With two outs in the bottom of the 9th, Heinie Zimmerman swipes home to give Chicago a 14 – 13 win over the visiting Cardinals. St. Louis goes ahead, 13 – 10, but the Cubs score four in the 9th, highlighted by a two-run pinch double by Zimmerman.
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 tally 11 hits off Cardinal pitcher Dan Griner, but fail to score. St. Louis wins, 1 – 0.
Red Sox owner John I. Taylor announces he plans to lay out his new ballpark on a little more than eight acres of land in the Fenway section of Boston. The $650,000 project, scheduled to begin in September, with James McLaughlin serving as chief architect and the Cleveland-based Osborn Engineering Company, a well-respected firm that was involved in the design of Yankee Stadium, Forbes Field, and Tiger Stadium, responsible for the civil engineering services.
At Brooklyn’s Washington Park, a crowd of 20,000 see Christy Mathewson defeat Elmer Knetzer, 7 – 4, for a Giants victory.
In a Reds win in Cincinnati, Cards player-manager Roger Bresnahan is called out on strikes by Bill Klem to end the game. When Roger argues too long over the call, Klem belts him. An embarrassed National League president Tom Lynch will fine the arbiter $50 for the punch.
In eight innings in the field at Pittsburgh, Cubs 1B Solly Hofman sets a National League record with no putouts. His only assist opportunity is fumbled for an error as Chicago loses, 6 – 5.
Honus Wagner does it all today, smacking a home run and double, then breaking a 3 – 3 tie with an 8th-inning single. He ends his scoring with a steal of home as the Pirates win, 5 – 3, over the Reds.
The Giants sweep two games from Boston to move into 3rd place. Hooks Wiltse tosses a two-hit shutout to win, 4 – 0, and Christy Mathewson follows with a 7 – 1 victory over Irv Young in the second match. Matty leaves after seven innings.
Charging the Highlander owners with refusing to spend money to build the team, manager Clark Griffith resigns; Kid Elberfeld replaces him following today’s 6 – 6 tie with the A’s. New York fades fast and finishes last with 103 losses.
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