IN THE NEWS: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants sweep an A.M.-P.M. twinbill from the Phils, winning 5–4 and 3–0. Christy Mathewson, in winning the shutout, records his 350th victory.
The Dodgers drum the Braves, sweeping a doubleheader, 7–5 in 11 innings and 4–3 in the nitecap. The nitecap is especially hard fought: Lefty Tyler plunks Dodger SS Ollie O'Mara on the neck and when Jack Daubert crosses the plate with the winning run in the 9th, he collides with Braves C Hank Gowdy and is knocked unconscious. Boston (26–40) is 10 1/2 games in back of New York.
Turnabout is fair play. The Pittfeds sweep a pair from Baltimore, winning 5–1 and 8–7. In the 8th inning of the opener, Pitt SS Eddie Holly nabs Harvey Russell with the hidden ball trick. Baltimore's Otto Knabe pulled it gainst Pittsburgh five weeks ago.
IN THE NEWS: Big Ed Walsh makes his first start since straining his right arm in spring training in 1913. He lasts seven innings in a White Sox win over Cleveland, 6–3.
IN THE NEWS: At Washington, it is a battle of the Johnsons -- Boston's Rankin Johnson vs. the Nats' Walter Johnson. George McBride's steal of home in the 4th inning is the only score, and Walter wins the 16th 1–0 game of his career.
The A's sell pitcher Boardwalk Brown, 17–13 last year, to the Yankees. New York also brings back Birdie Cree by sending Bill Holden and cash to Baltimore (IL) in exchange. Birdie hit .348 in 1911 and .332 next season before injuring his leg. Heslumped to .272 last year and was sold to Baltimore, but he will hit .309 in 77 games this year.
IN THE NEWS: Suffering heavy losses from Federal League competition in Baltimore, the Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth (plus Ernie Shore and C Ben Egan) for $10,000 to old friend Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty. Cincinnati, which has a working agreement giving them the choice of two players, ignores Ruth and takes OF George Twombley and SS Claud Derrick. Dunn finally peddles his threesome to new owner Joe Lannin of the Red Sox for a reported $25,000.
In an exhibition game in Buffalo, the Bisons (IL) humiliate the Boston Braves, 10–2.
IN THE NEWS: Austin of the Texas League loses its 27th straight.
Ossee Schreckengost, 39, peripatetic catcher (7 teams) best known as battery and roommate of Rube Waddell while with the Athletics, dies of uremia at Philadelphia. Skilled defensively on the field, Schreckengost was an eccentric off. He had it written into his contract that Waddell could not eat crackers in bed.
IN THE NEWS: Detroit's Billy Purtell and Marty Kavanagh combine to nab Eddie Collins with th hidden ball trick. It comes in the 9th inning and helps preserve an 8–8 tie with Philadelphia.
IN THE NEWS: Babe Ruth breaks in with Boston, striking out in his first at bat, but pitching a 4–3 win over Cleveland. With the score 3–3 in the 7th, Duffy Lewis pinch hits for Babe Ruth, singles, and later scores the winning run. Dutch Leonard strikes out four of the six batters he faces in relief.
The Giants outhit the Cardinals, 18-16, and win 13–9 in St. Louis. Christy Mathewson goes all the win, walking none but allowing three home runs. Bill Steele takes the Redbird defeat.
Only 26 people are on hand to see Newark (IL) fade, 2–0, at Baltimore.
IN THE NEWS: The Cubs pound Giants reliever Christy Mathewson for six runs in six innings, but New York does worse damage to Larry Cheney and Jimmy Lavender, and wins 12–8. Bob Bescher has a home run, the 1,000th Giant home run. New York leads the National League by four 1/2 games.
Red Sox rookie Ernie Shore makes an impressive debut, pitching a 2-hitter to beat Cleveland, 2–1 at Fenway Park.
IN THE NEWS: At Fenway, Dutch Leonard shuts out the Cleveland Naps, 4–0. Ump Tommy Connolly, tiring of the taunting from the Sox bench, ejects eight Boston players.
IN THE NEWS: The Tigers, minus Ty Cobb who is nursing a sore thumb, knock out rookie Babe Ruth in the 4th inning and trip the Red Sox, 5–2. It is Ruth's first loss.
IN THE NEWS: At Forbes Field, Rube Marquard and Babe Adams each go a marathon 21 innings before Larry Doyle's 2-run home run gives the Giants a 3–1 win over the Pirates. Adams yields no walks and 12 hits, the longest non-walk game in ML history. Marquard walks two (one intentional) and yields 15 hits. In the 6th, Honus Wagner goes from first to 3B on a hit by Jim Viox. When New York CF Bob Bescher throws to 3B Milt Stock, the ball bounces out of his hands and disappears. Wagner scores before it's discovered that the ball bounced up under his arm and stayed there as he ran home. Wagner is called out for interference, and the Bucs protest. Manager Clarke is then ejected by umpire Bill "Lord" Byron. In a fitting ending to this unusual game, Giants OF Red Murray is knocked unconscious by a bolt of lightning after catching a fly ball for the final out. Murray is uninjured. Marquard's win is his last in 1914. He will lose 10 straight on his way to a 12–22 record.
Any pennant chances the Senators have go out the window when Clyde "Deerfoot" Milan and Danny Moeller collide in the outfield. Milan's jaw is broken in two places and he will miss 40 games.
IN THE NEWS: The Pirates spilt a twinbill with New York, winning Game One by a 3–0 score, then losing the nitecap, 6–5 in 10 innings. New York scores three in the top of the 10th off George McQuillan, and the Bucs came back with two off Christy Mathewson. Max Carey pops up with the tying run on 3B to end the game.
IN THE NEWS: Behind reliever Paul Strand, the Braves get three runs in the 9th off Earl Yingling to beat the Reds 3–2 and climb out of last place on their way to the pennant. During that journey, they will pass the Reds going the other way, as today's loss starts the Reds' fall from 2nd place to last.
IN THE NEWS: Lefty Tyler and Bill James combine to hold the Pirates to four hits and the Braves score a run in the 9th to win, 1–0. Boston (37-43) now moves into 6th place past the Dodgers.
IN THE NEWS: Dick Rudolph throws a 3-hitter to give the Braves their second straight whitewash of the Pirates, winning 6–0. Rudolph will end the year with 27, victories, tied with Alexander; one of his credited wins is a game in which he started and left after three innings. The Braves move ahead of the Reds and Phils into 4th place.
The Reds lose, 6–5, to the Giants in 13 innings. Christy Mathewson pitches the last five innings of shut out ball and singles in the winning run to pin the loss on Red Ames.
IN THE NEWS: Red Sox ace Dutch Leonard shuts out Cleveland, 3–0. He is helped by Tris Speaker, who has 2 singles and a triple. Speaker also makes 8 put outs in CF, on his way to a record 423 for the year.
The Athletics win their 12th consective game, beating host Detroit, 8–3, and scoring 3 runs in the first inning without a hit. Jean Dubuc hits 2 A’s batters, makes a throwing error, and his teammates chip in with 2 errors to give Philadelphia the 3 runs. Frank Baker has 3 hits including a double and triple to back Herb Pennock's pitching. Detroit will beat Philadelphia tomorrow.
The Reds just nip Brooklyn, 6-5, as starter Elmer Brown walks 4 straight and his reliever Johnny Enzmann duplicates the feat, all within the first three innings.
PCL president Allen Baum says he will rigidly investigate charges that umpires have gambled on games. Accusations surfaced following a fight yesterday in Sacramento between umpire Held and Harl Maggert.
IN THE NEWS: The newly acquired Vean Gregg goes seven innings for the Red Sox before exiting, and Boston goes on to beat the host White Sox, 8–4, in 10 innings.
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