Charles Taft, owner of the Cincinnati Times-Star and brother of a future president, finances Charles W. Murphy’s purchase of the Chicago Cubs for $125,000.
7/25/1905 – With the Cardinals in Brooklyn for the second game of their series, Jimmy Sheckard ended the bottom of the seventh by striking out. However, the same batter started the eighth with a walk but nothing was said. The Redbirds scored twice in the top of the ninth on a passed ball to win, 4-3.
1905 – Christy Mathewson wins his 16th, defeating the Reds, 7 – 2. The game is close until Frank Bowerman belts a three-run homer in the 8th for the Giants. Cincy fans get a scare in the 1st inning when Reds catcher Ed Phelps is knocked unconscious when he is struck by the back swing of Sam Mertes. Phelps is rushed to a hospital.
1905 – Giant LF Sam Mertes makes an unassisted double play to help New York stop the Reds, 4 – 3, at the Polo Grounds. In the 2nd inning, the Reds have one out and a runner on third base, outfielder Cy Seymour, once a pitcher for the Giants. Mertes catches a short fly off the bat of George Schlei and continues running to double off Cy.
1905 – Weldon Henley of the Athletics, who will win four games all year, fires a no-hitter against the 7th-place St. Louis Browns, 6 – 0. Harry Davis and Lave Cross each have three hits off Barney Pelty. During his four-year big league career, the Georgia native Henley will compile a 32-43 won-loss record. St. Louis cops a split by defeating Rube Waddell, 3 – 2, in the nitecap.
1905 – SS Phil Lewis has a busy afternoon at Washington Park in Brooklyn’s 2 – 1 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Lewis has 18 chances and comes up with seven assists, six putoutsand five errors, the latter tying the National League record.
1905 – The Pirates pull to within five games of New York by overcoming a 5 – 2 deficit and beating the Giants, 8 – 5. Umpire Bill Klem provokes a barrage of garbage from the New York fans by tossing Dan McGann and Mike Donlin out of the game for abusive behavior.
1905 – The Pirates tally eight hits including a home run, over seven innings against Christy Mathewson, to win, 2 – 1. The game is briefly stopped by umpire Jim Johnstone after a Giants fan tosses a pop bottle at Pirate RF Otis Clymer while he’s chasing down a single.
The Pirates edge the Giants, 2 – 1, overcoming the pitching of Christy Mathewson, who is knocked over by Fred Clarke in a play at first base. Six Giants are tossed out of the coaching box during the game. Pittsburgh now trails New York by six games.
In New York, the Giants open a four-game series against the 2nd-place Pittsburgh Pirates by staking Joe McGinnity to a 6 – 0 lead. But the Bucs score two in the 6th and five runs in the 7th inning before Iron Joe is lifted. Christy Mathewson shuts out Pittsburgh over the last 2 2/3 inning and the Giants score a deuce in the 9th on a two-run homer by George Browne. Browne is carried off the field by the ecstatic fans after the 8 – 7 win. Pittsburgh takes the nitecap, 3 – 0, behind Deacon Phillippe’s four-hitter. Honus Wagner secures the victory with a two-run homer onto the elevated tracks in the 8th inning.
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