At Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, NBC televises the first major league game in history on experimental station W2XBS
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At Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, NBC televises the first major league game in history on experimental station W2XBS

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At Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, NBC televises the first major league game in history on experimental station W2XBS, covering a doubleheader split in which the Reds win the first game, 5-2, and the Dodgers take the nightcap, 6-1. The network employs two cameras, one behind home plate, showing a wide view of the field, and the other on the third base line to capture the plays at first base.

1934 – The East wins the 1934 East-West Game, 1-0, behind the pitching of Slim Jones, Harry Kincannon and Satchel Paige. Jud Wilson drives in Cool Papa Bell in the 8th with the game’s only run, off of the West’s Bill Foster.

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1934 – The East wins the 1934 East-West Game, 1-0, behind the pitching of Slim Jones, Harry Kincannon and Satchel Paige. Jud Wilson drives in Cool Papa Bell in the 8th with the game’s only run, off of the West’s Bill Foster.

1933 – Cleveland’s Wes Ferrell stops Heinie Manush’s hitting streak at 33 games, as Washington loses, 5 – 4 in 11 innings.

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1933 – Cleveland’s Wes Ferrell stops Heinie Manush’s hitting streak at 33 games, as Washington loses, 5 – 4 in 11 innings.

Hack Wilson has four RBIs to lead the Cubs over the Pirates, 7 – 5. Wilson cracks a 2-run single in the 5th, but then allows a Lloyd Waner liner to skip by him for an inside-the-park home run, and vows to atone. He hits his 44th home run, off young Larry French, breaking Chuck Klein’s one-year-old National League record.

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Hack Wilson has four RBIs to lead the Cubs over the Pirates, 7 – 5. Wilson cracks a 2-run single in the 5th, but then allows a Lloyd Waner liner to skip by him for an inside-the-park home run, and vows to atone. He hits his 44th home run, off young Larry French, breaking Chuck Klein’s one-year-old National League record.

In San Francisco, Dolph Camilli’s brother, Frankie, dies after a boxing match yesterday with heavyweight Max Baer. Fighting under the name Frankie Campbell, he has his neck broken in the 5th round by a Baer punch and never recovers. Camilli, a star for Sacramento (Pacific Coast League), will win the NL MVP in 1941.

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In San Francisco, Dolph Camilli’s brother, Frankie, dies after a boxing match yesterday with heavyweight Max Baer. Fighting under the name Frankie Campbell, he has his neck broken in the 5th round by a Baer punch and never recovers. Camilli, a star for Sacramento (Pacific Coast League), will win the NL MVP in 1941.

In the 8th inning of a 5 – 5 game at Wrigley Field, Cubs 3B Norm McMillan hits a line drive down the LF line with the bases loaded. Reds LF Evar Swanson, shaded toward center, can’t find the ball, which he sees bounce off a gutter in foul territory. McMillan circles the bases and four runs score. Later, Cubs relief P Ken Penner picks up his jacket in the bullpen and discovers the ball in his right sleeve. It is Chicago’s 8th grand slam of the year.

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In the 8th inning of a 5 – 5 game at Wrigley Field, Cubs 3B Norm McMillan hits a line drive down the LF line with the bases loaded. Reds LF Evar Swanson, shaded toward center, can’t find the ball, which he sees bounce off a gutter in foul territory. McMillan circles the bases and four runs score. Later, Cubs relief P Ken Penner picks up his jacket in the bullpen and discovers the ball in his right sleeve. It is Chicago’s 8th grand slam of the year.

Abraham Mills, National League president in 1883 and 1884, author of the National Agreement and original reserve clause that governed baseball’s early years, dies at 84.

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Abraham Mills, National League president in 1883 and 1884, author of the National Agreement and original reserve clause that governed baseball’s early years, dies at 84.

Senators hurler Walter Johnson (408) bests Red Faber (197) and the White Sox at Griffith Stadium, 9-3. The veteran pitchers have accumulated the largest amount of victories, a total of 605, for two hurlers who start the same game, a record which will not be broken until Tom Seaver faces Don Sutton in 1986.

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Senators hurler Walter Johnson (408) bests Red Faber (197) and the White Sox at Griffith Stadium, 9-3. The veteran pitchers have accumulated the largest amount of victories, a total of 605, for two hurlers who start the same game, a record which will not be broken until Tom Seaver faces Don Sutton in 1986.