1907 – The Reds take their third game in a row from the Giants, and winning pitcher Jake Weimer adds insult to injury with a swipe of home. An incensed John McGraw gets into a fight with a park security man and belts him. Police break it up and no arrests are made.

1907 – The Reds take their third game in a row from the Giants, and winning pitcher Jake Weimer adds insult to injury with a swipe of home. An incensed John McGraw gets into a fight with a park security man and belts him. Police break it up and no arrests are made.

Christy Mathewson tops Cubs  Cy Seymour loses HR to Prevailing rules

1907 – Chicago’s Carl Lundgren and New York’s Christy Mathewson are stingy today with the Cubs twirler allowing just four hits while the Cubs scratch three off Matty. The Giants score in the 4th when Cy Seymour parks a drive in the bleachers with two on. Prevailing rules make the hit a single, with just one run scoring: it is enough as Matty wins, 1 – 0. Joe Tinker is hitless against Matty, the only time this year that Mathewson shuts down his nemesis.

1907 – Chicago’s Carl Lundgren and New York’s Christy Mathewson are stingy today with the Cubs twirler allowing just four hits while the Cubs scratch three off Matty. The Giants score in the 4th when Cy Seymour parks a drive in the bleachers with two on. Prevailing rules make the hit a single, with just one run scoring: it is enough as Matty wins, 1 – 0. Joe Tinker is hitless against Matty, the only time this year that Mathewson shuts down his nemesis.

The Chicago White Sox pound the New York Highlanders, 15 – 0, the second time this season they’ve beaten New York by that score. They’ll beat them in 1950 by the same score, which will be the Yanks team record for most runs by an opponent in a shutout until 2004.

The Chicago White Sox pound the New York Highlanders, 15 – 0, the second time this season they’ve beaten New York by that score. They’ll beat them in 1950 by the same score, which will be the Yanks team record for most runs by an opponent in a shutout until 2004.

Bombarded by pop bottles in Brooklyn, irate Cubs manager Frank Chance throws one back into the stands where it cuts a boy’s leg. Chance is mobbed and leaves the park in an armored car with a police escort after the Cubs’ 5 – 0 victory. Three-Finger Brown emerges with the shutout win.

Bombarded by pop bottles in Brooklyn, irate Cubs manager Frank Chance throws one back into the stands where it cuts a boy’s leg. Chance is mobbed and leaves the park in an armored car with a police escort after the Cubs’ 5 – 0 victory. Three-Finger Brown emerges with the shutout win.

At the Baker Bowl, Christy Mathewson and Hooks Wiltse combine to beat the Phillies, 2 – 0. Lew Moren pitches a fine game but loses. The Giants, playing .625 ball, are still 10 games in back of the Cubs. New York buys the contract of Larry Doyle for $4,500 from the Springfield Senators of the Three-I League.

On June 27, 1907 At the Baker Bowl, Christy Mathewson and Hooks Wiltse combine to beat the Phillies, 2 – 0. Lew Moren pitches a fine game but loses. The Giants, playing .625 ball, are still 10 games in back of the Cubs. New York buys the contract of Larry Doyle for $4,500 from the Springfield Senators of the Three-I League.

In a Tri-State League contest at Williamsport, a game with Altoona ends in the 4th inning when a bolt of lightning sets fire to the grandstand. Williamsport pitcher Rube Vickers is so stunned by the ordeal that he needs medical attention.

In a Tri-State League contest at Williamsport, a game with Altoona ends in the 4th inning when a bolt of lightning sets fire to the grandstand. Williamsport pitcher Rube Vickers is so stunned by the ordeal that he needs medical attention.