1912 – The New York Giants and New York Highlanders stage an exhibition game to benefit survivors of the RMS Titanic. The Giants win the game, 11 – 2.
1910 – The Havana Reds beat the Detroit Tigers, 3 – 0, behind Chiche Gonzalez’s five-hitter. Ty Cobb goes 0 for 3 and is caught stealing by Bruce Petway. The story is later blown out of proportion to claim Cobb was caught three times, when in fact this is the only recorded steal attempt he had in five games in Cuba that winter.
On June 18, 1909, The Cincinnati Reds experimented with night baseball at the Palace of the Fans in a game between two amateur teams before a crowd of 3,000. The lighting system of the invention of George Cahill, who owned a floodlight manufacturing firm in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Reds president Garry Herrmann was intrigued by the idea…
On February 6, 1903– In a joint announcement, the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox will tell the city that they plan to play a 15 game “Chicago series” beginning at the end of the season in October for bragging rights. The series will be played almost every year through 1942 except in years when…
Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox announce they will play a series of 15 pre-season games
The Tourists play their final game in Italy, with the All Americas winning, 7 – 4 in Florence.
Italy’s King Humbert is among the fans who witness the Chicagos beat the All-Americans, 3-2, outside of Rome at the Villa Borghese. Originally billed as the Spalding’s Australian Baseball Tour, the trip is expanded to include contests in Europe, much to the surprise of the captive players aboard ship en route to the Land Down Under.
1889 – All-America beats Chicago 10 – 6 in the shadow of the Pyramids outside Cairo, and Cap Anson feels compelled to apologize to the Sphinx for his team’s poor play.
1888 – Albert Spalding announces a baseball tour to Australia next winter with his Chicago team and a squad of National League All-Stars.
In San Francisco, CA, New York Giants pitcher George Van Haltren tosses a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns in an exhibition game. The only solidly hit ball is a Tip O’Neill line drive caught by first baseman Buck Ewing.
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