1917 – Déjà Vu all over again: Grover Alexander beats Chicago’s Shufflin Phil Douglas, this time 4 – 1, their second match-up in three days.

1917 – In Boston, the White Sox clinch the pennant with a 2 – 1 win in 10 innings. Pinch-hitting in the bottom of the 10th, Babe Ruth grounds into a game-ending double play.

1917 – In the first of two, the host Red Sox make eight errors to help the Tigers to a 5 – 2 win.

The Giants suspend team captain Buck Herzog for refusing to accompany the team on its western trip. Herzog will be traded after the season.

For the second time this month, a pitcher beats Brooklyn twice in one day, as the Cardinals’ Bill Doak wins, 2 – 0 and 12 – 4. With his 14th and 15th victories, Doak picked up a bonus check as well. In a salary dispute in the spring, the Cards and Doak agreed upon a bonus if the pitcher reached 15 wins, and another bonus if he won twenty. He’ll win just one more.

At the Polo Grounds, Boston’s Babe Ruth takes an 8 – 0 lead into the 9th before allowing three Yankee runs. He finishes with a complete game 8 – 3 win and slugs his 2nd and last homer of the season.

The Senators toss shutouts in both games today with the A’s. Harry Harper wins the opener 5 – 0, and Walter Johnson follows with a 4 – 0 victory.

White Sox pitcher Jim Scott is admitted to the reserve officer’s training camp at the Presidio in San Francisco, CA. Death Valley Jim was 6-7 this year, his final season.