13th US Golf Open 

Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade Dougherty as a Yankee, 1st known reference to New York club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913) 

Sherlock Holmes Adventure of Mazarine Stone takes place (BG) 

Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers 

Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician, is born In over 300 publications his work spanned statistics, heat and electric potential