IN THE NEWS: The Cubs lefthander Hippo Vaughn and righthander Fred Toney of the Reds toe the mound in Chicago for a one-of-a-kind game. The Reds put up an all righthanded batting order, benching Edd Roush, who will lead the NL with a .341 BA. At the end of 9, both pitchers have no-hitters. With one out in the top of the 10th, Larry Kopf lines the first hit of the game. One out later, Hal Chase lines to Cy Williams, who drops the ball for an error. Chase then steals 2B, and with runners on 2B and 3B, Jim Thorpe hits a swinging bunt near the mound. Vaughn picks it up and, with no play at 1B, fires home, but C Art Wilson, not expecting the throw, freezes and the ball hits his chest protector. Kopf slides in for the only run. Toney sets the Cubs down in order and has the 4th 10-inning no-hitter to date. The run scored by the Reds is their first in 34 innings.
IN THE NEWS: St. Louis Browns P Ernie Koob gets a 10 no-hitter over the White Sox' Ed Cicotte, and it's the last shutout the 24-year-old pitcher will toss. George Sisler drives in the Browns' run. A first-inning tainted hit by Buck Weaver is changed to an error after much discussion with umpires and players. Tomorrow, the writers' association will take a mail vote on a resolution that a scorer's decision can not be reversed.
IN THE NEWS: No-hitters are thrown on consecutive days, as the Browns' Bob Groom no-hits the White Sox 30 in the 2nd game of the doubleheader. The Sox have just 23 official at-bats in nine innings, a record. This year, Groom will be the losingest pitcher in the AL for the 3rd time. He lost a record-setting 19 straight games as a rookie with Washington in 1909. The Browns also win the first game 84 in 10 innings, with Groom throwing the last two hitless innings. But Chicago will soon win 16 of 17 to overtake the sprinting Red Sox.
IN THE NEWS: Red Sox P Babe Ruth allows just two singles in outpitching Washington's Walter Johnson. Ruth knocks in the only run with an 8th inning sacrifice fly. Ruth strikes out 3, while Johnson fans seven and gives up four hits. It is the 3rd time that Johnson has lost to Ruth by a 10 score. Ruth is now 60 with six complete games.
IN THE NEWS: In Detroit, the Red Sox win 21 behind Babe Ruth. Ty Cobb leads off Detroit's 9th with a bunt single, and when the next batter grounds out to 3B, Cobb rounds 2B and continues towards third. Ruth, covering 3B, takes the throw and tags out Cobb so viciously that the star is on the ground for two minutes.
At Washington, Walter Johnson gives up a bases-loaded double to Cleveland's Bobby Roth and the Indians beat the Senators, 43. It is the first bases loaded hit to clear the sacks off Johnson.
IN THE NEWS: In Cleveland, P Babe Ruth is lifted with one out in the 6th and the Red Sox leading 65. Dutch Leonard then shuts down the Indians to preserve the victory, and he is awarded the win by the official scorer. The decision is eventually reversed, giving Ruth his 8th straight win. The White Sox will stop his streak on the 18th.
IN THE NEWS: The Phillies use nine hitsone by each starterto beat the Cubs, 43 and drop the Cubs from first to third. The Phils move into 2nd place behind the Giants. Eppa Rixey is the winner for the Quakers.
The Giants take over first place with a 43 win over the Pirates behind the pitching of Big Jeff Tesreau and the favorable umpiring of Kitty Bransfield. Tesreau allows just two hits through eight innings before weakening in the 9th. Kitty makes an out call in the 9th on a grounder that 3B Doug Baird clearly appears to beat, and in the 2nd inning ignores Art Fletcher's failure to return to 3rd before scoring on a sac fly. Fletcher had taken a 15-foot lead.
IN THE NEWS: Grover Alexander of the Phils allows the Reds only two hits; he collects three himself, including a home run and a sacrifice, and wins, 51, over Fred Toney.
IN THE NEWS: Down 50 in the 9th, Tris Speaker of the Indians ignites a rally by stealing home against the Yankees. Five more runs follow and they win 65.
IN THE NEWS: Cardinal slugger Walton Cruise becomes the first slugger to hit a ball out of Braves Field when he parks one in the "Jury Box", the 25-cent stands in right field past the 402 foot mark. The next ball hit out of the park will come in 1921, when Cruise does it again, this time as a Brave.
At St. Louis, Red Sox starter Carl Mays is rocked for four runs and lasts just one inning, giving way to Lore Bader, who gives up single runs in the 2nd and 3rd. That's good enough for a victory for Bader, as the Sox score in each of the first five innings on their way to an 117 victory. Ernie Shore stanches the scoring over the last six innings, allowing a single Brown run in the 9th. Shore's save goes unnoticed for 50 years until ICI research uncovers his efforts.
IN THE NEWS: The visiting Red Sox sweep two from the Senators, winning 21 behind Dutch Leonard, and 90 behind Babe Ruth. The Sox will sweep two more tomorrow.
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