IN THE NEWS: Stepping in against the Indians Sherrod Smith in the ninth inning, Babe Ruth starts off batting righthanded. After taking a strike, he switches to LH and hits his 25th HR of the season. The Indians still win 5-3. The Babe will bat righty four days later.
IN THE NEWS: No games are played following the death of President Harding in San Francisco on August 2nd. The schedule will also be canceled a week later on the day of his funeral.
IN THE NEWS: Against the Browns, Ruth again bats righthanded. After the Babe hits his 26th and 27th HRs off of Ray Kolp, relief P Elam Vangilder takes no chances with Ruth and walks him intentionally in the 11th and again in the 13th inning. Ruth bats righty against Vangilder. Bob Meusel's single wins the game 9-8.
IN THE NEWS: Pirates OF Max Carey steals 2B, 3B, and home versus Brooklyn. He will again lead the NL with 51. Equally fleet in the field, he will garner 450 putouts and 28 assists. He is the only OF to top 400 putouts 6 times. Richie Ashburn will later do it 9 times.
IN THE NEWS: Senators southpaw George Mogridge becomes the only hurler to steal home in extra innings when he scores an insurance run in the 12th in a 5-1 win over the White Sox.
IN THE NEWS: The Cardinals stop Dazzy Vance after 10 straight wins 8-5.
After 111 games, Babe Ruth is hitting .401 with 31 HRs. He'll wind up with his highest BA, .393. With
205 hits, a ML record 170 walks, and 4 times hit by
pitches, Ruth will reach base a record 379 times.
IN THE NEWS: A 4-piece bat used by Ruth is banned by AL president Ban Johnson because of the glue used on it. A protest is made against the Browns' Ken Williams for using a bat with a wooden plug in it. Johnson rules that all bats must be one piece with nothing added except tape extending to 18 inches up the handle.
IN THE NEWS: Giants owner Charles Stoneham is indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury. He will also be indicted for mail fraud. He had denied any ownership in two bucket-shop operations that had been found guilty of stock frauds;
creditors of the two firms claimed he retained financial interests in both. Other NL owners are rumored to be forming a pool to buy him out, but Stoneham stays out of jail and in the NL.
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