IN THE NEWS: Rookie Lefty Russell blanks the Red Sox 30 in his first start, for Philadelphia's 100th win and his sole ML victory in his 3-year career.
In a 96 Chicago win in Cincinnati, the Cubs' Johnny Evers breaks his ankle sliding home and will not play in the World Series.
| SCOREBOARD: OCTOBER 1, 1910 |
| New York Giants 12, Boston Braves 4 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 9, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 8, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati Reds 6 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Forbes Field |
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| Cleveland Indians 8, Chicago White Sox 5 at Comiskey Park I |
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| New York Yankees 7, Washington Senators 2 at Hilltop Park |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 3, Boston Red Sox 0 at Shibe Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 3, St. Louis Browns 1 at Sportsman's Park III |
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IN THE NEWS: The pennant-bound Cubs end the season with an 84 win over the Reds, pulling off a triple play in the process. The TP goes left fielder Jimmy Sheckard to C Johnny Kling to 1B Jimmy Archer.
IN THE NEWS: In Philadelphia's 31 win at Boston, the A's Eddie Collins swipes his 81st base to set a new AL record. Cobb will break it next year by 2.
IN THE NEWS: Connie Mack inserts his son Earle behind the plate in a game against the Highlanders. Earle, who hit .135 in 26 minor league games this year, responds with a single and triple while catching Eddie Plank and Jack Coombs. The Highlanders beat the A's 74. Earle will mop up in late seasons games next year and again in 1914, and serve for 25 years as his father's coach.
IN THE NEWS: Boston (NL) rookie OF Bill Collins hits for the cycle; the next franchise player to match him will be Albert Hall for the Atlanta Braves in 1987.
IN THE NEWS: The Superbas tip the Giants, 32 in 10 innings when reliever Red Ames wild pitches in the winning Brooklyn run.
| SCOREBOARD: OCTOBER 8, 1910 |
| Philadelphia Phillies 5, Boston Braves 1 at South End Grounds III |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 3, Boston Braves 3 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 2, New York Giants 1 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 2, New York Giants 0 at Washington Park III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 6, Cincinnati Reds 5 at Palace of the Fans |
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| Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Forbes Field |
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| Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 0 at Comiskey Park I |
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| New York Yankees 4, Boston Red Sox 1 at Hilltop Park |
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| New York Yankees 6, Boston Red Sox 5 at Hilltop Park |
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| Cleveland Indians 2, St. Louis Browns 0 at Sportsman's Park III |
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IN THE NEWS: The battle for the AL batting title is decided on the final day, when Detroit's Ty Cobb edges Cleveland's Nap Lajoie .3850687 to .3840947. Neither man covers himself with glory. Lajoie goes 8-for-8 in a doubleheader with the Browns, accepting six "gift" hits on bunt singles on which Browns rookie 3B Red Corriden is apparently purposely stationed at the edge of the OF grass. The prejudiced St. Louis scorer also credits popular Nap with a "hit" on the Brownie SS Bobby Wallace's wild throw to 1B. In Lajoie's last at bat, he is safe at first on an error call, but is credited with a sac bunt since a man was on. The St. Louis Post is just one of the papers to be openly critical of the move against Cobb. "All St. Louis is up in arms over the deplorable spectacle, conceived in stupidity and executed in jealousy." The Browns win the opener, 54, and Cleveland takes the nitecap, 30 with both managers, Jack O'Connor and Deacon McGuire catching. O'Connor is behind the plate for just an inning, but Maguire goes all the way.
Cobb, meanwhile, rather than risk his average, sits out the last two games, the Tigers beating the White Sox in the finale, 21. Ban Johnson investigates and clears everyone concerned, enabling Ty Cobb to win the 3rd of nine straight batting crowns. The embarrassed Chalmers Auto Company awards cars to both Ty and Nap. In 1981 The Sporting News uncovers an errorcrediting a 2-for-3 game twice to Cobbthat, if corrected, would give the championship to Nap Lajoie. But the commissioner's committee votes unanimously to leave history unchanged.
Despite 10 walks by King Cole, the Cubs down the Cardinals, 43, scoring the winning run with two outs in the 9th. Cole finishes the year at 20-4, with the ML's best winning percentage and the best by a Cub in the 20th century (Sutcliffe will be 161 for Chicago in 1984, but 206 overall).
The Leland Giants begin a 16-game series in Havana, Cuba. The black team will play a series against the AL champion Detroit Tigers.
At a field day at Cincinnati's Palace of the Fans, Evansville's (Central League) Sheldon LeJeune throws a baseball 426 feet six 1/4" on the fly, breaking the record set by Brooklyn's Jack Hatfield in 1872 (400 feet seven 1/2"). LeJeune, who will make it to the majors for 24 games, has four trials and reaches his mark with his 4th try. He reached 401 feet, four 1/2 inches on an earlier heave. Speedy Hans Lobert is the fastest this day, circling the bases in 14 seconds and ties teammate Ward Miller by beating out a bunt to 1B in 3.2 seconds. The Reds beat the Pirates in the last game, 71.
IN THE NEWS: With the AL season ending a week earlier than the NL, the champion A's tune up with a 5-game series against an AL all-star team, which includes Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Doc White, Ed Walsh, and Walter Johnson. The A's drop four out of five to the all-stars, but Connie Mack will later state, "Those games, more than anything else, put the Athletics in a condition to outclass the National League champions."
IN THE NEWS: At the Polo Grounds, 25,000 fans show up for the start of the City Series between the Giants and Highlanders, and to watch Christy Mathewson and rookie phenom Russ Ford square off. The score is 11 when Mathewson and Devore single in the bottom of the 8th. An error loads the bases and Ford plunks Al Bridwell to score the winning run. The Giants score three more for a 51 win, with Matty striking out 14 Highlanders. The American Leaguers will win tomorrow when Jack Warhop tops Hooks Wiltse, but the Giants take the game on the 15th when Matty preserves the 51 win for Drucke. Matty will win game four by another 51 score.
In Ban Johnson's hearing on the October 9th doubleheader in which Nap Lajoie had eight hits, Browns 3B Red Corriden staunchly defends playing back: "I wasn't going to get killed playing in on Lajoie."
IN THE NEWS: St. Louis manager Jack O'Connor is fired by Browns president Hedges for his role in the Lajoie batting-title travesty. Also fired is coach Harry Howell for allegedly delivering an offer to the official scorer E.V. Parrish to change his error call to a hit.
IN THE NEWS: At Portland, Los Angeles (PCL) beats the Beavers, 3-2 and 10 in five innings. In game 1, when Angels Pete Daley scores in the 4th inning, it is the first score against Portland in 88 innings. Portland will finish atop the PCL with a 113-79 record and four 20-game winners.
IN THE NEWS: With sore-armed Eddie Plank unavailable, Connie Mack will squeeze five complete games out of two pitchers in the World Series. Chief Bender's 41 three-hitter wins game one for the Athletics at Philadelphia. Frank Baker's three hits drive in all the runs needed to beat the Cubs' Orval Overall.
IN THE NEWS: Jack Coombs struggles for a 93 win, walking nine and giving up eight hits, but strands 14 Cubs, while a 6-run 7th off Three Finger Brown blows open the win for the A's. Eddie Collins has two doubles and two SBs.
The Reds beat the Indians 85 in the 7th game of the first Ohio championship series.
IN THE NEWS: The A's dispose of Ed Reulbach in two innings, then pin the loss on reliever Harry McIntire, who lasts a third of a inning. Coombs coasts on one day's rest, 125, and helps himself with three hits. Cubs manager Frank Chance becomes the first player ejected from a World Series game when umpire Tom Connolly chases him for protesting a Danny Murphy home run drive against a sign over the RF bleachers. Chance opines too loudly that it should be a ground-rule double.
The Giants win the City Series against the Highlanders, 42, as Christy Mathewson is victorious over Jack Warhop, 63. Larry Doyle's 3rd inning 3-run homer into the upper grandstand in RF is the big blow. Paid admission for the six games is over 100,000, and each Giant takes home $1,110.62. Art Fletcher will use the winnings to marry his childhood sweetheart, Blanche Dieu.
IN THE NEWS: Frank Chance lines a 9th inning one-out triple to knot game four at 22. Jimmy Sheckard then singles in the 10th to give the Cubs the 32 win. Three Finger Brown, in relief, is the winner over Chief Bender, who goes all the way.
IN THE NEWS: Three Finger Brown comes back to face Jack Coombs, who takes a 21 lead into the 7th. The A's get to Brown for five runs and a 72 win. The crowd of 27,374 is the Series' largest. The A's .316 BA is a World Series record. For this World Series, cork-center balls were secretly used for the first time, and will be used in the ML starting next year. Previously, rubber center balls were used.
IN THE NEWS: The Washington Post headlines a rumored trade with Walter Johnson going to Detroit for Ty Cobb. Detroit president Frank Navin scoffs at the story, saying he would never trade Cobb, but praising Johnson "as the best pitcher in the country."
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