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MAY
1892
IN THE NEWS: Cincinnati players Billy Rhines, Jerry Harrington, and Eddie Burke are disciplined after getting involved in a fight the previous evening. Harrington and Burke are each fined $100, but Rhines—who won 45 games for the Reds over the last two years—is suspended without pay for the rest of the season. Nevertheless, Rhines will throw 84 ineffective innings this year.
IN THE NEWS: John Clarkson and Elton "Icebox" Chamberlain pitch a 14-inning scoreless tie, finally called by Jack Sherdian because the angle of the sun was blinding both the batter and pitcher. Clarkson limits the Reds to four hits, one fewer than the Beaneaters can manage off of Chamberlain. The Cincinnati Enquirer states that calling a game "on account of the sun" a good one. "His decision, while it may appear ridiculous on the face of it, was, strange to relate, a just and sensible one."
St. Louis southpaw Ted Breitenstein's no-hitter is broken up in the 9th, when two singles produce the Bridegrooms' only runs in a 14–2 loss.
IN THE NEWS: Bill Hutchison hurls a one-hitter, permitting only a Jim O'Rourke 9th-inning single, to lead the Chicago Colts to an 8–0 win over the Giants.
IN THE NEWS: Baltimore defeats St. Louis 5–3 in a game in which, according to the New York Clipper, the only "curious feature was the fact that all of the runs scored were earned." St. Louis OF John Crooks hits a leadoff home run for the 2nd time in a row.
IN THE NEWS: A Supreme Court decision permitting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to give reduced rates to groups of 10 or more is a boon to ML baseball teams, who can expect to save 25 percent on transportation costs.
IN THE NEWS: Bill Hart of Brooklyn becomes the 3rd pitcher in less than two weeks to lose a no-hitter in the 9th inning in a 7–0 victory over Boston.
IN THE NEWS: John "Sadie" McMahon loses a no-hitter—and the game—when New York's Denny Lyons singles in the only run in Baltimore's 1–0 loss.
IN THE NEWS: George "Hub" Collins, 28-year-old Brooklyn OF and leadoff batter, dies of typhoid fever after a brief illness. He had led the AA in doubles in 1888 and the National League in runs in 1890.
Behind Bill Hutchison, Chicago wins its 13th straight game 1–0 over Pud Galvin and the Pirates. Galvin surrenders only two hits in the loss, none before the 8th inning. The streak will stop tomorrow.
IN THE NEWS: Brooklyn makes good use of its 14 hits in a 24–4 rout of the Washington Senators. Oyster Burns typifies his club's attack by scoring four runs without the benefit of a hit.
IN THE NEWS: Boston's John Clarkson loses a no-hitter with two outs in the 9th inning, as Hughie Jennings of the Louisville Colonels comes through with a hit. Clarkson wins, 7–0.
IN THE NEWS: In the Players' League, Jimmy Ryan helps Chicago defeat Amos Rusie and New York 10–4 by drawing five walks—half of Rusie's total for the game.
IN THE NEWS: A benefit All-Star game for Hub Collins, who died of typhoid fever on May 21st, is played at Brooklyn's Eastern Park. The game between the Collins' Brooklyn Bridegrooms and the St. Louis Browns (AA) raises $2804.90 for Collins' widow.
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