IN THE NEWS: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants score four runs in the 1st off Orval Overall, but Overall tightens his belt and allows no more scoring. The Cubs come back with five runs off Christy Mathewson to win, 5–4.
IN THE NEWS: St. Louis manager-catcher Roger Bresnahan pitches three 1/3 innings, giving up six hits and no runs against Brooklyn. He last pitched in 1901, and will end his career with a mark of 4–1 as a hurler.
IN THE NEWS: Athletics Jack Coombs and Chicago's Ed Walsh duel 16 innings to a 0–0 tie. Coombs gives up just three hits and strikes out 18 in what he calls his best game. (Working with little rest, he wins 18 of 19 starts in July, August, and September, finishing 30–9 with a 1.30 ERA. His 13 shutouts are the AL record; in 12 other games he gives up just one run.) Walsh gives up just six hits in 16 innings but the woeful Sox offense provides no support.
IN THE NEWS: The Giants salvage the last game in their series against the first-place Cubs, chasing Floyd Kroh for an 10–1 win. Christy Mathewson is the victor.
IN THE NEWS: At West Side Grounds, Cubs ace Ed Reulbach wins his 14th straight, beating Brooklyn 8–1. Reulbach allows just six hits in setting a 20th century team record for consecutive wins.
IN THE NEWS: The White Sox trade P Frank Smith, whose best days are behind him, and 3B Billy Purtell to the Red Sox in exchange for 2B Amby McConnell and 3B Harry Lord. On July 10th, a Walter Johnson fast ball broke Lord's finger, and the stellar play of his substitute Clyde Engle has made Lord expendable. Lord becoming the one threat in the weak White Sox lineup, hitting .297 through the end of the year, but the Sox will still finish last in hitting, slugging, and homers.
At New York, the Giants take two from Cincinnati, 5–4 and 3–2. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, despite allowing 11 hits and four walks. Matty is tough in the pinch, however, as the Reds load the bases in the 9th with no outs but fail to score.
IN THE NEWS: In the most evenly matched game ever, the Pirates and Superbas each have eight runs, 13 hits, 38 at bats, five strikeouts, three walks, one hit batter, one passed ball, 13 assists, 27 putouts, two errors, and use two pitchers. Darkness ends the game before the symmetry does.
IN THE NEWS: In the battle for 2nd place in the NL, the Pirates and Giants split two, each by 2–1 scores. In the opener, Lefty Leifield and Christy Mathewson match goose eggs for 10 innings, before the Pirates push across two runs on a 2-run double by Fred Clarke. The Giants score in the bottom of the 11th but come up short.
Chicago coasts to a 14–0 pasting of Brooklyn. Three Finger Brown allows 11 hits in the shutout.
IN THE NEWS: The Tigers top the Senators, 8–3, with Ty Cobb stealing home for the 2nd time in his career. It comes in the 4th inning with Bob Groom on the mound.
IN THE NEWS: In a Three-I League game at Davenport, Red Faber of Dubuque pitches a 3-0 perfect game against Davenport. The 21-year-old Faber is still three years away from the majors.
IN THE NEWS: At Cincinnati, the Giants win 9–3 beating Jack Rowan. Christy Mathewson allows nine hits in coasting to his 20th win of the year and his 17th straight victory over the Reds.
IN THE NEWS: At Forbes Field, the Pirates beat up on the new cork-center ball. Three home runs are hit, by Howie Camnitz, Vin Campbell, and Honus Wagner, against the Phillies in the first inning of game two. Camnitz's pop is the only one of his career. Old pro Wagner is 7-for-7, with two homers, during the doubleheader sweep, including three doubles to go with his homer in the nitecap.
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