IN THE NEWS: Chicago's Jimmy Ryan leads off against Cincinnati Reds pitcher Noodles Hahn by lining a home run, the 20th time he he's hit a leadoff round tripper. The Colts win, 4-3.
IN THE NEWS: The Detroit Tigers play their first Sunday home game at a new park just beyond the city limits. They will use this park for Sunday games for three years.
IN THE NEWS: John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson end their holdout and sign with the Cardinals. Both contracts have the reserve clause crossed out, freeing McGraw to return to Baltimore in the AL in 1901.
IN THE NEWS: Fire breaks out at the Pittsburgh park for the 3rd time in two weeks. Police speculate the arsonist is a disgruntled stockholder left out of the new Dreyfuss regime.
IN THE NEWS: At Chicago, the Colts beat the Superbas 1-0 in one hour, 35 minutes. Nixey Callahan tops Frank Kitson.
IN THE NEWS: A fire in Cincinnati nearly destroys the grandstand. The new grandstand will not be built until 1902, and the Reds are forced to play on the road for a month.
New York pitcher Cy Seymour, a former 20-game winner, combines with Ed Doheny to walk nine Pirates and plunk four in a 14-0 loss to Pittsburgh. Seymour hits Honus Wagner with a pitch today and plunked him two days ago as well.
IN THE NEWS: The Phillies’ Nap Lajoie suffers a broken hand in a fist fight with teammate Elmer Flick. Nap is sidelined and suspended without pay for five weeks.
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