Events in Sports History in September 1931

Baseball History

Sep 1 Future Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman Lou Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days & 6th homer in consecutive games in NY Yankees' 5-1 win v Boston Red Sox

Sports History

Sep 10 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Ellsworth Vines beats George Lott 7-9, 6-3, 9-7, 7-5 for his first of 2 straight US singles titles

Sep 16 St Louis Cards repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies
Sep 17 Boston Red Sox outfielder Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 MLB doubles
Sep 19 Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1

PGA Championship

Sep 19 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Wannamoisett CC: 20-year-old American Tom Creavy beats Denny Shute, 2 & 1 in the final for his lone major title

Sep 20 MLB's Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
Sep 24 Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yanks