All five scheduled games play to completion on September 29, 1920. Four of those games occur in two doubleheaders, the Phillies at the Braves and the Yankees at the Athletics. The Braves beat the Phillies 1-0 in their first game for the low scoring game of the day. The Yankees down the Athletics 9-4 in eleven inning in game two for the high scoring game of the day.

It turns out that’s the last game of the season for New York. While there are four days left in the regular season, the AL teams in Boston and New York are through. I don’t know the reason, but I suspect the Yankees sharing the Polo Grounds with the Giants forced them into an unfavorable schedule.

Tillie Walker of the Athletics posts nearly identical games in the doubleheader sweep by the Yankees. He goes two for three with a home run in each game, driving in a run in each game. In game two, he walks twice (one intentional) and scores one run. That’s the best game of the day. In game one, he walked once and scored two runs. That’s the second best game of the day.

The third best game of the day goes to Babe Ruth. After hitting his 54th and final home run of 1920 in game one, he ends his historic season going three for five with a double in game two. Ruth leads the AL in runs, home runs, RBI, walks, OBP, and Slugging Pct.

The best pitched game of the day goes to Joe Oeschger of the Braves for his game one shutout. He allowed seven hits and one walk while striking out four batters. Oeschger pitches a good year for a poor team, finishing 15-13 with a 3.38 ERA for a team that won just 61 games.

George Sisler of the Browns and Tris Speaker of the Indians go head-to-head one last time, although the batting title is fairly well settled. Sisler posts a one for five day to lower his BA to .405, while Speaker goes three for five to raise his second place BA to .388.

The Indians win that game 10-2, and that eliminates the Yankees from competition for the pennant. It also drops the idle White Sox 1 1/2 games back and reduces Cleveland’s magic number to three.

The White Sox scandal still takes the top spot on the front page. Two gamblers are indicted, but there names are not released. More players confess to the plot. There is also a story about an investigation into whether the Dodgers were approached about throwing the 1920 World Series.