Events in Sport for Year 1917
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Months in Year 1917: February March April May June July August September October November December
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Feb 24th - Red Sox sell Smokey Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, to Cleve for $15,000
Mar 11th - 1st NHL Championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13)
Mar 26th - Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1 - Seattle is 1st US team to win Stanley Cup
Apr 11th - Babe Ruth beats NY Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox
Apr 14th - Chic White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0
Apr 19th - 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of NY in 2:28:37.2
Apr 24th - Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway
May 5th - St Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chic White Sox, 1-0
May 6th - St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chic White Sox, 3-0
May 7th - Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Wash Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0
May 12th - 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4
May 12th - 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6
May 26th - Walt Cruise hit 1st HR out of Braves Field
Jun 1st - Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WW I
Jun 16th - 49th Belmont: James Butwell aboard Hourless wins in 2:17.8
Jun 23rd - 31st US Womens Tennis: Molla Mallory beat Marion Vanderhoef (46 60 62)
Jun 23rd - Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out & retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game
Jun 27th - 1st baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service
Jul 1st - Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday game in Brooklyn
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Aug 13th - Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves
Aug 14th - Leeuwen soccer team forms
Aug 19th - Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw & Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws
Aug 22nd - Pittsburgh Pirates play 4th straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Dodgers
Aug 25th - 37th US Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63)
Sep 3rd - Utrecht soccer team Holland forms
Sep 27th - EHC soccer team forms in Hoensbroek Neth
Oct 10th - Giants Rube Benton is 1st lefty to pitch a World Series no hitter
Oct 15th - Chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series
Nov 22nd - NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators & Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands
Dec 19th - 1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto)
Dec 19th - Quebec Bulldogs play their 1st professional hockey game
Dec 26th - 1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron
