On August 4, 1906 — The Giants slow the Chicago express, stopping the Cubs, 7 – 4, behind Christy Mathewson and Hooks Wiltse. New York is just 4 1/2 games behind Chicago, but the Cubs will go 50-8 from August 1 to outdistance the pack. A lost homerun . . . . An over-flow crowd at the Polo Grounds wa
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