IN THE NEWS: The AL's longest game to date takes place in Boston. Rookie Jack Coombs and 24-year-old Joe Harris go the route in a 24-inning struggle, ending with a 4-1 Athletics victory after four hours and 47 minutes. Socks Seybold and Danny Murphy triple with two outs to end the contest. Philadelphia's Coombs faces 89 batters, striking out 18 and giving up 14 hits, while the Pilgrims' Harris fans 14 and yields 16 hits. Harris drops his record to 2-21, and will start next year at 0-6 before exiting the majors for Providence, holding the distinctions of the worst winning percentage (.091 for a 3-30 record) and the fewest wins for any pitcher with 300 innings pitched. The 24 innings pitched will only be exceeded this century by the 26-inning battle on May 1, 1920 between Oeschger and Cadore.
Like a rented mule the Highlanders win their 6th game in three days from Washington, sweeping their 3rd straight doubleheader for an AL record. Three days later, they will move into first place, sweeping Boston 7-0 and 1-0 for their 5th straight doubleheader sweep, a ML record.
With the regular umpires sick from food poisoning, Cub P Carl Lundgren and Cardinal C Pete Noonan are picked to umpire. The Cubs, behind Mordecai Brown's 5-hitter, win 8-1 for their 14th win in a row at the West Side Grounds.
IN THE NEWS: The Philadelphia Giants win the Negro Championship Cup on Labor Day in Philadelphia before 10,000 fans, black baseball's largest crowd ever. Rube Foster pitches them to a 3-2 victory over the Cuban X-Giants, who have John Henry Lloyd in the lineup.
Kid Elberfeld, the hot-headed Tabasco Kid, assaults umpire Silk O'Loughlin and is forcibly removed by police in the first game of New York's 4-3 win over the Athletics. In the 2nd game, New York base runner Willie Keeler collides with SS Lave Cross trying to field a ground ball, and two runs score. O'Loughlin sees no interference, a call so hotly disputed by A's captain Harry Davis that, after eight minutes of arguing, the umpire forfeits the game to New York. For New York, it is a major-league record 5th straight doubleheader sweep in consecutive days.
Ty Cobb is back in the Detroit lineup for the first time in six weeks. He has a single and steal, but he misplays a Charley Hemphill flyball into a home run, and the Tigers lose 1-0 to the Browns Barney Pelty. Rain stops the game after seven innings.
IN THE NEWS: The Highlanders win their 5th doubleheader in a row-a record-as they tally a double shutout of Boston, 7-0 and 1-0. Their win streak will go through September eight and will stretch to 15 victories, propelling New York to a one 1/2 game lead in the AL.
At Chicago, Mordecai Brown, who threw a one-hitter at Pittsburgh on July 4th, does it again in beating Lefty Leifield, 2-0. The only hit is Tommy Sheehan's 5th inning safety.
IN THE NEWS: In Boston, New York's Christy Mathewson (19-9) shuts out the Beaneaters, 3-0, striking out 9. Today's game is the last one that John McGraw, playing 3B, appears in the lineup.
IN THE NEWS: The Superbas sweep the Giants for the 2nd time in a week. Red Ames loses the opener for New York, 5-3, and Harry McIntire outpitches Christy Mathewson for a 1-0 win in the nitecap.
IN THE NEWS: Playing as "Sullivan," Columbia University junior Eddie Collins makes his debut at SS with the Athletics. He gets one hit off Ed Walsh and strikes out twice. Collins will play 25 years in the ML, bat .333, and become a member of the Hall of Fame.
The Giants roll over the Phillies' Walter Moser, 13-2 to make Christy Mathewson's 20th victory an easy one. Matty leaves after seven innings with a 10-2 lead. Mike Donlin makes his first appearance for the Giants since breaking his leg in May, striking out in his only at-bat.
IN THE NEWS: The 2nd-place Giants split two in Pittsburgh, winning the opener 10-4 behind Joe McGinnity. In the 5-inning nitecap, called on account of darkness, the Pirates reach Christy Mathewson for seven hits to win, 3-2.
IN THE NEWS: At Chicago, the White Sox lose a pair to New York before 20,000, their largest Friday afternoon crowd. Hal Chase has 22 putouts at 1B in the first game, tying the ML record.
IN THE NEWS: In the 2nd game of a DH, Cardinals hurler Stoney McGlynn tosses a 7-inning no-hitter against Brooklyn. The game ends in a 1-1 tie.
The Cubs pound the Giants twice to complete a three game sweep in New York. Chicago wins the opener 6-2, then jump on Christy Mathewson for 16 hits and 10 runs to win, 10-5 in eight innings. Jimmy Sheckard has four hits off Matty.
IN THE NEWS: Rookie OF Jack Cameron of Boston, after one relief appearance, gets a starting assignment against the Cardinals. Leadoff batter Tom O'Hara beats out an infield single. Al Burch's line drive hits Cameron in the head, and caroms back on a fly to C Jack O'Neill, who throws to Fred Tenney at 1B, doubling off O'Hara. Cameron retires with one assist and a headache as Boston loses, 6–3. Cameron will play one more ML game, the finale on October 5.
In the 2nd shortened no-hitter in three days, Lefty Leifield of Pittsburgh hurls a 6-inning no-hitter against Philadelphia, winning 8-0. Pittsburgh wins by a shutout in the first game as well.
The Athletics finally score after being shut out for a major-league record 48 consecutive innings, dating back to September 22nd. Harry Davis breaks the long drought with a 2-run double against Cleveland in the 6th, but the A's still lose 5-3. The 1968 Cubs will tie this record.
IN THE NEWS: At New York, the Giants pepper Fred Beebe while Christy Mathewson coasts to an 8-1 lead. With the game in hand, Christy leaves after eight innings, and his brother Henry makes his ML debut. Henry Mathewson allows an unearned run in the 9th and the Giants win, 8-2.
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