IN THE NEWS: A's OF Tilly Walker hits two home runs, giving him four in two days, as the A's lose to New York 93. He will finish with 37 for the year, two ahead of Babe Ruth. The Athletics, with the American League's winningest pitcher in Eddie Rommel (27-13) and losingest in Slim Harriss (9-20) will lead the AL with 114 home runs and climb out of the cellar.
IN THE NEWS: Bob Meusel hits for the cycle for the 2nd time in his career to pace the Yankees to a 121 whipping of the Athletics. Meusel and Ruth go back-to-back in the 7th as Carl Mays cruises to his 22nd straight win over the Athletics. As noted by historian Ted Farmer, all of the wins have been complete games.
IN THE NEWS: The Cards' Rogers Hornsby hits his 20th home run, tying Ken Williams of the American League for home run leadership., and the Cards whip the Reds, 124.
The first game ever played in Hungary takes place in Budapest.
IN THE NEWS: Pirates OF Max Carey is the busiest man on the field in an 18-inning 98 loss to the Giants. He gets six hits, draws three walks, has three SBs, including one of home, and catches seven flies. His 51 stolen bases in 53 attempts is the highest success rate ever achieved by a SB leader, remarkable in a season where the league average success rate on steals is 54%. His record of 31 straight steals without being caught will be broken by Davey Lopes' 38 in 1975. Johnny Gooch also has six hits in the losing effort.
IN THE NEWS: Reds righthander Pete Donohue beats the Phils 71. A 3-time 20-game winner in nine years with the Reds, Donohue will beat the Phils 20 straight times.
IN THE NEWS: Cardinal P Bill Doak misses a no-hitter when he neglects to cover 1B on an infield single by Phillie OF Curt Walker in the 7th. Jack Fournier, playing 1B, fields the ball but Doak fails to cover the bag. Doak still wins the game 10.
IN THE NEWS: At Boston, Ty Cobb gets five hits (and a walk) in a game for the 4th time this year, setting an American League mark. His previous 5-hit contests were on May 7th, July 7th, and July 12th. Only Willie Keeler has done it before. The Tigers roar, 167. overcoming a 50 deficit after one inning.
IN THE NEWS: Ray Grimes celebrates his return to the Cubs lineup with a home run, double, and two singles as Chicago thrashes the Phils 63. Grimes, who missed 10 days with an injury, has now driven in runs in 12 consecutive games.
IN THE NEWS: At Sportsman's Park, Rogers Hornsby belts a 2-out 9th inning home run with two men on the give the Cards a 76 win over Boston. It is the Rajah's 25th home run of the year, breaking Gavvy Cravath's National League home run mark (post-1900). In two weeks, Hornsby will break the record of 27 homers set in 1884 by Chicago's Ned Williamson.
IN THE NEWS: The Cubs edge Brooklyn 10 as Grover Cleveland Alexander wins the duel with Dutch Ruether. Ray Grimes, who drove in three runs yesterday, doubles in the only Cub tally. Grimes now has RBIs in 15 straight games.
IN THE NEWS: The Cards go into first place by 1/2 games by beating Boston while the Reds are downing the Giants, it is the first time both St. Louis teams are ever on top together. St. Louis overcomes an 83 deficit in the 8th, to win, 98. The game was halted to clear hundred of straw hats off the field. For the Cards, it is their 23rd win in 29 games, but from here on out they will slide.
IN THE NEWS: When umpires Brick Owens and Tom Connolly miss a train, the Detroit and St. Louis trainers, Bits Bierhalter and Howley, are pressed into service.
The Yankees start planning for the Series when they pick up 3B Joe Dugan and one-time Cleveland World Series hero Elmer Smith from Boston, giving up OF Elmer Miller, SS Chick Fewster, SS John Mitchell, and, later, P Lefty O'Doul. The contending Browns and other western clubs howl in protest and this deal will lead to a rule barring nonwaiver trades after June 15th.
Edd Roush ends his holdout and signs with the Reds.
Cubs 1B Ray Grimes homers in Chicago's 41 win over the Dodgers, giving him at least one RBI per game for 17 in a row, a ML record. He'll fail to drive in a run on the 25th against Boston.
IN THE NEWS: In the midst of a pennant fight with the Browns, the Yankees obtain Joe Dugan and OF Elmer Smith from the Red Sox for OF Chuck Fewster, SS John Mitchell, and OF Elmer Miller. This latest Sox-Yanks deal engenders such outrage in St. Louis that Commissioner Landis recommends passage of the rule that no deals, except waiver transactions, can be made after June 15.
IN THE NEWS: In several pregame fights between Yankees teammates, Bob Meusel and Wally Schang duke it out in the dugout. Then Babe Ruth and Wally Pipp take a turn. The players then turn on the Browns, beating them 116. Ruth bangs two homers, Pipp adds another, and Schang chips in with a two-run triple.
IN THE NEWS: Vangilder gives up a home run to Pipp in the 4th but leads, 21 going in to the 8th inning. The Yankees jump on the Browns starter and Kolp for four runs before the Browns tie with three in the 9th. Dave Danforth comes on Fred Hofman on a pitch "that sailed a foot." When Brick Owens exams the ball, he rules it was doctored, earning Danforth an automatic 10-day suspension. Reliever Wayne Wright comes on and serves up a game-winning home run to Wally Schang. Yanks win, 65.
IN THE NEWS: The American League announces plans to erect a $100,000 monument to baseball in East Potomac Park, Washington. It never gets built.
The Yanks move back into first when Sad Sam Jones beats Ray Kolp, 73. Kolp lasts just two innings before Bill Bayne takes over for the final seven and allows two runs. Ken Williams hits his 23rd but Whitey Witt counters with a 3-run home run.
IN THE NEWS: At the Polo Grounds, the under-performing Pirates crack five homers and trounce the league-leading Giants, 83. Max Carey hits two and starter Wilbur Cooper another.
The Browns host the Red Sox and beat them, 41, behind Urban Shocker. However, both George Sisler and C Hank Sevreid are injured, the latter with a split finger on a foul tip. Sisler is spiked in the 4th.
IN THE NEWS: The Pirates again top the Giants, 70, as Max Carey bangs another two home runs. The Pirates will win two more to sweep the four-game series with the Giants.
The Giants send pitchers Fred Toney and Larry Benton to the Braves with $100,000 and bring back righthander Hugh McMillan. Toney refuses to report and stays in New York. When Benton develops into a consistent pitcher, the Giants will buy him back.
The Browns move to a one 1/2 game lead, beating the Red Sox, 41, as the White Sox beat New York. Ken Williams hits #26, one of three Brownie bombs.
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