1914
(Sunday)
•Hank Keupper gave up 12 hits but went all the way as visiting St. Louis beat Indianapolis, 6-3.
•In a pitching duel at Weeghman Park, Claude Hendrix topped Nick Cullop, 2-1. The Chicago pitcher gave up only 4 hits while the Kansas City twirler gave up 7.
1915
•The Brooklyn Tip Tops and the Newark Peppers were scheduled to play a doubleheader with the morning game to be played in Brooklyn and the afternoon game to be played in Newark. This unusual doubleheader was not played as the morning game was rained out.
•Thirdbaseman Tex Westerzil was returned to Brooklyn by the Chicago Whales.
•Newark edged Brooklyn 2-1 in 14 innings. Hook Wilste pitched all the way for Brooklyn in the losing cause.
•Buffalo and Baltimore split their doublehead, 5-8 and 9-2 respectively in Baltimore.
•St. Louis moved into first place by sweeping the host Kansas City Packers. They took the morning game 1-0 and the afternoon game 4-3.
•Chicago and Pittsburgh split their holiday doubleheader, 3-5 and 2-1 respectively at Weeghman Park.
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he Federal League was the third
major baseball league, competing against the American and National leagues. It operated as a major league from 1914 to 1915. Though the league was short-lived, its effects on the game then were great and still effect major league baseball to this very day.
