TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1903 — First baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates versus Boston Pilgrims.
1919 — World Series No. 16 begins as a best-of-nine affair, Chicago White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (The Black Sox Scandal).
1921 — First all-New York series to be played entirely in one stadium (the Polo Grounds) and first New York Yankees World Series run begins.
1922 — Former Chicago Staleys play first NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0.
1932 — Babe Ruth points, then hits a home run there, off of Chicago Cubs’ Charlie Root. 1932 — NHL re-admits Ottawa and drops Pittsburgh.
1933 — Green Bay Packers make five first downs, the New York Giants make 0, but still win 10-7.
1933 — Washington Senators’ coach Nick Altrock plays in a game at age 57.
1944 — St. Louis Browns win their only American League pennant. 1946 — First National League playoffs, Brooklyn Dodgers versus St. Louis Cardinals
(St. Louis wins two games to 0). 1946 — Bob Feller records 348th strikeout of the season for the Cleveland Indians.
1947 — NHL Pension Society founded.
1950 — Philadelphia Phillies win National League pennant on last day of season on a 10th inning home run.
1961 — New York Yankees’ Roger Maris sets record of 61 home runs, last off of Tracy Stallard. 1970 — The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Montreal Expos in final game to be played at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia, 2-1. After the game, fans swarm onto the field and destroy it.
1972 — First games of the World Hockey Association are played. 1973 — Leo Durocher resigns as Houston Astros’ manager.
1977 — Brazilian soccer great Pele retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games.
1978 — New York Yankees lose 9-2 to Cleveland Indians forcing a playoff game with Boston.
1984 — Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as the sixth commissioner of baseball.
1989 — Dallas Cowboys’ Ed (Too Tall) Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle.
2000 — Closing ceremony of Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney, Australia.