrooms, function hall rooms; we have a stage. There used to be a theatre company that met here, and we have a separate chapel as well, so we have lots of great space for different uses. Q: So, what the current membership of the church? A: Membership is hard to tell. There are the people who come to church on Sundays, and between the two services – we have one at 8 and one at 10; the one at 10 has music and church school – between the two services we average between 60 and 70. But our official membership is much larger than that, probably in the 100’s or 150’s. Q: So, how many people would you get to turn out at your annual meeting? A: I don’t know what the turn* A Delta Dental Premier Provider Dr. Mario Abdennour, Dr. Bhavisha Patel, Dr. Priti Amlani, Dr. Bruce Goldman and team. out for the annual meeting was, but on Christmas and Easter we usually get around 100 people. That’s what we get for the big, special days, if not more than that. As it’s true for a lot of churches now, many people who grew up here no longer attend, but they still consider St. John’s their church, so when they need a baptism, a wedding or a funeral, they come home to St. John’s. Q: You have a chapel that was one of the churches that merged with St. John’s? A: Yes, St. Luke’s from MalASKS | SEE PAGE 18 www.reverealuminumwindow.com on a 152-game schedule then won the first World Series over the New York Giants in eight games. This was the second World Series win for the Sox. They tied the record of the 1903 team with only 47 losses in a season. This was the 12th year of the franchise and they opened up the new Fenway Park that included a 10-foot slope in left field. Fans were allowed to stand on the field in left at the top of the slope to better see the game. The great outfield included “Tris” Speaker, whose nickname was Spoke, Harry Hooper and Duffy Lewis. Spoke batted .383 with 222 hits in 580 at bats, along Bill Stewart The Old Sachem with 10 home runs and 90 RBIs. During this period the ball was much softer than the ball today, so hitting for distance was tough. Hooper batted .242 with 143 hits in 590 at bats with two home runs and 53 RBIs. Duffy Lewis batted .284 with 165 hits in 581 at bats, six home runs and 109 RBIs. Third baseman Larry Gardner batted .315 with 163 hits on 517 at bats, three home runs and 86 RBIs. Jake Stahl, the first baseman and team manager, batted .301 with 98 hits on 326 at bats, three home runs and 60 RBIs. The other starters: Bill “Rough” Carrigan hit .263; Steve Yerkes hit .252; and Heinie Wagner hit .274. Wagner added two home runs. In RBIs, Carrigan had 24, Yerkes, 42, and Wagner, 68. Speaker and Hooper are both in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Speaker still holds the career record for the Red Sox with 792 career doubles. Spoke was known for his unassisted double plays as the center fielder. He even pulled one off in the World Series. Lewis was second in the league with his 109 RBIs. Speaker was the major league baseball leader with an on-base percentage of .464; he led the American League with 10 home runs, was second in the AL with 136 runs scored, third in the AL with his batting average GREATEST| SEE PAGE 6 SNOW BLOWER SALES, SERVICE & REPAIRS Pickup/Delivery Available 781-289-6466
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