Events in Sports History in August 1910

Sports History

Aug 4 MLB pitching duel; Philadelphia A's Jack Coombs and White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 0-0 tie in 16 innings

Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher and Manager Ed Walsh

Aug 13 Brooklyn Superbas and Pittsburgh Pirates play "the game of perfect symmetry" in baseball to 8-8 tie, both have 8 runs, 13 hits, 2 errors, 12 assists, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 hit baseman, and 1 passed ball

US Men's Tennis Open

Aug 25 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: William Larned beats Tom Bundy 6-1, 5-7, 6-0, 6-8, 6-1 for his 4th consecutive US singles title

Aug 27 Using twenty 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park
Aug 30 MLB New York Highlanders Tom Hughes pitches 9-1/3 no-hit innings, but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11; 1991 rule change removed credit for no-hitter [1]