Brooklyn’s 10-inning, 2-1 victory over the Giants at the Polo Grounds makes reliever John Quinn, at the age of 49, the oldest player to win a major league game. Johnny Frederick, who will have a total of only six home runs during the entire season, hits a ninth inning game-tying homer off Carl Hubbell, his fourth round-tripper as a pinch hitter, establishing a new major-league record.
Bill Terry, Mel Ott and Fred Lindstrom hit homers on consecutive pitches in the 4th inning, but the Giants lose, 18 – 9, to Brooklyn. In the second game, the Dodgers’ Joe Stripp, Lefty O’Doul and Tony Cuccinello hit 1st-inning home runs off Waite Hoyt. Brooklyn wins, 5 – 4.
After blanking Washington for nine innings in a scoreless tie, Red Ruffing hits a solo home run in the top of the tenth. The right-hander then closes out the Senators in the bottom of the frame to preserve the Yankees’ 1-0 victory.
Commissioner Kenesaw Landis clears Rogers Hornsby of charges of fraudulently “borrowing” money from Cubs players. The Chicago papers said Hornsby had obtained money from players, either loaned to him to bet on horse races, or to share in joint ventures. When Hornsby is fined, the players want refunds. Hornsby wants a lump payoff by the Cubs, who refuse. Landis holds several hearings, and as he doesn’t punish anyone, it is taken as exoneration.
American League president Will Harridge upholds Detroit’s protest of its August 1st game against New York and orders it replayed on September 8th. Detroit had protested because Tony Lazzeri’s and Ben Chapman’s batting order was orally reversed after the lineup cards were handed in before the game.
At Fenway Park‚ Paul Andrews holds the A’s to 5 hits and Boston beats George Earnshaw, 2 – 1. The win snaps the Sox losing streak of 11 games.
At the Polo Grounds‚ the Dodgers make 12 hits but just beat the Giants‚ 1 – 0. The Giants pull off a major league record-tying 6 double plays to keep the score down.
George Hubbell, younger brother of Carl Hubbell, is traded from the Muskogee Chiefs to the Hutchinson Wheat Shockers for four new baseballs.
Rookie SS Arky Vaughan makes a crucial error in the 10th inning‚ and the Cubs top the Pirates, 3 – 2, to retake first place.
Tommy Bridges loses his bid for a perfect game when Senator pinch-hitter Dave Harris, the 27th batter he faces, bloops a single in the Tigers’ 13-0 rout over Washington. The 24 year-old right-handed Tennessean from Gordonsville will toss two more one-hitters for Detroit next season.
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