1918 – Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager. 1950 – Jockeys Bill Shoemaker & Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year. 1952 – Danny Nardico stops former world middleweight champion Jake LaMotta in 7 rounds in a light heavyweight non-title...
1907 – Abraham Mills’ commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball. 1926 – Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substantiated). 1934 – New York Rangers and Boston Bruins...
1933 – New York Yankees refuses to release Babe Ruth to manage the Cincinnati Reds. 1934 – 1st collegiate basketball doubleheader at Madison Square Garden. 1940 – 3rd NFL All Star Game: Chicago Bears beats NFL All-Stars, 28-14. 1945 – Maurice Richard scores twice in...
1923 – Yankees pitcher Carl Mays’ contract is sold to Reds for $85,000. 1951 – National Football League Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns, 24-17; first coast-to-coast televised NFL title game. 1972 – “Immaculate Reception”...
1877 – “American Bicycling Journal” begins publishing (Boston, Mass). 1894 – United States Golf Association forms in New York. 1915 – Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati, Federal Baseball League dissolves. 1917 – In the NHL’s first...
1891 1st game of basketball, based on rules created by James Naismith, was played by 18 students in Springfield, Massachusetts. 1937 – Chicago Blackhawks left wing Paul Thompson becomes the first player in NHL history to score a goal against his brother; scores on bro...
1921 – AL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7. 1925 – National Football League Championship: Chicago Cardinals (11-2-1) win controversial first past the post title;...
1913 – Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 rounds for heavyweight boxing title. 1917 – 1st NHL game played on artificial ice in Toronto. 1920 – 1st US indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass). 1927 – National Football League Championship: New York...
