With attendance down in the Federal League, Robert Ward, president of the Brooklyn Tip Tops, announces that ticket prices at Washington Park will be reduced from 50 cents to 25 cents. The Pittsburgh Filipinos will soon follow suit.

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With attendance down in the Federal League, Robert Ward, president of the Brooklyn Tip Tops, announces that ticket prices at Washington Park will be reduced from 50 cents to 25 cents. The Pittsburgh Filipinos will soon follow suit.

At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Robins battle to a split. Brooklyn lurches to an 8 – 7 win in the opener. In game 2, Giants starter Jeff Tesreau is tossed in the 3rd inning for disputing a call, and Christy Mathewson rushes in to relieve with the score 1 – 1. New York scores four in the 3rd off Frank Allen and goes on to win, 8 – 6.

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At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Robins battle to a split. Brooklyn lurches to an 8 – 7 win in the opener. In game 2, Giants starter Jeff Tesreau is tossed in the 3rd inning for disputing a call, and Christy Mathewson rushes in to relieve with the score 1 – 1. New York scores four in the 3rd off Frank Allen and goes on to win, 8 – 6.

1914 – In Boston, the Giants hammer the Braves for 27 hits, winning 8 – 4 and 10 – 4, and put Boston back in the cellar. Boston had moved into 7th place with yesterday’s win over New York. Christy Mathewson wins the opener over Lefty Tyler, and Art Fromme wraps up the nitecap.

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1914 – In Boston, the Giants hammer the Braves for 27 hits, winning 8 – 4 and 10 – 4, and put Boston back in the cellar. Boston had moved into 7th place with yesterday’s win over New York. Christy Mathewson wins the opener over Lefty Tyler, and Art Fromme wraps up the nitecap.

Washington’s Walter Johnson is en route to a 2 – 1 home win over the A’s when newsboys come through the stands hawking the latest edition of the papers headlining the wedding that evening of the ace to Hazel Roberts. The fiancee is supposedly spotted by the crowd, but the real Ms. Roberts slips by unnoticed.

Washington’s Walter Johnson is en route to a 2 – 1 home win over the A’s when newsboys come through the stands hawking the latest edition of the papers headlining the wedding that evening of the ace to Hazel Roberts. The fiancee is supposedly spotted by the crowd, but the real Ms. Roberts slips by unnoticed.

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Washington’s Walter Johnson is en route to a 2 – 1 home win over the A’s when newsboys come through the stands hawking the latest edition of the papers headlining the wedding that evening of the ace to Hazel Roberts. The fiancee is supposedly spotted by the crowd, but the real Ms. Roberts slips by unnoticed.

The Giants shade the Reds, 3 – 2, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the 9th off Red Ames. Christy Mathewson gives up seven hits and no walks as the Giants increase their lead over the National League to four games. For the second year in a row, Matty will end the season with fewer walks than victories, the only pitcher ever to accomplish that.

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The Giants shade the Reds, 3 – 2, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the 9th off Red Ames. Christy Mathewson gives up seven hits and no walks as the Giants increase their lead over the National League to four games. For the second year in a row, Matty will end the season with fewer walks than victories, the only pitcher ever to accomplish that.

The court of appeals awards $3,500 to Charles A. Edling, a lawyer hit in the nose with a foul ball that broke through a wire netting while he was attending a Kansas City Blues game at Association Park in 1911. The legal ruling states if the American Association team “had kept their eye on the ball with the accuracy that they contend Edling should have exhibited, they would have attained a higher place in the pennant race.”

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The court of appeals awards $3,500 to Charles A. Edling, a lawyer hit in the nose with a foul ball that broke through a wire netting while he was attending a Kansas City Blues game at Association Park in 1911. The legal ruling states if the American Association team “had kept their eye on the ball with the accuracy that they contend Edling should have exhibited, they would have attained a higher place in the pennant race.”