In the Federal League, Claude Hendrix pitches a 10 – 0 no-hitter for Chicago over Pittsburgh.
In the Federal League, Claude Hendrix pitches a 10 – 0 no-hitter for Chicago over Pittsburgh.
In the Federal League, Claude Hendrix pitches a 10 – 0 no-hitter for Chicago over Pittsburgh.
Using just 67 pitches, Red Faber of the Chicago White Sox throws a complete game victory, beating the Washington Senators on three hits, 4 – 1.
It is Nap Lajoie Day as the long-time hero returns to Cleveland in a Philadelphia A’s uniform. But Nap is hitless as Guy Morton tosses a 6 – 0 shutout against Philadelphia.
The Yankees pound the Red Sox, 10 – 3, scoring all of their runs in the 4th inning. Sixteen Yanks come to the plate in the frame.
1915 – In the final match of a three-game series against the Memphis Chicks (Southern Association), the Boston Red Sox win 10 – 5 to sweep. Babe Ruth pitches the final five innings in relief. The Sox are traveling north from their spring training camp in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
1914 – Frank Leland, pioneer black ballplayer and founder of the Leland Giants, dies in Chicago after a brief illness. He was 45.
The Court of Appeals upholds the ban prohibiting Sunday amusements in Washington D.C, after the law, which would have allowed the playing of baseball on this day of the week, had previously been overturned. The Senators, during the brief legal interval, had still decided against scheduling games on the day of worship out of fear it might alienate its church-going fans, and will not play its first home game on a Sunday until 1918.
In front of a handful of fans, the pennant-winning Braves top the Giants, 7 – 1 in the first of two. Boston then beats up Christy Mathewson for six runs in three innings, but the game ends in a 7 – 7 tie. For the second year in a row Matty (24-13) will finish with more victories than walks (23).
The Robins stop Grover Cleveland Alexander’s win streak at nine games, defeating the Phils, 2 – 1, behind Jeff Pfeffer. Alex is done in by three Phillie errors.
The Athletics clinch the American League pennant.
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