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Last updated: 2009 October 30.


1910

January 7
  • Ottawa Senators sweep Galt in two games for the Stanley Cup. [1]
January 20
  • Ottawa Senators sweep Edmonton in two for the Stanley Cup (second of 1910). [1]
January 25
  • First stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell, South Africa versus England). [1]
March 5
  • Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers beat Ottawa Senators, 3-1. [1]
March 11
  • Jack Hobbs first Test ton (187 versus South Africa), his only Test hit wicket. [1]
March 12
  • Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers beat Berlin (Kitchener), 7-3. [1]
March 17
  • DHC soccer team forms in Delft Netherlands. [1]
March 25
  • Chalmers Auto Company offers a new car to each leagues' batting champion. [1]
April 15
  • William Howard Taft is first US President to throw out a first ball at a baseball game. [1]
April 19
  • 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4. [1]
April 20
  • Cleveland Indians Addie Joss second no-hitter, beats Chicago, 1-0. [1]
April 21
  • Cleveland Naps play first game at League Park, lose to Detroit Tigers 5-0. [1]
April 30
  • Cleveland Indians pitcher Addie Joss wins second no-hitter beating Chicago White Sox. [1]
May 7
  • 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6. [1]
May 10
  • 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4. [1]
May 12
  • Philadelphia Athletics Chief Bender no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0. [1]
May 19
  • Cleveland Indian Cy Young gets his 500th win, beats Washington 5-4 in 11 innings. [1]
May 30
  • 44th Belmont Stakes: James Butwell aboard Sweep wins in 2:22. [1]
July 4
  • Reno, Nevada, hosts boxing match between black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson and white challenger Jim Jeffries. Johnson knocks out Jeffries in 15 rounds. [1] [187.353]
July 10
  • Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0. [1]
July 31
  • Chicago Cub King Cole no-hits Saint Louis, 4-0 in a 7 inning game. [1]
August 4
  • Oakland Athletics Jack Coombs and Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inning scoreless tie. [1]
August 13
  • Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, two errors, five strikeouts, three walks, 1 passed ball and 1 hit by pitch. [1]
August 30
  • Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11. [1]
September 6
  • Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughriders football club formed. [1]
October 9
  • Nap Lajoie challenges Ty Cobb batting avg with 8 hits, six were bunts as Brown's third baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won. [1]

October 15
  • Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel heavyweight boxing champ, shot and killed. [1]
October 20
  • First appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series (World Series #7). [1]
October 23
  • Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago Cubs 4 games to one in 7th World Series. [1]
October 29
  • Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game. [1]
November 22
  • Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs. [1]

1911

January 2
  • Brooklyn Dodgers president Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000. [1]
January 10
  • Trumper scored double cricket ton versus South Africa, goes on to get 214. [1]
February 7
  • Harry Graham cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies. [1]
February 18
  • Bill Murdoch cricketer, dies while watching Australia versus South Africa Test. [1]
March 13
  • Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (Ontario), 7-4. [1]
March 16
  • Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur (Ontario) 13-4. [1]
March 20
  • National Squah Tennis Association formed (New York City, New York). [1]
March 24
  • Matthew Stanley Robison president (Saint Louis Cardinals), dies. [1]
April 4
  • Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball Most Valuable Player. [1]
April 5
  • MCC tour match versus Jamaica finishes in a tie. [1]
April 15
  • Walter Johnson pitches a record tying four strike outs in an inning. [1]
April 19
  • 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:21:39.6. [1]
May 13
  • 37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05. [1]
  • New York Giants Fred Merkle is first to get six RBIs in an inning (first). [1]
May 17
  • 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51. [1]
May 19
  • Philadelphia Athletics are 12.5 games back in American League, and win the World Series. [1]
May 20
  • E M Grace cricketer (one Test versus Australia 1880, 36 and 0), dies. [1]
  • Edwin Boaler Alletson hits 189 in 90 minutes Notts versus Sussex. [1]
May 22
  • Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row. [1]
May 29
  • At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Ray Harroun wins the first Indianapolis 500 car race. [1] (May 30 [5])
June 11
  • Detroit Tigers trailing Chicago White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15. [1]
June 24
  • John McDermott becomes first American to win US open golf tournament. [1]
July 7
  • Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record. [1]
July 20
  • Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 5-0. [1]
July 29
  • Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 5-0. [1]
August 27
  • Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0. [1]
September 20
  • New York Yankees set team record 12 errors in a double header. [1]
September 29
  • New York Yankees steal 15 bases and get 13 walks, beating Browns 16-12; with a major-league record six stolen bases in one inning. [1]
October 26
  • Philadelphia Athletics beat New York Giants, 4 games to two in 8th World Series. [1]
October 28
  • Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks ten singles in a game. [1]
December 7
  • National Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria. [1]
December 13
  • Reg Duff cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies. [1]
December 30
  • Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in first 11 overs versus Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground. [1]

1912

January 5
  • First National Hockey Association game (Victoria). [1]
February 9
  • US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion. [1]
February 10
  • Hobbs and Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand versus Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground. [1]
February 13
  • England regains cricket's Ashes. [1]
February 16
  • VSV soccer team forms in Ijmuiden. [1]
February 20
  • Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket first-class fixture. [1]
February 28
  • Bill Storer English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies. [1]
  • Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50. [1]
March 11
  • First Stanley Cup game to be played in three 20-minute periods, formerly played in 30-minute halfs, Québec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep. [1]
March 13
  • Stanley Cup: Québec Bulldogs sweep Moncton (New Brunswick) in two games. [1]
March 15
  • Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins. [1]
April 9
  • First exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox versus Harvard). [1]
April 16
  • Pittsburgh Pirates turn a rare 5-3-7 doubleplay (left fielder covers second base). [1]
April 19
  • 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of New York in 2:21:18.2. [1]
April 20
  • Fenway Park officially opens, Boston Red Sox beat New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11. [1]
  • Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Detroit Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6-5. [1]
April 26
  • First homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Boston Red Sox). [1]
May 1
  • Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms. [1]
May 5
  • (to July 22) The Games of the V Olympiad are held in Stockholm, Sweden. [7]
May 11
  • 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4. [1]
May 15
  • 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6. [1]
May 18
  • Philadelphia Athletics beat Detroit Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension. [1]
May 19
  • American League president Ban Johnson tells Detroit Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball. [1]
May 28
  • Jackie Matthews takes two cricket hat-tricks same day Australia versus South Africa. [1]
June 20
  • New York Giants Josh Devore steals four bases in an inning (second and third twice). [1]
July 3
  • New York Giants pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak. [1]
July 8
  • Pitcher Rube Marquard loses after winning 19 straight games. [1]
July 22
  • Games of the V Olympiad in Stockholm closes. [1]
August 15
  • New York Yankees player Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game. [1]
August 20
  • Washington Senator Carl Cushion no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0 in six innings. [1]
August 30
  • Saint Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1. [1]
September 6
  • New York Giants Jeff Tesreau no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0. [1]
September 15
  • Boston Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood ties then record of 16 straight wins. [1]
October 1
  • New York Yankees lose game #100 en route to a 50-102 season. [1]
October 5
  • Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game. [1]
  • New York Yankees win final game at Hilltop stadium. [1]
October 16
  • Boston beats New York Giants, 4 games to 3 with a tie in 9th World Series. [1]

1913

January 8
  • Frank Chance becomes New York Yankees manager. [1]

January 26
  • Jim Thorpe relinquishes his 1912 Olympic medals for being a pro. [1]
February 2
  • New York Giants footbll tean signs Jim Thorpe. [1]
February 23
  • Jimmy Sinclair cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test South Africa career), dies. [1]
March 4
  • New York Yankees are first to train outside US (Bermuda). [1]
March 8
  • Federal League organizes with six teams. [1]
March 10
  • Stanley Cup: Québec Bulldogs sweep Sydney Miners in two games. [1]
  • William Knox, becomes first in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300. [1]
March 24
  • Netherlands soccer team's first victory over England. [1]
April 9
  • Brooklyn Dodgers' Ebbets Field opens, Philadelphia Phillies win 1-0. [1]
April 10
  • President Woodrow Wilson throws out first ball, Senators beat New York Yankees 2-1. [1]
  • Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings. [1]
April 19
  • 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minnesota in 2:25:14.8. [1]
May 10
  • 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8. [1]
  • New York Yankees commit 8 errors and still beat Detroit Tigers 10-9 in ten innings. [1]
May 12
  • Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2). [1]
May 14
  • Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends record scoreless streak at 56 innings. [1]
May 20
  • 38th Preakness: James Butwell aboard Buskin wins in 1:53.4. [1]
May 31
  • Alexis Ahlgren runs world record maraton (2:36:06.6). [1]
June 13
  • New York Yankees win 13th game of year after losing 36 games. [1]
June 20
  • Three of first four New York Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record six hit batsman. [1]
June 30
  • New York Giants score 10 in 10th to beat Philadelphia Phillies 11-1. [1]
July 18
  • After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk. [1]
July 25
  • Carl Weilman strikes out six times in a 15 inning game. [1]
  • Pittsburgh Pirates Max Carey goes hitless, but scores five runs against Philadelphia Phillies. [1]
July 28
  • US wins its first Davis Cup since 1902, beating England, 3-2. [1]
July 31
  • Bryan Hextall, NHL hall of famer. [1]
August 30
  • Philadelphia Phillies lead New York Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled. [1]
September 5
  • Philadelphia Phillies and Braves tie record of only one run in a double header, Philadelphia Phillies win first game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th. [1]
October 2
  • Philadelphia Phillies beat New York Giants two games out of three in a tripleheader. [1]
October 4
  • Freddy Wilson of Regina Roughriders kicks ten singles in a game. [1]
October 11
  • Philadelphia Athletics beat New York Giants, four games to one in 10th World Series. [1]
November 1
  • Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, first to use forward pass effectively. [1]
December 6
  • Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo. [1]
December 9
  • Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris. [1]
  • John K Tener becomes president of baseball's National League. [1]
December 19
  • Jack Johnson fights Jim Johnson to a draw in 10 for hw boxing title. [1]
December 23
  • James Middleton cricketer (24 wicket of lefty pace South Africa 1895-1903), dies. [1]
December 30
  • Barnes takes 17 wickets versus South Africa (8-56 and 9-103). [1]

1914

January 10
  • Oscar Mathisen skates world record 500 minutes in 43.7 seconds in Oslo. [1]
January 28
  • First Millrose Games (athletics) held (New York City New York). [1]
February 1
  • New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt. [1]
March 19
  • Stanley Cup: Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) sweep Victoria Capitals (PCHA) in three game. [1]
March 20
  • In New Haven, Connecticut, the first international figure skating championship takes place. [1] [5]
March 21
  • US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld. [1]
  • US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Norman M Scott. [1]
April 1
  • Rube Waddell baseballer, dies at age 37 of TB. [1]
April 13
  • First Federal League Game: Baltimore Terrapins beat Buffalo 3-2. [1]
April 20
  • 18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2. [1]
April 22
  • Babe Ruth's first professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win. [1]
May 9
  • 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4. [1]
May 13
  • R E Foster only dual England captain at cricket and soccer, dies. [1]
May 21
  • 39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8. [1]
May 31
  • Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1. [1]
June 9
  • Honus Wagner becomes the first baseball player to get 3,000 hits. [1]
July 5
  • Boston Braves are 15 games back in National League, and win the World Series. [1]
July 10
  • Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from the Baltimore Orioles. [1]
July 12
  • Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Boston Red Sox. [1]
July 14
  • National League's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep. [1]
July 17
  • New York Giants beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1, in 21 innings. [1]
August 3
  • New York Yankees catcher Nunamaker throws out three would be stealers in one inning. [1]
September 19
  • Brooklyn's Ed Lafitte no-hits KC (Federal League), 6-2. [1]
October 13
  • Boston Braves sweep Philadelphia Athletics, first sweep in World Series history (World Series #11). [1]
November 14
  • Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks ten singles in a game. [1]
November 21
  • Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game. [1]
December 4
  • Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court. [1]
December 5
  • 6th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats University of Toronto, 14-2. [1]
December 8
  • Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the Chicago White Sox. [1]
December 21
  • A O Jones cricketer (12 Tests for England 1899-1909), dies. [1]
December 31
  • Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Captain Huston purchase New York Yankees for $460,000. [1]

End of 1910-1914. Next: 1915.
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