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.”

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5/31/1914 – In the seventh inning of the second game of a doubleheader in Cincinnati, Tommy Clarke pinch hit for Reds pitcher King Lear in the ninth spot in the order and hit a run-scoring single to center. Maury Uhler ran for Clarke and Johnny Rawlings hit for the leadoff hitter, right fielder Herbie Moran. Uhler stayed in the game in right field and the new pitcher, Phil Douglas, assumed the leadoff spot. As the ninth inning started, the ninth position in the batting order was due up . However, the Reds forgot the double switch and thought that the pitcher was next so Fritz Von Kolnitz was sent in to pinch hit for Douglas. A pinch hitter can not be out of order because he was officially batting for Uhler not Douglas. After Von Kolnitz grounded out, Douglas should have been the next batter in the leadoff position. However, Uhler came to the plate out of order and walked. Then the number two hitter, Buck Herzog, singled Uhler to third. He was also out of order but the Pirates never caught on either. The Reds scored two runs in that inning that could have been prevented. They were important as they tied the game at 5 runs apiece and at the end of the inning, the game was called due to darkness.

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5/31/1914 – In the seventh inning of the second game of a doubleheader in Cincinnati, Tommy Clarke pinch hit for Reds pitcher King Lear in the ninth spot in the order and hit a run-scoring single to center. Maury Uhler ran for Clarke and Johnny Rawlings hit for the leadoff hitter, right fielder Herbie Moran. Uhler stayed in the game in right field and the new pitcher, Phil Douglas, assumed the leadoff spot. As the ninth inning started, the ninth position in the batting order was due up . However, the Reds forgot the double switch and thought that the pitcher was next so Fritz Von Kolnitz was sent in to pinch hit for Douglas. A pinch hitter can not be out of order because he was officially batting for Uhler not Douglas. After Von Kolnitz grounded out, Douglas should have been the next batter in the leadoff position. However, Uhler came to the plate out of order and walked. Then the number two hitter, Buck Herzog, singled Uhler to third. He was also out of order but the Pirates never caught on either. The Reds scored two runs in that inning that could have been prevented. They were important as they tied the game at 5 runs apiece and at the end of the inning, the game was called due to darkness.

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5/26/1914 – Gavvy Cravath of the Phillies batted ahead of Fred Luderus in the second inning and both men made outs in the frame. Luderus correctly hit ahead of Cravath for the rest of the game.

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5/26/1914 – Gavvy Cravath of the Phillies batted ahead of Fred Luderus in the second inning and both men made outs in the frame. Luderus correctly hit ahead of Cravath for the rest of the game.

Otto Hess shuts down the Cubs, 2 – 0, giving the Braves back-to-back wins for the first time this year. They will have considerably more runs like that later in the year.

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Otto Hess shuts down the Cubs, 2 – 0, giving the Braves back-to-back wins for the first time this year. They will have considerably more runs like that later in the year.

Giants spitballer Jeff Tesreau’s no-hit bid against Pittsburgh is spoiled with two outs in the 9th when Joe Kelly lines a single. Tesreau retires the last batter to win, 2 – 0.

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Giants spitballer Jeff Tesreau’s no-hit bid against Pittsburgh is spoiled with two outs in the 9th when Joe Kelly lines a single. Tesreau retires the last batter to win, 2 – 0.

Jim Scott of the Chicago White Sox pitches a no-hitter for nine innings, then loses to the Senators, 1 – 0, in the 10th

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Jim Scott of the Chicago White Sox pitches a no-hitter for nine innings, then loses to the Senators, 1 – 0, in the 10th. The first hit is batted by Chick Gandil, who scores the winning run on Howie Shanks’ single. It is the first of a three nine-inning no-hitters that White Sox catcher Ray Schalk will catch in his 17 years with the team.

Before 18,000, Christy Mathewson scatters 10 hits in shutting down the Braves, 2 – 0. A Chief Meyers double off Lefty Tyler accounts for both New York runs. Boston is now 3-11, 10 games behind the Pirates.

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Before 18,000, Christy Mathewson scatters 10 hits in shutting down the Braves, 2 – 0. A Chief Meyers double off Lefty Tyler accounts for both New York runs. Boston is now 3-11, 10 games behind the Pirates.

When the Senators relieve with Walter Johnson, the A’s greet him with six runs in three innings to drive the “Big Train” from the mound. Johnson throws the one and only beanball of his career, a fastball at the head of Frank “Home Run” Baker, a particular nemesis of Johnson’s. The beanball misses Baker, whom Johnson calls “the most dangerous batter that I ever faced.” Baker had hit .385 against the Nats ace up till this game in 4 seasons; he’ll hit just .207 off him in the next nine years. When the dust settles, the game ends in a 9 – 9 tie.

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When the Senators relieve with Walter Johnson, the A’s greet him with six runs in three innings to drive the “Big Train” from the mound. Johnson throws the one and only beanball of his career, a fastball at the head of Frank “Home Run” Baker, a particular nemesis of Johnson’s. The beanball misses Baker, whom Johnson calls “the most dangerous batter that I ever faced.” Baker had hit .385 against the Nats ace up till this game in 4 seasons; he’ll hit just .207 off him in the next nine years. When the dust settles, the game ends in a 9 – 9 tie.