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Events - August 1 to August 15
August 5 - The Treaty of St-Germain is signed, ending the Great War with Austria. The baseball team had already been operating without Hungarian players so no changes need be made to the team.
August 5-8: The Florida Keys Hurricane kills 600 in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and Texas. No American baseball players are affected.
August 10: The Steel Strike of 1919 begins, and Americans are not immune. The following players are suspended for the remainder of the season:
Cincinnati Reds
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RF Jose Sanchez (.293, 0, 27, 1)
New York Giants
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C Vincent Newman (.276, 0, 36, 0)
US Army Baseball Engineers
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2B Oscar Stephens (.251, 0, 49, 2)
Chicago Defenders
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MR John Carlton (3-1, 6.09 ERA)
2B Benny McConnell (.258, 0, 6, 0)
RF Paul Stewart (.303, 6, 54, 0)
August 15: Omaha riots result in a lynching and the assignment of 1,200 soldiers to the city to restore peace. This is only the latest in a series of race riots by whites against blacks in the summer of 1919. No US Army or Chicago Defenders are directly involved, although SS Jamal Dodd announces he's leaving the team as he'd "rather spit than play on the same field as a white person again."
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