At Pittsburgh, the Pirates stop the Braves, 9 – 7. Kiki Cuyler is 4 for 4 with a double and triple and two runs to start a hit streak.
Five days after making a start in a 4 – 3 loss to the Browns, White Sox pitcher Dickie Kerr loses his only decision this year, 11 – 6, to Washington. It’s the last decision of his brilliant but short career. Kerr (21-17 in 1920; 19-17 in 1921) turned down a Sox offer of $4,500 in 1922 and signed with a Texas semi-pro team for $5,000. Commissioner Landis suspended Kerr, and he didn’t return to the major leagues till this month. Kerr was the winner of two games in the 1919 World Series.
1922 – Whitey Witt, his head bandaged from being hit by a bottle two days before, drives in two in the 9th for a 3 – 2 New York win, and they leave St. Louis 1 1/2 in front. They will finish one game on top, clinching the pennant on the 30th with a 3 – 1 win in Boston. George Sisler’s 41-game hitting streak is stopped by New York’s Joe Bush, the same pitcher he had started the streak against on July 27th.
1920 – National League directors meet in New York, NY, joined by Jacob Ruppert, Cap Huston, Charles Comiskey, and Harry Frazee of the American League. They name a committee to draw up an agreement along the lines of Albert Lasker’s proposal, and give the five AL clubs still backing Ban Johnson an ultimatum: come in by November 1st or the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, and Boston Red Sox will pull out of the AL and join a 12-team National League (with a team in Detroit, MI to complete the roster). The AL five turn it down, and bluff and counterbluff blow through the autumn air.
On September 18, 1919, Arnold “Chick” Gandil of the Chicago White Sox meets with gambler Joseph Sullivan and talks about “fixing” the upcoming World Series. Gandil asks Sullivan for $80,000 to guarantee a Series loss for the White Sox. {“dynamic”:true,”content”:”post_tags”,”settings”:{“before”:””,”after”:””,”link_to_term_page”:”on”,”separator”:” | “,”category_type”:”post_tag”}}
The Giants suspend team captain Buck Herzog for refusing to accompany the team on its western trip. Herzog will be traded after the season.
For the second time this month, a pitcher beats Brooklyn twice in one day, as the Cardinals’ Bill Doak wins, 2 – 0 and 12 – 4. With his 14th and 15th victories, Doak picked up a bonus check as well. In a salary dispute in the spring, the Cards and Doak agreed upon a bonus if the pitcher reached 15 wins, and another bonus if he won twenty. He’ll win just one more.
The Giants extend their win streak to 11 games by topping the Pirates in the opener of two. The nitecap is called after eight innings with the score tied, 1 – 1.
Ernie Shore tops the White Sox, 4 – 3. The win, coupled with Detroit’s loss, allows the Red Sox to reclaim first place by .003. Boston will win three in a row from Detroit.
Washington’s Claude Thomas makes his first major league start and shuts out the A’s, 1 – 0.
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