IN THE NEWS: St. Louis admirers give Roger Bresnahan a diamond ring and the rest of the team silk umbrellas, then Cardinal errors give the Giants six runs and the game, 8-7. John McGraw and Larry Doyle are tossed by umpire Charlie Criger.
The Red Sox ship off pitcher Cy Morgan one day after he turns gun shy on a tag at the plate on Ty Cobb. The Sox get pitcher Biff Schlitzer in exchange. Cobb, on 2B when Morgan tossed a wild pitch, never slowed rounding 3B and headed home. Morgan had the ball in plenty of time for the tag at home, but preferred to stand aside and execute a Veronica instead of blocking the plate. Cobb easily avoided the tag.
IN THE NEWS: At Chicago, the Cubs score two runs off Christy Mathewson in the first inning with the help of two errors, but tally just one hit in the next eight innings. Matty emerges with a 3-2 win over Three Finger Brown, his first win against Brown since 1903.
San Francisco (Pacific Coast League) hurler Cack Henley tosses a 24-inning 1-0 shutout over Oakland, surrendering only nine hits and one walk in the 3-hour and 35-minute contest. Jimmy Wiggs matches Henley for 23 frames before Nick Williams drives home the winner with a single in the 24th. In the only other game scheduled in the league, Portland and Sacramento play an 18 inning 1-1 tie.
IN THE NEWS: Benjamin Shibe, of Bala, Pennsylvania, obtains a patent for a cork-center baseball. Spalding will license the idea and manufacture a ball.
The Red Sox edge the Browns, 3-2, scoring the winning run in the 8th inning. Ed Cicotte, relieving for Jack Ryan, pitches the last three innings for the victory. (In most record books, Cicotte is erroneously listed as pitching just one inning and is credited with a save. Researcher Dix Tourangeau noted the error)
IN THE NEWS: At the West Side Grounds, the Braves win over Chicago, 4-2, for their only win against the Cubs this year. Boston will go 1-21 against the Cubs and 2-20 versus the Pirates.
IN THE NEWS: New York's Christy Mathewson capsizes the Pirates, 8-2, ending Pittsburgh's 14-game win streak. The Pirates garner 10 hits off Matty, Lefty Leifield is peppered by the Giants.
Jim Thorpe makes his baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (Eastern Carolina League) with a 4-2 win over Raleigh. It is the professional play in this year that will cause him to lose the medals he'll win in the 1912 Olympics.
IN THE NEWS: At Cincinnati's "Palace of the Fans" a night game is played between a local amateur team and one from Newport, Kentucky. The lighting is provided by George Cahill who is moving from city to city demonstrating his lighting system on five towers.
IN THE NEWS: Walter Johnson has a strange day beating the New York Highlanders 7-4. He gives up just three hits, but is unusually wild, issuing seven walks, uncorking four wild pitches, and hitting one batter, while fanning 10.
Boston Doves co-owner and president George Dovey, 48, dies suddenly while on a scouting trip in Ohio. His brother John takes over the presidency.
An exhibition night game featuring two amateur teams is played in the Reds' park before 3,000 spectators, including the Cincinnati and Philadelphia teams, which had played there earlier. The hometown Elks win, 8-5.
IN THE NEWS: The Detroit club buys the rest of the vacant Bennett Field grounds as the site for a new park.
The National League postpones its games for today because of the funeral of George Dovey, co-owner of the Boston Nationals with his brother John. Pittsburgh owner Barney Dreyfuss is one of the honorary pall bearers for the funeral in Philadelphia.
Christy Mathewson pitches four innings for the Bucknell alumni against the varsity, as the undergrads win, 13-12. Matty also plays 3B and chips in with three hits.
IN THE NEWS: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson wins a doubleheader against Boston. Matty relieves Rube Marquard in the opener with the score tied 4-4 in the 9th. After shutting down Boston, the Giants score a run for the 5-4 win. Matty then coasts in the nitecap to an 11-1 win. Mathewson leaves after two innings with a 4-1 lead, and Doc Crandall operates the rest of the way. The official scorer awards the game to Christy.
IN THE NEWS: The Giant sweep their 3rd DH in a row, beating Brooklyn 4-2 and 9-1. Hooks Wiltse wins the opener and Christy Mathewson takes the nitecap, leaving after five innings with a 7-0 lead.
IN THE NEWS: Pitching against the Highlanders, Walter Johnson gives up a solo homer to Ray Demmitt in the 7th, the first home run he's allowed since his debut in 1907. Demmitt's shot is the only score for New York, as Johnson beats them for the 2nd time in 10 days.
Playing their last game in Exposition Park, the Pirates score four runs in the first inning off Mordecai Brown and sail to an 8-1 win over Chicago. Lefty Leifield is the winner. Tomorrow, the Pirates will move to Forbes Field, named after British General John Forbes, who captured Ft. Duquesne during the French and Indian Wars.
IN THE NEWS: Chicago's Ed Reulbach spoils Pittsburgh's dedication of Forbes Field before 30,338, allowing three hits and beating Vic Willis, 3-2. A parade of old-time players precedes the game. The Pirates will draw 98,000 fans, including 41,000 on July 5, in their first five home games.
At Washington Park, the Superbas gaff the Giants, 7-2 beating Hooks Wiltse in the opener. The Giants come back in the nitecap, 3-0, behind Christy Mathewson. Matty strikes out nine and allows four hits.
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