- Jan 1 11th Rose Bowl: Notre Dame beats Stanford, 27-10
Ponsford 1st Double Test Century
Jan 1 Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford becomes the first batsman to score a century in each of his first 2 Tests when he hits 128 against England in the 2nd Test in Melbourne; Australia wins by 81 runs
English Defeat
Jan 5 England cricket openers Herbert Sutcliffe (176) and Jack Hobbs (154) display heroics in their 1st innings but the tourists sink to an 81 run defeat in the 2nd Test against Australia in Melbourne; Sutcliffe also adds 127 in the England 2nd innings
- Jan 5 French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, & Hugh Jennings
Nurmi's Indoor Record
Jan 6 Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile & 14:44.6 5,000m
- Jan 8 England cricket opening batsman Herbert Sutcliffe follows his 1st innings 176 with 127 in the 2nd innings but his team cannot avoid an 81 run defeat to Australia in the 2nd Test in Melbourne
Anderson 2nd Australasian Champion
Jan 31 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Sydney: James Anderson of Australia wins 2nd straight Australasian crown; beats countryman Gerald Patterson 11-9, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Jan 31 Australasian Championships Women's Tennis, Sydney: Daphne Akhurst wins 1st of 5 home titles; beats fellow Australian Esna Boyd 1-6, 8-6, 6-4
- Feb 10 AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year
Sports History
Feb 25 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles
- Feb 27 Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 & 6-37 v England
- Feb 28 Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games)
- Mar 13 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games
- Mar 27 84th Grand National: Major John Wilson wins aboard 100/9 shot Double Chance; first year a tape, known then as a 'gate', used at the start line
- Mar 30 Stanley Cup Final, Patrick Arena, Victoria, BC: Victoria Cougars (WCHL) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 6-1 for a 3-1 series win; last non-NHL team to win trophy
- Apr 9 At the height of his fame Babe Ruth rushed to hospital with a mysterious condition labelled “the bellyache heard round the world". Ruth reported dead by some newspapers. [1]
- Apr 14 First regular-season Chicago Cubs game broadcast on radio (WGN) by caller Quin Ryan; Cubs beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-2
- Apr 15 NHL's NY Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1
- Apr 17 NY Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery
- Apr 20 29th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor in 2:33:00.6
- Apr 21 No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral
Jimmie Foxx MLB Debut
May 1 Future Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Jimmie Foxx makes his MLB debut at 17 for Philadelphia A's; pinch-hits a single in 9-4 loss v Washington
50th Preakness
May 8 50th Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59
51st Kentucky Derby
May 16 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6
Speaker Hits 3,000
May 17 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit
- May 26 Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery
- May 26 Future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Ty Cobb is first to collect 1,000 extra-base hits when he doubles in Detroit Tigers' 8-1 win against the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park
- May 30 Indianapolis 500: Race winner Peter DePaolo becomes first driver to complete 500 miles in under 5 hours, and have an average over 100 mph; Norman Batten drives 21 laps of relief while DePaolo has his hands bandaged due to blisters
Gehrig Begins Record Run
Jun 1 Future NY Yankees Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig pinch hits for shortstop Pee-Wee Wanninge in a 5-3 loss to Washington; first of record 2,130 consecutive games
Collins Hits 3,000
Jun 3 Baseball player Eddie Collins becomes the 6th to get 3,000 hits
US Golf Open
Jun 5 US Open Men's Golf, Worcester CC: Scotsman Willie Macfarlane beats Bobby Jones by 1 stroke in a second 18-hole playoff for his only major title
French Open Men's Champion
Jun 6 French Championships Men's Tennis: René Lacoste wins 1st of 3 French titles, beating fellow Frenchman Jean Borotra 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
French Open Women's Champion
Jun 6 French Women's Tennis Championships: Suzanne Lenglen beats Kitty McKane 6-1, 6-2; first time French titles staged as a Grand Slam event
- Jun 13 57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8
- Jun 13 American William DeHart Hubbard sets men's long jump world record at 7.89m (25 ft 10 3⁄4 in) in Chicago, Illinois
- Jun 13 Charles Jenkins demonstrates the transmission of synchronized pictures and sound (early television)
60th British Men's Open
Jun 26 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: English born American Jim Barnes captures his only Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Ted Ray and Archie Compston
- Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen of France takes her 6th Wimbledon singles title with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Briton Joan Fry
- Jul 4 MLB New York Yankees Herb Pennock beats Philadelphia A's Lefty Grove 1-0 in 15 innings in first game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium
- Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: In an all-French final René Lacoste beats Jean Borotra 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6
- Jul 17 Tris Speaker, is 5th to get 3,000 hits
- Jul 19 19th Tour de France won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy
Baseball Trade
Jul 22 NY Yankees buy future Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Leo Durocher from Hartford Senators (Eastern League)
- Jul 23 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers
- Aug 9 Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out
- Aug 15 White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919
- Aug 21 Dutch football club FC Emmen is formed in the town of Emmen in north-eastern province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
US Open Women's Tennis
Aug 24 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Helen Wills Moody beats Kitty McKane of England 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 for her third straight US singles title
- Aug 29 After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth & slaps a $5,000 fine on him
- Sep 1 Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee; replaced by Henri de Baillet-Latour of Belgium
- Sep 5 29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
- Sep 12 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0)
- Sep 12 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Philadelphia, PA: Vincent Richards & R. Norris Williams clinch US 6th straight title; beat Jean Borotra & René Lacoste of France 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 for 3-0 lead; ends 5-0
- Sep 13 MLB Brooklyn Robins pitcher Dazzy Vance no-hits the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, 10-1 at Ebbets Field
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 19 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins 6th consecutive US title; beats Bill Johnston for 4th straight year 4-6, 11-9, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
PGA Championship
Sep 26 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Olympia Fields CC: Defending champion Walter Hagen defeats Bill Mehlhorn, 6 & 5 in the final; 3rd PGA crown overall, and 7th of his 11 major titles
- Oct 4 Harry Heilmann gets 6 hits in Detroit's doubleheader sweep over St Louis Browns, 10-4 and 11-6, to edge Tris Speaker for AL batting crown, .393 to .389; Ty Cobb bats over .300 for the 20th time
- Oct 11 NY Giants play 1st NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0
- Oct 12 Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8)
- Oct 15 Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat Washington Senators, 9-7 in Game 7 at Forbes Field for 4-3 series victory; Pirates first team to recover from 3–1 deficit in a 7-game series
Baseball Record
Oct 18 Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th HR of the season
- Oct 25 Lester Patrick takes over NY Rangers
Red Grange Signs
Nov 21 Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears
Georges Vezina
Nov 28 NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses and dies 4 months later of TB
Ban Johnson's Extended Contract
Dec 9 AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 & raises to $40,000
- Dec 15 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, NYC: Montreal Canadiens 3, NY Americans 1
- Dec 20 National Football League Championship: Chicago Cardinals (11-2-1) win controversial first past the post title; Pottsville Maroons suspended after playing unsanctioned game
- Dec 21 Test batsman Hunter "Stork" Hendry scores career best unbeaten 325 for Victoria against New Zealand in drawn tour match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Dec 26 1st East-West Shrine Bowl game of college football 'all-stars' played before 25,000 fans at Ewing Park, San Francisco. Proceeds continue to benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children.
- Dec 26 NY Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates set an NHL record by recording a combined 141 shots on goal in Americans' 3-1 win; Roy Worters makes incredible 70 saves for Pittsburgh and Jake Forbes has 67 for NY
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