Events in Sports History in 1906

Jan 29 Dutch speed skater Coen de King skates a world record 32,370m in one hour

Boxing Title Fight

Feb 23 Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart in 20 for heavyweight boxing title

Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Tommy Burns

Feb 28 Stanley Cup: Ottawa HC beats Queen's University (Kingston, ON), 12-7 for a 2-0 sweep of challenge series
Mar 6 Cubs sign 3rd baseman Harry Steinfeldt to complete Tinker-Evers-Chance
Mar 8 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa HC beats Smiths Falls (ON), 8-2 for a 2-0 sweep of challenge series
Mar 17 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: ECAHA playoff: Montreal Wanderers lose, 9-3 to Ottawa HC but win challenge series, 12-10 on aggregate
Mar 30 68th Grand National: Aubrey Hastings wins aboard 20/1 shot Ascetic's Silver
Apr 2 Dave Nourse takes 4 wickets and Reggie Schwarz 3 as South Africa wins the 5th cricket Test in Cape Town to complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England
Apr 16 10th Boston Marathon won by 18-year old Tim Ford in 2:45:45; youngest race winner
Apr 22 Intercalated Games opens in Athens
Apr 22 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls
May 1 Philadelphia Athletics pitcher John Lush no-hits the Brooklyn Superbas, 6-0
May 1 Philadelphia Phillies Johnny Lush (20) pitches no-hitter in 6-0 win over Brooklyn Superbas in Washington Park in Brooklyn, New York; the team's last no-hitter until 1964
May 2 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8
May 8 Philadelphia A's pitcher Albert Bender is deployed to left field in 6th inning and responds with 2 HRs in A's 11-4 win over Boston Americans at Huntington Avenue Grounds, Boston
May 14 Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising
May 15 MLB New York Giants pitcher George "Hooks" Wiltse strikes out 4 Reds batters in 1 inning, as catcher dropped a third strike (Palace of the Fans, in Cincinnati, Ohio)
May 22 31st Preakness: Walter Miller aboard Whimsical wins in 1:45
May 25 After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0
May 30 40th Belmont: Lucien Lyne aboard Burgomaster wins in 2:20
Jun 7 Chicago Cubs score 11 runs in 1st inning of 19-0 drubbing of New York Giants off future Baseball Hall of Famers Christy Mathewson and Joe McGinnity; worst beating in Giants franchise history

46th British Men's Open

Jun 15 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Scotsman James Braid successfully defends title by 4 strokes from J.H. Taylor of England; his 3rd Open victory

Jun 17 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Laurence Doherty & Reginald Doherty beat Raymond Little & Holcombe Ward 3-6, 11-9, 9-7, 6-1 to give British Isles an unassailable 3-0 lead over US (ends 5-0)

Jun 23 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Helen Homans beats Maud Barger-Wallach 6-4, 6-3 for her lone major singles title
Jun 26 Hungarian driver Ferenc Szisz in a Renault AK 90CV wins 1st Grand-Prix motor racing event in Le Mans, France
Jun 29 US Open Men's Golf, Onwentsia GC: Scotsman Alex Smith wins first of his 2 Open titles, 7 strokes ahead of runner-up and younger brother Willie Smith
Jul 2 Yanks win by forfeit for the 1st time
Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Laurence Doherty beats Frank Riseley 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 for his 5th straight Wimbledon singles title
Jul 5 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers beats May Sutton 6-3, 9-7 for her 3rd of 7 Wimbledon singles titles
Jul 20 Brooklyn Superbas pitcher Mal Eason no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 2-0 at Robison Field, St. Louis
Jul 28 Yankees turn triple-play, beat Cleveland 6-4
Jul 29 4th Tour de France won by René Pottier of France
Aug 1 Brooklyn Superbas MLB pitcher Harry McIntire no-hits Pittsburgh for 10 2/3 innings but loses in 13th, 1-0 on an unearned run
Aug 2 Chicago White Sox beat Boston Americans, 3-0 to start AL record 19 game MLB win streak
Aug 3 Washington Nationals' Tom Hughes becomes first MLB pitcher to win a 1-0 extra innings game off his own home run in 10th v St. Louis Browns
Aug 13 Chicago Cub's pitcher Jack Taylor ends a string of completing 202 MLB games (187 complete, 15 relief) against Brooklyn Superbas in 3rd inning of an 11-3 win at Washington Park, NYC
Aug 23 Chicago White Sox win 19th straight, beating Washington Senators, 4-1 at American League Park
Aug 24 Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game

US Men's Tennis Open

Aug 29 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: William Clothier beats defending champion Beals Wright 6-3, 6-0, 6-4

Aug 30 Hal Chase becomes 1st NY Yankee to hit three triples in a game
Sep 1 New York Highlanders win their 6th consecutive MLB game in 3 days from Washington Senators; sweep AL record 3 straight double headers
Sep 1 Philadelphia beats the Red Sox 4-1 in 24 innings in Boston in the longest game in AL baseball history; both starters go the distance as A's hurler Jack Coombs overcomes Boston's Joe Harris
Sep 3 After an 8 minute argument over an umpire call the NY Highlanders win on forfeit over Philadelphia A's; Highlanders' MLB record 5th doubleheader sweep on consecutive days
Sep 3 Philadelphia Giants win Negro Championship Cup in Philadelphia before 10,000 fans; black baseball's largest crowd ever
Sep 4 New York Highlanders beat Boston Pilgrims, 7 - 0 and 1 - 0 for their MLB record 5th straight doubleheader sweep
Sep 5 Saint Louis University quarterback Bradbury Robinson throws first legal forward pass in the history of American football for a TD to Jack Schneider at Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin; Saint Louis wins, 22-0
Sep 16 Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon

Eddie Collins Debuts

Sep 17 Playing as "Sullivan" Columbia University jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's

Sep 21 New York Highlanders 1st baseman Hal Chase has 22 put-outs to tie MLB record in a 6-3 win over Chicago White Sox at South Side Park
Sep 24 St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game
Sep 26 Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game
Oct 2 Canadian world heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Burns KOs American challenger 'Fireman' Jim Flynn in 15 rounds to retain his title in Los Angeles, California
Oct 4 Chicago Cubs beat Pittsburg Pirates, 4-0 to end MLB season at 116-36 with .763 winning percentage; unmatched since

Baseball Record

Oct 11 White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game

Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and Manager Ed Walsh

Oct 14 Baseball World Series: In all-Chicago series, White Sox beat Cubs, 8-3 at South Side Park to win title, 4-2; first AL victory
Nov 13 C. W. Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland, in record cricket innings by an Australian
Nov 17 11th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 10-0 in Birmingham
Nov 19 London selected to host 1908 Olympics
Nov 28 Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title after being pushed to a 20-round draw by 'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien in Los Angeles, California
Dec 29 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat New Glasgow (NS), 7-2 for 17-5 aggregate challenge series victory
Dec 31 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Christchurch, NZ: All-NZ final; Antony Wilding beats Francis Fisher 6-0, 6-4, 6-4