Phils rookie Grover Cleveland Alexander, who beat the Cubs yesterday in relief, loses a matchup with Three Finger Brown, 4 – 2. The Phils, at 56-38, are in 4th place.

ByBaseball

Phils rookie Grover Cleveland Alexander, who beat the Cubs yesterday in relief, loses a matchup with Three Finger Brown, 4 – 2. The Phils, at 56-38, are in 4th place.

The Giants establish a franchise mark with nine stolen bases in the team’s 8-0 rout of the Redbirds at Robison Field in St. Louis. Eight different New York players contribute to the record, with seven of the nine bags pilfered off Cardinals backstop Jack Bliss.

ByBaseball

The Giants establish a franchise mark with nine stolen bases in the team’s 8-0 rout of the Redbirds at Robison Field in St. Louis. Eight different New York players contribute to the record, with seven of the nine bags pilfered off Cardinals backstop Jack Bliss.

Smokey Joe Wood

 Red Sox right-hander Joe Wood whiffs twelve Browns en route to a 5-0 no-hitter

ByBaseball

 In the first game of a twin bill at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds, Red Sox right-hander Joe Wood whiffs twelve Browns en route to a 5-0 no-hitter. ‘Smokey,’ a nickname coined due to his blazing fastball, throws the fifth hitless game in franchise history, and last to be accomplished in the Boston ballpark.

In his last appearance for Cleveland, Cy Young pitches just three innings and gives up five runs in a 7 – 1 loss to Washington. After this game, Cleveland will waive the veteran to the Boston Rustlers.

In his last appearance for Cleveland, Cy Young pitches just three innings and gives up five runs in a 7 – 1 loss to Washington. After this game, Cleveland will waive the veteran to the Boston Rustlers.

ByBaseball

In his last appearance for Cleveland, Cy Young pitches just three innings and gives up five runs in a 7 – 1 loss to Washington. After this game, Cleveland will waive the veteran to the Boston Rustlers.

Rube Marquard shuts out the Cards on four hits before 23,000 in St. Louis. The Giants pitcher will beat the Redbirds again on the 31st, allowing five hits.

Rube Marquard shuts out the Cards on four hits before 23,000 in St. Louis. The Giants pitcher will beat the Redbirds again on the 31st, allowing five hits.

ByBaseball

Rube Marquard shuts out the Cards on four hits before 23,000 in St. Louis. The Giants pitcher will beat the Redbirds again on the 31st, allowing five hits.

Charles “Victory” Faust becomes the Giants’ mascot

Charles “Victory” Faust becomes the Giants’ mascot

ByThis Day in Baseball

1911 – Charles “Victory” Faust shows up at the Giants’ hotel in St. Louis asking for a tryout. Manager John McGraw observes the “pitcher,” who obviously is no player, and carries him on the team as an unofficial mascot and good luck charm. But the Giants lose to the Cards today, 5 – 2, with the help of five errors. McGraw will eventually let Faust pitch in a couple of meaningless games, after the pennant is secured.

Rube Marquard shuts out the Cards on four hits

Giants establish a club mark, hitting four triples in one game

ByThis Day in Baseball

At the Palace of the Fans in Cincinnati, the Giants establish a club mark, hitting four triples in one game. The plethora of three-baggers, including two-legged out by Hall of Fame hurler Rube Marquard as well as one each from Larry Doyle and Chief Meyers, and nine other hits enable New York to beat the Reds, 8-3.