Events in Sports History in 1914

Jan 10 Norwegian speed skater Oscar Mathisen skates world 500m record in 43.7s in Oslo, Norway
Feb 1 Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play a 10-inning, 3-3 tie in Cairo, Egypt in an exhibition MLB game; part of special 56-game world tour

The Tramp

Feb 7 Charlie Chaplin debuts silent film character The Tramp in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"

Comedian, Actor and Filmmaker Charlie Chaplin

Mar 19 Stanley Cup, Arena Gardens, Toronto ON: Toronto HC (NHA) defeat Victoria Aristocrats (PCHA), 2-1 for a 3-0 series sweep; final series of the "challenge" era
Mar 20 1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven
Mar 27 76th Grand National: Bill Smith aboard Sunloch wins by 8 lengths from Trianon III
Apr 20 18th Boston Marathon won by Canadian James Duffy in 2:25:01.2

Ruth's 1st Professional Game

Apr 22 Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win

Apr 23 MLB Chicago Federals host the Kansas City Packers in the 1st game played at Weeghman Park (now Wrigley Field)
May 9 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4
May 16 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
May 16 Ewing Field baseball park opens near Masonic Street, San Francisco. Relocated a year later.
May 21 39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8
May 30 Indianapolis 500: Frenchman René Thomas driving for Louis Delâge wins ahead of Arthur Duray of Belgium
May 31 Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1

Wagner 2nd to 3,000

Jun 9 Pittsburgh Pirate baseball shortstop Honus Wagner is 2nd player to get 3,000 hits

Jun 13 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Mary Browne wins her 3rd consecutive US title beating fellow American Marie Wagner 6–2, 1–6, 6–1; event moves to Forest Hills 1915

54th British Men's Open

Jun 19 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins a record 6th Open Championship, 3 strokes ahead of defending champion J.H. Taylor

Jun 20 46th Belmont: Merritt Buxton aboard Luke McLuke wins in 2:20

Johnson vs Moran

Jun 27 Defending champion Jack Johnson beats fellow American Frank Moran on points in 20 rounds in Paris, France to retain his lineal heavyweight boxing title

World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Johnson

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Norman Brookes beats 4-time defending champion Anthony Wilding of New Zealand 6-4, 6-4, 7-5

Jul 4 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers wins her 7th and last Wimbledon singles title beating Ethel Larcombe 7-5, 6-4
Jul 5 MLB Boston Braves (26-40) are 15 games back in NL, go on to win World Series 4-0 vs Philadelphia A's

Sports History

Jul 7 Baltimore Orioles owner Jack Dunn offers future baseball legend Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore & Ben Egan for $10k to Connie Mack (Philadelphia A's); refuses pleading lack of finance

Jul 9 Boston Red Sox purchase future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth's contract from minor league Baltimore Orioles
Jul 11 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox; earns 4-3 win against the Cleveland Naps at Fenway Park
Jul 14 NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep
Jul 18 MLB Boston Braves start 'miracle' move from last place to become World Series champs
Jul 19 Boston Braves begin drive from last to the NL pennant with a 3-2 win against the 2nd placed Cincinnati Reds

W. G. Grace Retires

Jul 25 Last day of club cricket for English legend W. G. Grace at age 66: makes unbeaten 69 runs for Eltham against Grove Park

Jul 26 12th Tour de France won by Philippe Thys of Belgium
Jul 27 Roda JC soccer team forms in Kerkrade
Aug 3 NY Yankees catcher Les Nunamaker throws out 3 Tigers' runners to 2nd base during the 1st innings, only time in 20th Century
Aug 15 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, NYC, New York: Norman Brookes beats American Dick Norris Williams 6-1, 6-2, 8-10, 6-3 to give Australasia unassailable 3-1 lead; win 3-2
Aug 18 Swiss track and road bicycle racer Oscar Egg sets new hour world record of 44.247 km at the outdoor Vélodrome Buffalo in Paris; record stands until 1933

US Golf Open

Aug 21 US Open Men's Golf, Midlothian CC: 21-year old Walter Hagen holds off amateur Chick Evans by 1 stroke to win the first of his 2 Open titles; first of 11 major championships

Sep 1 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, R.I.: R. Norris Williams wins his first major title beating defending champion Maurice McLoughlin 6-3, 8-6, 10-8; final event at Newport Casino, moves to Forest Hills, NY

Sep 9 Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0
Sep 12 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager
Sep 23 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
Sep 27 Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit
Sep 29 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
Oct 13 Baseball World Series: Boston Braves beat Philadelphia A's, 3-1 at Fenway Park for first 4-game sweep in WS history; 'Miracle Braves' last in NL July 4

Arthur O'Hara

Nov 28 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Melbourne: All-Australian final; Arthur O'Hara Wood beats Gerald Patterson 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1

Johnson and the Federal League

Dec 4 Walter Johnson accepts an advance from the Chicago Whales of the Federal League; Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court