Events in Sport for Year 1929

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Jan 3rd - Bradman scores 112 v England at MCG - his 1st Test century
Jan 25th - Bradman scores 340* for NSW v Victoria, 488 mins, 38 fours
Feb 4th - Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut v England at Adelaide
Feb 20th - Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field
Feb 28th - Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home
Mar 2nd - Chicago Black Hawks shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game
Mar 13th - Bradman scores 123 Aust v England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton
Mar 29th - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep NY Rangers in 2 games
Apr 16th - NY Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers
Apr 19th - 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6
May 4th - Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9
May 9th - NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pittsburgh Pirates
May 10th - 55th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr Freeland wins in 2:01.6
May 10th - 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane
May 18th - 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8
May 18th - Dodgers beat Phillies 20-16 & lost 8-6 in 2nd game (record 50 runs)
May 24th - Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
May 27th - 2nd Ryder Cup: Britain-Ireland, 7-5 at Moortown, England
Jun 8th - 61st Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Blue Larkspur wins in 2:32.8
Jun 16th - Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (NY to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days)
Jun 22nd - Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader
Jun 30th - 33rd US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 294 at Winged Foot CC NY
Jul 5th - 42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62)
Jul 6th - St Louis has 2, 10 run innings & beats Phillies 28-6
Jul 10th - In game between Pirates & Phillies 9 HRs hit 1 in each inning
Jul 28th - Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Mich)
Jul 29th - Belgium Maurice Dewaele wins Tour de France
Aug 2nd - Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR
Baseball Great Babe RuthBaseball Great Babe Ruth Aug 11th - Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve)
Aug 24th - 43rd US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62)
Sep 14th - 49th US Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64)
Sep 14th - A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox
Sep 18th - Pirates loss to Braves & clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
Oct 6th - 12th PGA Championship: Leo Diegel at Hillcrest CC Los Angeles
Oct 8th - A's Howard Ehmke (7-2) sets World Series record striking out 13 Cubs
Oct 12th - Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning
Oct 14th - Phila A's beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1 in 26th World Series
Oct 14th - Philadelphia A's set World Series record of 10 runs in an inning
Nov 22nd - Bradman scores 157 for NSW against the MCC at cricket SCG
Nov 28th - Ernie Nevers scores all 40 pts for Chic Cards vs Bears (NFL record)
Nov 30th - 17th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 14-3
Dec 3rd - Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak
Dec 7th - Bradman scores 124 for Woodfull's XI against Ryder's XI 166 mins
Dec 7th - Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament
Dec 10th - Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st
Dec 16th - Chic Blackhawks 1st game at Chicago Stadium, beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1
Dec 20th - Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager


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