IN THE NEWS: Dilatory tactics of the Highlanders' Judd Doyle, whose well-earned nickname is "Slow Joe," lengthen a 10-inning game with the Athletics to a record three hours, seven minutes.
IN THE NEWS: Hooks Wiltse shuts out Brooklyn, 10-0, allowing just one hit in eight innings. Henry Mathewson, Christy's brother, mops up in the 9th in his final ML appearance.
The White Sox crush the Highlanders, winning 15-0, setting a New York team record for biggest opponents score in a whitewash. On July 15th, the two teams will repeat the score.
IN THE NEWS: Frank Pfeffer of the Boston Doves pitches a 6-0 no-hitter against the Reds. He will be known as "Big Jeff" until his younger, and bigger, brother Ed "Jeff" Pfeffer becomes a star hurler for Brooklyn in 1913.
Christy Mathewson tosses his 2nd straight shut out, stopping the visiting Pirates, 4-0, on four hits. Lefty Leifield takes the loss. First-place New York has now won 10 in a row and holds a slim lead over Chicago.
IN THE NEWS: John McGraw deals three aces today against the Pirates, and emerges with a 9-6 win. Starter Joe McGinnity lasts one inning, Hooks Wiltse pitches until the 7th when he is given the hook in favor of Christy Mathewson. The Giants score four runs in the bottom of the 7th off Mike Lynch with the victory going to Matty.
IN THE NEWS: The Highlanders swap P Walter Clarkson and OF Frank Delahanty -- both siblings of future Hall of Famers -- to Cleveland for P Earl Moore. New York is hoping that Moore will return to the form he showed before a Highlander line drive injured his foot last season, limiting him to six games.
IN THE NEWS: Pirates P Lefty Leifield's shutout over Brooklyn is preserved by a great catch by RF Goat Anderson. Leifield wins 1-0.
At the Polo Grounds, the Giants sweep two from the Cards by the scores of 2-1 and 4-0. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, allowing just three hits in 12 innings, while striking out 11. Matty's single in the bottom of the 12th off Fred Beebe provides the winning score. Joe McGinnity's shutout in the nitecap is New York's 16th victory in a row.
IN THE NEWS: Hooks Wiltse pitches the Giants to a 6-2 win over the Cardinals. For New York, it is their 17 straight win to run their season record to 24-3. Despite the run, the Giants are in first by just one game over Chicago.
IN THE NEWS: NL president Pulliam dismisses the Opening Day protests of Pittsburgh manager Fred Clarke over Roger Bresnahan's shin guards. As yet, Bresnahan is the only catcher using them.
Three Finger Brown and Christy Mathewson hook up in a pitching duel, with the Chicago ace emerging the winner, 3-2. Matty's batterymate Roger Bresnahan makes two errors to cause Mathewson to lose his 1st of the year. Mobbed at the Polo Grounds after the loss, umpires Hank O'Day and Bob Emslie require police protection. The crowd is egged on by John McGraw, who will be thrown out of games seven times this year. The next day AL ump Billy Evans needs a police escort after argumentative Hugh Jennings incites a riot. Jennings will be suspended.
IN THE NEWS: Before a packed house of 23,000, John McGraw uses his entire pitching staff of six against the Cubs, but Chicago still wins, 5-2 to move into first place over New York. Hooks Wiltse lasts just one inning, giving up two Chicago runs. Jimmy Sheckard's three-run homer in the 5th off Christy Mathewson, pitching on a day's rest, seals the win for Chicago.
IN THE NEWS: At the Polo Grounds, Boston pitcher Pat Flaherty clubs the first grand slam by an NL pitcher when he connects in the 2nd inning off Hooks Wiltse of the Giants.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants bust Irv Young for six runs in the 8th inning to beat Boston, 9-1. Joe McGinnity, in relief of Christy Mathewson (now 7-1), gets a save.
IN THE NEWS: Chicago's Ed Walsh hurls a rain-shortened 5-inning no-hitter against New York. In a steady drizzle, New York is down 4-1 when Manager Clark Griffith lifts starter Al Orth and inserts himself. Hoping to have the game washed out, Griffith loads the bases and then serves a cripple to Walsh, who drives in two runs. The Sox figure two can play that game and, Billy Sullivan, who was on first with a walk, loafs home from 3rd and is tagged out. Umpire Jack Sheridan threatens a forfeiture if the shenanigans continue. Chicago scores two more in the 6th before rain washes out the game and the Sox win 8-1.
IN THE NEWS: In an a.m.-p.m. doubleheader, The Phils edge the Giants in the morning contest as Lew Moren bests Hooks Wiltse, 5-2. The afternoon match attracts 25,000 to the Polo Grounds. Christy Mathewson scatters eight hits to beat the Phillies, 6-1.
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