As Brooklyn’s rookie pitcher steps to the mound, St. Louis manager Miller Huggins, coaching at third base, calls for the ball. The rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, and the Cardinal runner scores. A change in the rules will prevent such trickery in the future.

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As Brooklyn’s rookie pitcher steps to the mound, St. Louis manager Miller Huggins, coaching at third base, calls for the ball. The rookie obliges, Huggins steps aside, and the Cardinal runner scores. A change in the rules will prevent such trickery in the future.

1915 – Against Pittsburgh, the Phillies lose, 1 – 0, when Quaker backstop Bill Killefer throws wildly past third base in the 9th. Grover Cleveland Alexander is saddled with the loss.

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1915 – Against Pittsburgh, the Phillies lose, 1 – 0, when Quaker backstop Bill Killefer throws wildly past third base in the 9th. Grover Cleveland Alexander is saddled with the loss.

On a cold and damp day in St. Louis, the Giants sweep the Cardinals. In the opener, New York pounds Red Ames and Christy Mathewson coasts to a 10 – 0 lead after six innings, but the Cards come back to make it close, losing 11 – 9. Jeff Tesreau saves Matty’s 6th win of the year. New York takes the nitecap, 7 – 0.

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On a cold and damp day in St. Louis, the Giants sweep the Cardinals. In the opener, New York pounds Red Ames and Christy Mathewson coasts to a 10 – 0 lead after six innings, but the Cards come back to make it close, losing 11 – 9. Jeff Tesreau saves Matty’s 6th win of the year. New York takes the nitecap, 7 – 0.

On the 8th anniversary of Walter Johnson’s debut, the Big Train tops the Browns, 5 – 1. The losing pitcher is George Sisler, who has a single off Johnson.

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On the 8th anniversary of Walter Johnson’s debut, the Big Train tops the Browns, 5 – 1. The losing pitcher is George Sisler, who has a single off Johnson.

1915 – Dave Davenport of St. Louis (Federal League) splits a pair of 1 – 0 games in a doubleheader with Buffalo, winning the first and losing the second. He gives up just five hits all afternoon, and just one in his losing effort, and becomes the only pitcher to be involved in two 1 – 0 decisions in one day.

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1915 – Dave Davenport of St. Louis (Federal League) splits a pair of 1 – 0 games in a doubleheader with Buffalo, winning the first and losing the second. He gives up just five hits all afternoon, and just one in his losing effort, and becomes the only pitcher to be involved in two 1 – 0 decisions in one day.

1915 – Jack Ness of Oakland (Pacific Coast League) has his 49-game hitting streak stopped. He bats .440 in the longest streak thus far in organized baseball.

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1915 – Jack Ness of Oakland (Pacific Coast League) has his 49-game hitting streak stopped. He bats .440 in the longest streak thus far in organized baseball.

1915 – Babe Ruth pitches and bats the Red Sox to a 4 – 2 win over the host St. Louis Browns. Ruth is 4 for 4 with a tremendous homer and two doubles, and knocks in three runs. He scatters five hits with the two St. Louis runs coming on Heinie Wagner errors.

1915 – Babe Ruth pitches and bats the Red Sox to a 4 – 2 win over the host St. Louis Browns. Ruth is 4 for 4 with a tremendous homer and two doubles, and knocks in three runs. He scatters five hits with the two St. Louis runs coming on Heinie Wagner errors.

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1915 – Babe Ruth pitches and bats the Red Sox to a 4 – 2 win over the host St. Louis Browns. Ruth is 4 for 4 with a tremendous homer and two doubles, and knocks in three runs. He scatters five hits with the two St. Louis runs coming on Heinie Wagner errors.

In the first game of a doubleheader with the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns rookie George Sisler goes all the way, allowing 6 hits in winning, 5 – 2.

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In the first game of a doubleheader with the Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns rookie George Sisler goes all the way, allowing 6 hits in winning, 5 – 2.