This date in baseball

1903 Washington outfielder Ed Delahanty went over a railroad bridge at Niagara Falls and drowned. The exact circumstances of his death never were determined.

1909 The Chicago White Sox stole 12 bases, including home plate three times, in a 15-3 rout of the St. Louis Browns.

1930 Chicago outfielder Carl Reynolds hit home runs in the first, second and third innings, leading the White Sox to a 15-4 victory over the New York Yankees. Reynolds, the second player in history to hit home runs in three consecutive innings, had two inside-thepark home runs.

1933 Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0 in an 18-inning game. He allowed six hits and no walks. In the second game of the doubleheader, the Cardinals were blanked 1-0, with Roy Parmelee outdueling Dizzy Dean.

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