1918 – Boston’s Tris Speaker is suspended for the remained of the season after an assault on umpire Tom Connolly. 1921 – Babe Ruth begins a streak of extra base hits in nine straight games. 1958 – Nellie Fox sets a record for consecutive games without striking out at...
1911 – White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh throws a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox. 1918 – Reds manager Christy Mathewson resigns his position in order to accept a commission as a captain in the chemical warfare branch of the Army. 1921 – The Acme Packing Company in...
1903 – The Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a single game. 1912 – Walter Johnson’s 16-game winning streak as a pitcher comes to an end. 1930 – Hack Wilson hits his 44th homer of the season, setting a new National League record. 1938 – The Montreal Maroons are dropped...
1971 – Third year program Gary West closes out the season at 8-1, their best single season mark in history, with a 13-2 win over Andrean at the West Side Football Grounds. 1971 – In front of packed house on the campus of Hessville High, the Morton Governors win the...
1941 – The Hobart Brickies shutout the Griffith Panthers 20-0 at Franklin Field on Broad Street in Griffith. It’s the sixth time in seven meetings that Hobart has held the Panthers scoreless. 1958 – Carl Adams closes out his one and only season as Griffith head coach...
1938 – At old Gleason Field, Gary Froebel shuts out a Gary Wallace 25-0. The Blue Devils did not allow the Hornets quarterback – future pro football hall of fame coach Hank Stram (Kansas City Chiefs), to matriculate the ball downfield. 1949 – On their way to a perfect...
1914 – The Gary high school football team, made up of players from Froebel and Emerson, travel to Chicago where they lose to Hyde Park High 21-0. 1936 – Hammond Catholic (now Bishop Noll) beats Griffith 18-2. 1947 – The Roosevelt Roughriders, who would go on to a 9-0...
1960 – Michigan City hands Hobart their first loss of the season – a 19-18 nail biter played at City High School. 1960 – Bernie Krueger’s Hammond Wildcats blank EC Washington 20-0 to remain undefeated. The ‘Cats would finish the season a perfect 10-0. 1988 – Hammond...
With less than a week till the official start of football practice, Griffith welcomes back maybe...
