In the 4th inning, Wildfire Schulte busts his record 4th grand slam of the season to help the Cubs maul the Boston Rustlers, 13 – 6. Pitching, it’s Brown over Brown as Mordecaitops Buster.

Philadelphia OF Sherry Magee is reinstated, following his suspension for attacking umpire Bill Finneran several weeks earlier.

At the Polo Grounds, it takes Christy Mathewson just 92 pitches to top the Reds, 6 – 1. Big Six allows just two Cincy hits in beating George Suggs. It is Matty’s 22nd straight win over the Ohioans.

1911 – Cy Young, 3-4 at Cleveland, is given his release. He returns to Boston and signs with the National League’s Rustlers, where he will close out the year 4-5, and his pitching days with a 511-315 record, 750 complete games and 7,356 innings pitched.

1911 – Rube Marquard bests young Grover Cleveland Alexander, 3 – 2, in 12 innings. Rube strikes out 13 Quakers to give New York the victory.

Ty Cobb, apparently believing the Tigers can no longer win the pennant race, begins a vacation.

The Pirates’ Elmer Steele throws just 72 pitches in subduing the Dodgers, 9 – 0. Steele gives up no walks and has no strikeouts, and allows just one hit – a one-out 9th-inning single to light-hitting Tex Erwin. Brooklyn so admires the feat they obtain him on September 16th, but he never wins another game in the majors.

The Phillies reach Christy Mathewson for 11 hits‚ but fail to score as New York triumphs‚ 6 – 0. The Giants toast Bill Burns for 4 runs in the first two innings.

1911 – The Detroit club announces that a new grandstand, costing $300,000, will be built for the 1912 season.

1911 – In Chicago, the Giants paste the Cubs, 16 – 5, and the Pirates now lead in the National League race for the first time. But it doesn’t last, as the Cubs will replace them tomorrow with a 7 – 5 win over the visiting Cardinals. The lead will change 26 times, as the top four teams bounce in and out until the Giants emerge on August 24th and build a 7 1/2 game lead over the Cubs.