Events in Sports History in 1922

Jan 2 8th Rose Bowl: California ties Washington & Jefferson, 0-0
Jan 28 J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL

Sports History

Feb 18 Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his federal judgeship to give full attention to job as Major League Baseball Commissioner

1st MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Babe Ruth's Yankee Contract

Mar 6 Babe Ruth signs 3 year contract with NY Yankees at $52,000 a year

Mar 7 US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard

Badger US Champion

Mar 7 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger

Mar 13 NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators outscore Toronto St Pats, 5 to 4, in 2 games
Mar 24 81st Grand National: Lewis Rees aboard 100/9 chance Music Hall wins; only 5 out of 32 starters finish
Mar 28 Stanley Cup Final, Mutual Street Arena, Toronto, ON: Toronto St Patricks (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 5-1 for a 3-2 series win

26th Boston Marathon

Apr 17 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar in race record 2:18:10; his 2nd race victory; first of 3 consecutive wins

Apr 18 Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0
Apr 29 1st official International Weightlifting Federation Champ in Tallinn, Estonia
Apr 30 Chicago pitcher Charlie Robertson throws a perfect game as the White Sox beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Navin Field
May 3 Mayor Hylan closes 2 streets for building of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC
May 5 After sharing the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants for 10 years construction begins on Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC
May 7 Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2
May 7 NY Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0
May 13 47th Preakness: L Morris aboard Pillory wins in 1:51.6
May 13 48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6
May 20 Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, previously suspended by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, return to the NY Yankees lineup and go hitless
May 21 Colonel Jacob Ruppert buys out Colonel Tillinghast L’Hommedieu Huston's interest in NY Yankees for $1,500,000 to become sole owner
May 23 Future World Heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney suffers his only professional defeat in 15-round unanimous points decision against Harry Greb at Madison Square Garden, NY
May 25 Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an umpire
May 29 US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws
May 30 Cubs and Cardinals trade outfielders between morning and afternoon games of doubleheader; Max Flack goes to St. Louis, Cliff Heathcote heads to Chicago; both get hits for new clubs in the nightcap
May 30 Indianapolis 500: Jimmy Murphy becomes first driver to win the race from pole position; accompanied by riding mechanic Ernie Olson
Jun 2 MLB first baseman Stuffy McInnis ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances, while playing for the Boston red Sox (1921) and Cleveland Indians (1922)
Jun 10 54th Belmont: C H Miller aboard Pillory wins in 2:18.8
Jun 12 Browns pitcher Hub Pruett strikes out future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth 3 consecutive times as St. Louis beats New York Yankees, 7 - 1 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
Jun 12 St Louis Cardinals make MLB record 10 straight hits in 6th inning of a 14-8 win over the Phillies at the Baker Bowl, Philadelphia
Jun 14 Charles Hoffner wins PGA golf tournament

5000m World Record

Jun 19 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:28.2)

Runner nicknamed the Flying Finn Paavo Nurmi

57th British Men's Open

Jun 23 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Walter Hagen becomes first American-born winner of the Open Championship, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Barnes and George Duncan

Jun 24 American Professional Football Association renamed the National Football League

Chicago Bears Renamed

Jun 24 Charter NFL club Chicago Staleys renamed Chicago Bears by team founder, owner and head coach George Halas

American Football Coach and Team Owner George Halas

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 8 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: French phenom Suzanne Lenglen wins her 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title; beats American based Norwegian Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 6-2, 6-0

Tennis Player and Eight-Time U.S. Open Champion Molla Mallory

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 10 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Gerald Patterson wins his second Wimbledon title; beats Randolph Lycett 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

US Golf Open

Jul 15 US Open Men's Golf, Skokie CC: Gene Sarazen wins the first of his 7 major titles, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up John Black and 20-year-old amateur Bobby Jones

Baseball Record

Jul 17 Ty Cobb gets 5 hits in a game for record 4th time in a year

World Record

Jul 19 American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller first to break 1 minute barrier for 100m freestyle; swims 58.6s at Alameda, CA

Jul 23 16th Tour de France won by Firmin Lambot of Belgium
Aug 4 Lizzie Murphy becomes the first female to play against MLB players in a charity exhibition; all-stars from New England and AL v Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park
Aug 8 Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies)

PGA Championship

Aug 18 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: 20-year old US Open champion Gene Sarazen defeats Emmet French, 4 & 3 in the final

US Open Women's Tennis

Aug 19 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Germantown CC, PA: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody 6-3, 6-1 for her 7th US singles crown

Aug 20 1st Women's World Games (first track & field competition for women) is conducted over 1-day at the Pershing Stadium in Paris
Aug 24 1st Phillie to hit for cycle (Cy Williams)
Aug 25 Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game
Aug 27 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000m (8:28.6)
Aug 28 1st Walker Cup in Golf: US beats England 8-4
Aug 30 Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922
Sep 1 NYC law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billiards"
Sep 4 Finnish super athlete Paavo Nurmi runs a 2000m world record 5:26.3 in Tampere, Finland

International Lawn Tennis Challenge

Sep 4 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, NYC, NY: Bill Tilden beats James Anderson 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 for unassailable 3-1 lead for US over Australasia; US retains title, ends 4-1

Sep 5 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1)
Sep 10 New York Yankees play their farewell home games in Polo Grounds, win both games of doubleheader against Philadelphia Athletics; move to Yankee Stadium the following season
Sep 12 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4)
Sep 15 Philadelphia catcher Butch Henline becomes first NLer to hit 3 HRs in a game since 1897 during Phillies' 10-9 win over St. Louis Cardinals at the Baker Bowl
Sep 16 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Germantown CC, Philadelphia: Bill Tilden wins third straight US singles title; beats fellow American Bill Johnston 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4

Sports History

Sep 17 Cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ

Baseball Record

Sep 20 St. Louis Cardinals future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby ends hitting streak of 33 games

MLB Hall of Fame 2nd Baseman and Manager Rogers Hornsby

Sep 24 St Louis Cardinals future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby sets National League HR mark at 42
Sep 30 Yanks clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1
Oct 1 Former Chicago Staleys play first NFL game as Chicago Bears; beat Racine Legion, 6-0 at Horlick Field, Racine, Wisconsin
Oct 1 St. Louis Cardinals 2nd baseman Rogers Hornsby hits 3-for-5 in 7-1 regular season ending win v Chicago Cubs; improves batting average to .401; only MLB player to bat .400 and hit 40 HRs in same season
Oct 5 NY Yankees and NY Giants play out a controversial 3-3 tie in 10 innings in Game 2 of Baseball World Series at Polo Grounds, Manhattan, NYC; Giants win series, 4-0-1
Oct 7 First radio link, WNJ (Newark) & WGY (Senectady) link for World Series
Oct 7 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis insists Game 4 of World Series be played despite heavy rain
Oct 8 Baseball World Series: NY Giants beat NY Yankees, 5-3 at the Polo Grounds in Game 5 for a 4-0-1 series win; Game 2 tied
Oct 30 Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000 & 3 players for Jack Bentley (hit .349 & was 13-2 as pitcher for Baltimore (International League) in 1922)
Nov 1 In an all-American bout, Mickey Walker upsets defending champion Jack Britton in a 15-round points decision at Madison Square Garden, NYC; wins world welterweight boxing crown
Dec 2 CFL Grey Cup, Richardson Stadium, Kingston: Queen's University win first of 3 straight titles; defeat Edmonton Elks, 13-1
Dec 9 1st Australasian Championships Women's Tennis, Sydney: Margaret Molesworth wins inaugural title; beats fellow Australian Esna Boyd 6-3, 10-8
Dec 9 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Sydney: James Anderson wins 1st of 3 Australasian titles; beats fellow Australian Gerald Patterson 6-0, 3-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Dec 10 1st National Football League Championship: undefeated Canton Bulldogs (10-0-2) named inaugural champions
Dec 10 Canton Bulldogs' future HOF tackle Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards
Dec 16 Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes
Dec 16 NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket