IN THE NEWS: The Giants take two from Cincinnati, winning 4-3 in 12 innings, and 4-1. Christy Mathewson wins both, relieving Joe McGinnity in the 9th inning of the opener and tossing nine innings in the nitecap; Andy Coakley loses both. New York moves into 2nd place, five percentage points behind the Pirates. Despite the two losses, it is a relief for the Reds to score runs. Cincy had endured four straight shutout losses: 5-0 on July 30; 3-0 on the 31st; 6-0 on the 1st and 3rd.
At Brooklyn, the Superbas and St. Louis Cardinals play an entire game with one ball. Brooklyn wins 3-0.
IN THE NEWS: The Nationals' Otis Clymer and Jim Delahanty draw indefinite suspensions for abusing umpire Silk O'Loughlin in Cleveland. Delahanty, a Cleveland native, is later fined $50 and barred from the Cleveland ballpark for one year for his unbecoming conduct.
IN THE NEWS: A scheduled doubleheader in Brooklyn with St. Louis is washed out after five innings of the first game, but lefty Johnny Lush, with one no-hitter over Brooklyn under his belt, allows no Brooklyn hits in his outing. The Cards win 2-0, on two unearned runs, as 1B Tim Jordan drops a fly ball with the bases loaded.
| SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 8, 1908 |
| New York Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 1 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 5, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 18, Washington Senators 1 at Bennett Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 3, St. Louis Browns 1 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| Boston Braves 10, St. Louis Cardinals 5 at South End Grounds III |
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| Boston Braves 9, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 6 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 3, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 4, Chicago Cubs 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Baker Bowl |
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IN THE NEWS: Twenty thousand fans, the largest ever to watch a Monday game, crowd the Polo Grounds to see the matchup of Christy Mathewson and the Cubs Orval Overall. Matty doesn't disappoint, winning 3-2.
| SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 10, 1908 |
| Chicago White Sox 2, New York Yankees 1 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 2, Philadelphia Athletics 0 at League Park I |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 3 at League Park I |
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| Washington Senators 3, Detroit Tigers 2 at Bennett Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 5, St. Louis Browns 0 at Sportsman's Park II |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 9, Boston Braves 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 6, Cincinnati Reds 4 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 3, Chicago Cubs 2 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 at Baker Bowl |
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IN THE NEWS: The Cards fall to Boston, 2-0, as Boston pitcher Tom Tuckey gets his only shutout in his first major league game.
IN THE NEWS: Cy Young Day is celebrated by 20,000 in Boston. He pitches briefly against an All-Star team that includes Jack Chesbro, Hal Chase, Willie Keeler, Harry Davis, and George Mullin. The game is interrupted several times for presentations to the great hurler, including a great loving cup from the AL for all his accomplishments.
The Giants drop the Superbas, 5-3, behind Red Ames and Christy Mathewson. Mathewson pitches seven innings of shutout ball for the win.
IN THE NEWS: The National's Walter Johnson hurls a 1-0 victory over the White Sox, allowing just two hits, the first a 9th inning single by Sox P Doc White.
IN THE NEWS: The Cardinals deal a blow to the Giants' pennant hopes by defeating them twice in St. Louis. With Christy Mathewson refusing to pitch on Sundays, Red Ames and Joe McGinnity take the losses. Matty will toss a shutout tomorrow for New York.
IN THE NEWS: In a rain-shortened game, Christy Mathewson throws his mitt on the field and defeats the Cards, 3-0, in six innings, with Harry Sallee taking the loss. With the Giants at bat in the 5th, John McGraw signals Cy Seymour to steal home-even though Cards C Bill Ludwig has the ball. Jack Barry, the next batter, then strikes out on three pitches, as the Giants race to beat the downpour.
IN THE NEWS: The Highlanders Jack Chesbro allows 11 hits, but shuts out Detroit, 7-0.
IN THE NEWS: Brooklyn collects 15 safeties off three Pirates pitcher and Harry McIntire allows just four Buc hits for the win. his follows Kaiser Wilhelm's 4-hitter against the Buccaneers yesterday. Pittsburgh is now tied for first with New York.
New York tops the Reds, 2-0, as Christy Mathewson hurls an 8-hit shutout. Reds Andy Coakley allows just four Giant safeties in the loss. For Matty, it is his 25th win. The Giants will sweep three games from the Reds, with the only negative being Fred Snodgrass sustaining a broken thumb. The rookie catcher, who played just six games, will return next year to play mostly in the outfield.
IN THE NEWS: Pittsburgh regains first place as Nick Maddox (15-5) beats Brooklyn, 2-1 for his 8th win in a row. Maddox drives in both runs as well. Maddox, who won his last five games of 1907, has now won 20 games in 30 appearances, the quickest twenty-game winner ever (This mark will be tied by Russ Ford, in 1910; Boo Ferriss in 1945; and Cal Eldred in 1993).
Nationals catcher Gabby Street stands at the base of the Washington Monument and catches the 13th ball dropped from the top, 555 feet up, duplicating the feat performed by Pop Schriver of the Chicago Colts on August 24, 1894. Billy Sullivan of the Chicago White Sox will repeat the catch on August 24, 1910. Street gets a $500 prize for his morning's efforts, then spends the afternoon behind the plate catching Walter Johnson's 3-1 win over Detroit.
IN THE NEWS: At League Park, veteran Joe McGinnity, in relief of Red Ames who walks the first two batters, stops the Reds, 5-1, beating Buck Ewing. Earlier in the day, the Reds turned down John McGraw's offer for McGinnity.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants gain the NL lead by winning two at Pittsburgh, after first refusing to play a doubleheader. John McGraw protests that only one game was scheduled and he was not given 24 hours notice about the 2nd match. But after polling the players, he relents. Hooks Wiltse then tops Vic Willis, 4-1 and Christy Mathewson beats Lefty Leifield, 5-1. Willis tires in the 8th, giving up a 2-run triple to Roger Bresnahan, followed by a Mike Donlin homer. In the nitecap, Donlin and Larry Doyle each drive home a pair. The doubleheader is watched in New York on electric diamonds known as "Compton's Baseball Bulletin" at Madison Square Garden and the Gotham Theatre. Bulletins will display all remaining games.
| SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 24, 1908 |
| Chicago White Sox 6, Boston Red Sox 4 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| St. Louis Browns 4, New York Yankees 2 at Hilltop Park |
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| New York Yankees 6, St. Louis Browns 4 at Hilltop Park |
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| Cleveland Indians 9, Philadelphia Athletics 2 at Columbia Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 1, Washington Senators 0 at American League Park II |
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| Chicago Cubs 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 2 at West Side Grounds |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 2, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Palace of the Fans |
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| New York Giants 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Exposition Park III |
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| New York Giants 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Exposition Park III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 3, Boston Braves 2 at Robison Field |
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IN THE NEWS: The Giants win their 3rd in a row from Pittsburgh, stopping Nick Maddox, 5-3. Maddox had won eight in a row. Doc Crandall is the winner. Larry Doyle triples in the 3rd inning, then steps off the bag while chatting with Buc third sacker Tommy Leach. George Gibson's throw from home nails Doyle.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants sweep, scoring a run in the 8th and two in the 9th to trip Irv Young and the host Pirates, 4-3. Christy Mathewson, in relief, is given the win, though by today's scoring he would receive a save. New York's 8-game win streak puts them ahead of Pittsburgh and Chicago by three 1/2 games.
IN THE NEWS: With electric bulletin boards also showing the action in Chicago, the Colts arrive back home for a three-game sweep to move within one-half game of the lead. Chicago wins today, 5-1, then takes the day off tomorrow.
IN THE NEWS: The Senators give some support to Walter Johnson, scoring eight runs against Cleveland to win 8-0. Johnson's last outing was a 1-0 loss to the Tigers on the 24th.
The Red Sox replace manager Deacon McGuire with Fred Lake.
IN THE NEWS: In Chicago, the Colts beat the Giants again, 3-2, to record their 8th straight win. It is Three Finger Brown besting Christy Mathewson again, allowing five Giants hits and giving up six walks. Chicago will beat the Giants tomorrow for their 9th straight win to tighten the race: Chicago finishes August a half-game out, with the Pirates a game out of first.
| SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 29, 1908 |
| Boston Red Sox 11, St. Louis Browns 5 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Chicago White Sox 1, New York Yankees 0 at Hilltop Park |
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| Chicago White Sox 6, New York Yankees 2 at Hilltop Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 4, Detroit Tigers 0 at Columbia Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 4, Detroit Tigers 3 at Columbia Park |
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| Washington Senators 4, Cleveland Indians 2 at American League Park II |
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| Washington Senators 3, Cleveland Indians 0 at American League Park II |
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| Chicago Cubs 3, New York Giants 2 at West Side Grounds |
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| Cincinnati Reds 7, Boston Braves 5 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Exposition Park III |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Exposition Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Robison Field |
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