IN THE NEWS: In today's split with the Phillies, Tinker, Evers, and Chance appear together in the Chicago Cubs lineup for the first time, but not in the positions that will earn them immortality. Johnny Evers, a New York State League rookie, starts at SS, with Joe Tinker at 3B, Frank Chance at 1B, and veteran Bobby Lowe at 2B. Philadelphia takes the opener, 11-3 behind White, while Chicago is victorious in the nitecap, 6-1, behind Jack Taylor's pitching.
At the Polo Grounds, the Giants follow a successful road trip (7-4) by dropping two games to the Cards. St. Louis wins, 6-4 and then pummels Christy Mathewson for 12 hits in the nitecap to win, 8-2.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 1, 1902 |
| Boston Braves 7, Cincinnati Reds 6 at South End Grounds III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 7, Boston Braves 4 at South End Grounds III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Washington Park III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 7 at Washington Park III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Giants 4 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 8, New York Giants 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 11, Chicago Cubs 3 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago Cubs 6, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago White Sox 8, Baltimore Orioles 4 at South Side Park III |
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| Baltimore Orioles 5, Chicago White Sox 5 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 10, Boston Red Sox 0 at League Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 8, Boston Red Sox 0 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 4, Washington Senators 2 at Bennett Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 13, Washington Senators 1 at Bennett Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 5, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| St. Louis Browns 4, Philadelphia Athletics 3 at Sportsman's Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: Cleveland pounds the Orioles, 23-7, collecting 23 hits off Bird pitcher Jack Katoll, a 10-game winner with the White Sox last season. Katoll goes the route.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 2, 1902 |
| Cincinnati Reds 5, Boston Braves 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| Boston Braves 4, Cincinnati Reds 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Washington Park III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Giants 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 4, Chicago Cubs 1 at Baker Bowl |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 7, Chicago Cubs 4 at Baker Bowl |
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| Boston Red Sox 9, Chicago White Sox 2 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 23, Baltimore Orioles 7 at League Park I |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 5, Detroit Tigers 1 at Bennett Park |
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IN THE NEWS: Dave Fultz steals 2B, 3B, and home in the 2nd inning against Detroit, as the A's romp 13-3.
Chicago Cubs rookie Alex Hardy debuts with a 1-0 shutout victory over Brooklyn, and becomes the first 20th century NL pitcher to toss a shutout in his first game. It's happened twice already in the AL.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 4, 1902 |
| Boston Braves 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at South End Grounds III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 0, Boston Braves 0 at South End Grounds III |
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| Chicago Cubs 1, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 4, New York Giants 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 12, St. Louis Cardinals 6 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago White Sox 6, Boston Red Sox 1 at South Side Park III |
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| Boston Red Sox 11, Chicago White Sox 1 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 7, Baltimore Orioles 5 at League Park I |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 13, Detroit Tigers 4 at Bennett Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 9, Washington Senators 3 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 5, 1902 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Boston Braves 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| Boston Braves 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 6, Chicago Cubs 2 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 5, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 9, Philadelphia Phillies 5 at Baker Bowl |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 6, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago White Sox 11, Washington Senators 3 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 10, Philadelphia Athletics 7 at League Park I |
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| Baltimore Orioles 15, Detroit Tigers 1 at Bennett Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 12, Boston Red Sox 3 at Sportsman's Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: The New York Giants borrow catcher Jack Robinson from Bridgeport and he makes his debut catching Christy Mathewson. As noted by Cliff Blau, Robinson, in just seven innings, lets five pitches get by him resulting in runner advancement. Blau notes that the Evening Telegram and the Times, disagree on the scoring, one giving Robinson four passed balls, while the other blamed only 2. He also allows four stolen bases in as many tries. The last place Giants tie the champion Pirates with a run in the 5th, but Mathewson gives up 13 hits and allows eight runs in the last four innings, for a 9-3 finale. The game is enlivened a bit when in the 4th inning a small fire starts behind the Giants bench but it is quickly extinguished by buckets of water handed to the fans by the players.
Boston defeats St. Louis 6-5 as Cy Young wins his 30th of the year.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 6, 1902 |
| Chicago Cubs 5, Boston Braves 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 5, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Washington Park III |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 9, New York Giants 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Cincinnati Reds 7, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago White Sox 7, Washington Senators 4 at South Side Park III |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 2 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 12, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Bennett Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 6, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Bennett Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 6, St. Louis Browns 5 at Sportsman's Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: In Philadelphia, 17,291 see the Athletics beat Baltimore twice, while 172 watch the Phils play Pittsburgh. With the A's 1902 attendance almost four times that of the Phillies, and the AL planning to oppose the weak Giants in New York, pressure mounts among NL directors for peace talks.
John T. Brush sells the Cincinnati Reds to Julius and Max Fleischmann, George B. Cox, and August "Garry" Herrmann for $150,000. Brush then buys control of the Giants from Andrew Freedman.
IN THE NEWS: In a doubleheader with the Orioles, the A's bring Rube Waddell in for eight innings of relief in the opening win. Rube comes back to pitch another two innings of relief in the nitecap to pick up his 2nd win for the day. It won't happen again until 1915.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 10, 1902 |
| St. Louis Cardinals 6, Boston Braves 4 at South End Grounds III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 2, Boston Braves 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 5, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 4, New York Giants 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| New York Giants 6, Chicago Cubs 0 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Baker Bowl |
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| Boston Red Sox 5, Washington Senators 3 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Boston Red Sox 7, Washington Senators 5 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Cleveland Indians 9, Chicago White Sox 6 at League Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 12, Chicago White Sox 0 at League Park I |
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| St. Louis Browns 6, Detroit Tigers 5 at Bennett Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 3, Detroit Tigers 1 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 9, Baltimore Orioles 5 at Columbia Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 5, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Columbia Park |
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| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 11, 1902 |
| Boston Braves 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 2, Boston Braves 2 at South End Grounds III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 11, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 3, Chicago Cubs 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Chicago Cubs 7, New York Giants 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Philadelphia Phillies 5 at Baker Bowl |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Baker Bowl |
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| Washington Senators 9, Boston Red Sox 7 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 2 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 5, St. Louis Browns 2 at Bennett Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 9, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Columbia Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 at Columbia Park |
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IN THE NEWS: Tinker, Evers, and Chance play their first game as a SS-2B-1B combo for Chicago. Germany Schaefer is at 3B as Chicago clips St. Louis, 12-0.
The Superbas top the Giants' Christy Mathewson, 7-2, with the help of five New York errors, three by 3B Bill Lauder.
IN THE NEWS: Chicago's infield combo of Tinker, Evers, and Chance pull off their first double play to back up Carl Lundgren's 6-3 win over the Reds.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 15, 1902 |
| Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati Reds 3 at West Side Grounds |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 7, New York Giants 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 7, Boston Braves 6 at Baker Bowl |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 4, Boston Braves 2 at Baker Bowl |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Robison Field |
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| Washington Senators 11, Baltimore Orioles 8 at Oriole Park IV |
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| Washington Senators 4, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Oriole Park IV |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 6, Boston Red Sox 4 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 9, Boston Red Sox 2 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 2 at South Side Park III |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 3 at South Side Park III |
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IN THE NEWS: OF-P James "Nixey" Callahan of the White Stockings pitches a no-hitter against Detroit, winning 3-0.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 20, 1902 |
| Philadelphia Phillies 2, Boston Braves 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| Chicago Cubs 4, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 6, New York Giants 3 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Exposition Park III |
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| Chicago White Sox 3, Detroit Tigers 0 at South Side Park III |
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| Detroit Tigers 3, Chicago White Sox 3 at South Side Park III |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 7, Boston Red Sox 2 at Columbia Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 4, Cleveland Indians 3 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| Cleveland Indians 3, St. Louis Browns 2 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| Baltimore Orioles 6, Washington Senators 5 at American League Park I |
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| Baltimore Orioles 9, Washington Senators 6 at American League Park I |
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IN THE NEWS: Boston beats the Giants, 2-1, with both runs scoring on wild pitches by Christy Mathewson.
Cy Young eases to his 32nd win as Boston pounds the A's, 14-1.
| SCOREBOARD: SEPTEMBER 27, 1902 |
| New York Giants 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 12, New York Giants 4 at Washington Park III |
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| Boston Braves 8, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Baker Bowl |
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| Boston Braves 2, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Baker Bowl |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 13, Cincinnati Reds 6 at Exposition Park III |
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| Boston Red Sox 9, Baltimore Orioles 8 at Oriole Park IV |
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| Boston Red Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Oriole Park IV |
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| Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 3 at Bennett Park |
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| Cleveland Indians 2, Detroit Tigers 0 at Bennett Park |
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| St. Louis Browns 9, Chicago White Sox 1 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| Washington Senators 9, Philadelphia Athletics 4 at American League Park I |
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| Washington Senators 7, Philadelphia Athletics 5 at American League Park I |
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IN THE NEWS: In the final game played in Baltimore's Oriole Park, Boston wins, 9-5.
The AL season ends with the Athletics five games in front of St. Louis Browns. Philadelphia's Socks Seybold hits 16 HRs for the highest total to lead the AL until Babe Ruth's 29 in 1919.