The Giants sweep the Robins at the Polo Grounds. New York takes the opener, 3 – 2, by scoring the winning run in the 10th on George Burns’ inside-the-park homer. They do it again in the nitecap, scoring two runs in the 9th to beat Jack Coombs. Pol Perritt, with relief help in the 9th, wins.

1917 – A red-hot Grover Alexander, chasing thirty wins, beats the Braves, 5 – 2, for the Phils.

In Chicago, with the score tied 3 – 3 in the 10th inning between the Sox and the Indians, umpire Brick Owens forfeits the game to Chicago, 9 – 0, because of the ‘dilatory tactics’ of the Tribe. Chicago now leads the American League by seven games. The Cleveland players protest Owens’ ruling in the 10th when, with two on and no outs, he calls Jack Graney out on a close play. The ensuing argument delays the game ten minutes with several Indians rolling on the ground and tossing their mitts. When Chicago’s first hitter, pitcher Dave Danforth, strikes out to open the bottom of the inning, Indian catcher Steve O’Neill fires the ball into CF, whereupon Owens calls the forfeit.

Grover Alexander beats New York’s Jeff Tesreau, 4 – 1. Ferdie Schupp takes the nitecap, 2 – 1, for New York, beating the Phils’ Eppa Rixey.

Following yesterday’s loss to Chicago, Browns owner Phil Ball accuses his players of laying down on the job because they dislike manager Fielder Jones. SS Doc Lavan and 2B Del Pratt sue him for $50,000 damages for alleged slanderous statements in St. Louis newspapers. Both are in the lineup, however, when Detroit beats the Browns, 1 – 0, in 12 innings. Ty Cobb triples off the RF fence in the 12th and scores on a sacrifice fly.

The Yankees trade shutouts with the Senators, winning 2 – 0 before losing, 5 – 0. Doc Ayers wins the nitecap, his second shutout in a row over the Yankees and the third time he’s beaten them in eight days. Nick Cullop takes the loss for New York. In the opening game, Ray Caldwell fires his only shutout of the year.

The rampaging White Sox use an 8-run 8th inning to beat the Browns, 13 – 6. Red Faber is the winner over reliever Tom Rogers.

The Phillies’ Joe Oeschger and Brooklyn’s Jeff Pfeffer face off to a 14-inning scoreless tie. Pfeffer gives up just three hits, while Oeschger allows just 6.

The Yankees split a pair with Boston, losing, 4 – 2, to Babe Ruth in the opener, then beating Carl Mays, 7 – 3. Ruth allows no hits until the 6th inning and just five hits overall.

At Shibe Park, the A’s host their biggest crowd in three years and celebrate by sweeping a pair from the Senators, 7 – 4 and 9 – 2. Joe Bush, reinstated today by Connie Mackafter being suspended for two weeks, starts for the A’s but is lifted after three innings because of wildness. Roy Grover and Amos Strunk have three hits apiece in the opener. In the second game, the Mackmen jump on Walter Johnson, knocking him off the rubber in the 3rd inning, and Jing Johnson coasts to the win.