1915

January 6

• Reginald Wood cricketer (one Test England versus Australia 1886), dies. [1]

January 11

• Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase New York Yankees for $460,000. [1]

January 30

• No 10 batsman F W Hyett scores century on debut, Victoria versus Tasmania. [1]

February 16

• Frank "Home Run" Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack; he sits out 1915 season. [1]

March 13

• Brooklyn Dodgers manager Wilbert Robinson tries to catch a baseball dropped from an airplane, but the pilot substituted a grapefruit. [1]

March 26

• Stanley Cup: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Ottawa Senators in 3. [1]

April 3

• Andrew Stoddart cricketer (England captain at turn of century), suicide. [1]

April 5

• Jess Willard defeats Jack Johnson in 26 for heavyweight boxing title. [1]

April 15

• New York Giants Rube Marquard no-hits Brooklyn, 2-0. [1]

April 19

• 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2. [1]

April 22

• New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for first time. [1]

April 24

• Pittsburgh's Frank Allen no-hits Saint Louis (Federal League), 2-0. [1]

May 6

• Boston Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and first homerun, loses to New York Yankees 4-3 in 15. [1]

May 8

• 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4. [1]

May 17

• 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58. [1]

May 25

• Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pittsburgh (Federal League), 10-0. [1]

June 18

• Jerome Travers becomes the second amateur to win golf's US Open. [1]

June 23

• New York Yankees get record 16 walks and three wild pitches beat Athletics Bruno Hass, 15-0. [1]

July 18

• Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champions. [1]

August 16

• KC's Alex Main no-hits Buffalo (Federal League), 5-0. [1]

August 31

• Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits New York Giants, 2-0. [1]

September 7

• Saint Louis Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago (Federal League), 3-0. [1]

September 15

• Boston Braves beat Saint Louis Cardinals 20-1. [1]

September 18

• Boston Braves trounce Saint Louis Cardinals 20-1. [1]

October 8

• Philadelphia Phillies win their first and only World Series (World Series #12) game before 1980, beating Boston Red Sox, 3-1, with an 8th inning two run rally. [1]

October 9

• Woodrow Wilson becomes first president to attend a world series game (World Series #12). [1]

October 13

• Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia Phillies, four games to one in 12th World Series. [1]

October 23

• First national horseshoe throwing championship (Kellerton, Iowa). [1]
• W.G. Grace British cricketer, dies. [1]

December 14

• Jack Johnson is first black world heavyweight boxing champion. [1]

December 22

• Federal Baseball League is dissolved. [1]
• Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati Ohio. [1]

1916

January 1

• First football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown). [1]

January 17

• First PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy Country Club, Bronxville NY; Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms. [1]

February 8

• National League votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25-cent seats. [1]

February 9

• Jack Barrett cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1890), dies. [1]
• National League votes down a proposal by New York Giants, Braves, and Chicago Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Cincinnati Reds want to decrease to 20). [1]

February 15

• New York Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500. [1]

March 9

• Ken Hutchings cricketer (exciting England batsman, WWI), dies. [1]

March 25

• Heavyweight Jess Willard and Franc Moran fight to no decision in 10 for boxing title (New York City, New York). [1]
• Women are allowed to attend a boxing match. [1]

March 30

• Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 3 games to 2. [1]

April 1

• First US national women's swimming championships held. [1]

April 10

• First professional golf tournament held. [1]

April 16

• Tom Horan cricketer (15 Tests for Australia, 471 runs, 11 wickets), dies. [1]

April 19

• 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Massachusetts in 2:27:16.4. [1]

April 20

• First National League game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) in Chicago opens, Chicago Cubs beat Cincinnati Reds 7-6. [1]

May 13

• 42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04. [1]

May 16

• 41st Preakness: Linus McAtee aboard Damrosch wins in 1:54.8. [1]

May 25

• Jack Marsh cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for New South Wales 1900-03), dies. [1]

May 29

• New York Giants win 17th consecutive road game. [1]

June 18

• New York Yankees score in every inning but 8th beat Cleveland Indians 19-3. [1]

June 21

• Boston Rube Forster no-hits New York Yankees, 2-0. [1]

June 26

• Cleveland Indians experiment with numbers on their jerseys (one game). [1]

June 30

• Chick Evans Jr wins golf's US Open. [1]

July 14

• Saint Louis Brown Ernie Koob pitches all 17 innings in a 0-0 tie versus Boston. [1]

August 26

• New York Yankees turn triple-play beating Browns 10-6. [1]

September 4

• Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown final baseball game. [1]

September 30

• New York Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak. [1]

October 2

• Grover Cleveland Alexander records his 16th shutout of the year. [1]

October 7

• In Lebanon, Tennessee, Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222-0 in the most lopsided victory in American college football. [1] [5]

October 9

• Babe Ruth pitches and wins longest World Series game (14 innings) 2-1. [1]

October 12

• Boston Red Sox beat Brooklyn Dodgers, four games to one in 13th World Series. [1]

December 2

• Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract. [1]

December 26

• Frank Penn cricketer (one Test for England versus Australia 1880), dies. [1]

1917

January 25

• Edwin Tyler cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies. [1]

January 27

• Coen de Koning wins second official 11 cities race (9 53) (record). [1]

February 9

• Francis Allan cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Australia-England Test), dies. [1]

February 24

• Boston Red Sox sell Smokey Joe Wood, his arm dead at age 26, to Cleveland for $15,000. [1]

March 11

• First NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in first of two game set (second game on March 13). [1]

March 17

• First exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in Saint Louis. [1]

March 18

• William Shalders South African cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies. [1]

March 26

• Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1; Seattle is first US team to win Stanley Cup. [1]

March 27

• Seattle Metropolitans, first US team to win Stanley Cup beat Canadiens. [1]

April 11

• Babe Ruth beats New York Yankees, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Boston Red Sox. [1]

April 14

• Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 11-0. [1]

April 19

• 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of New York in 2:28:37.2. [1]

April 24

• New York Yankees lefty George Mogridge no-hits Boston Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway. [1]

May 2

• Cincinnati's Fred Tooney and Chicago's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up two hits and a run in the 10th, so Cincinnati wins 1-0. [1]

May 3

• Norman Callaway New South Wales bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies. [1]

May 5

• 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4. [1]
• Saint Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0. [1]

May 6

• Saint Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0. [1]

May 7

• Boston Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Washington Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0. [1]

May 12

• 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6. [1]

May 26

• Walt Cruise hit first homerun out of Braves Field. [1]

June 23

• Molla Bjurstedt wins the US Lawn Tennis Association title. [1]

June 27

• First baseball player (Hank Gowdy) to enter WW I military service. [1]

July 1

• Cincinnati Reds Fred Toney pitches completes doubleheader victories over Pittsburgh Pirates. [1]

August 13

• Philadelphia Phillies steal five bases in an inning against the Braves. [1]

August 19

• Sunday benefit baseball game at the Polo Grounds results in John McGraw and Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws. [1]

August 22

• Pittsburgh Pirates play fourth straight extra inning game, Carson Bigbee sets record of 11 at-bats, they lose in 22 innings to Brooklyn Dodgers. [1]

October 15

• Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants, four games to two in 14th World Series. [1]

November 22

• National Hockey League (NHL) founded with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, TorontArenas, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs. [1]
• National Hockey Association disbands. [1]

December 19

• First NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto). [1]
• Québec Bulldogs play their first professional hockey game. [1]

December 26

• First NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron. [1]

1918

January 2

• Brooklyn Dodgers trade Casey Stengel and Cutshaw to Pittsburgh Steelers for Grimes and Mamaux. [1]
• NHL Montréal Wanderers disband after Westmount arena burns down. [1]

January 12

• Montreal Canadiens' Joe Malone scores five goals beating Ottawa 9-4. [1]

February 2

• John L Sullivan Massachusetts, heavyweight boxing champion, dies at age 59. [1]

February 26

• Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604. [1] [187.219]

March 2

• New York Yankees purchase first baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers and immediately trades him to Philadelphia Athletics. [1]

March 13

• First NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Arenas, outscoring them 10-7 in a two game set. [1]

March 17

• US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Rosemary Beresford. [1]
• US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Nathaniel Niles. [1]

March 18

• Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms. [1]

March 30

• Stanley Cup: Toronto Arenas (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2. [1]

April 11

• Arthur Ochse cricketer (WWI played for South Africa in 1889 aged 19), dies. [1]

April 18

• Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play. [1]

April 20

• Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands cricketer (one Test for South Africa), dies. [1]

April 27

• Brooklyn Dodgers get first victory after worst major league start (0-9). [1]

April 29

• Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of four unassisted double plays. [1]

April 30

• Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen. [1]

May 4

• New York Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Boston Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4. [1]

May 11

• 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8. [1]

May 14

• Cleveland Indians' Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19). [1]
• Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington DC. [1]

May 15

• 43rd Preakness (first Division): Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6. [1]
• 44th Preakness (2nd Dividion): Charles Peak aboard Jack Hare Jr wins in 1:53.4. [1]
• Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game. [1]

May 19

• Washington's first Sunday game, Senators beat Cleveland 1-0 in 18 innings. [1]

May 24

• Cleveland beats New York Yankees 3-2 in 19 inning. [1]

June 1

• New York Yankees turn triple-play, beat Detroit Tigers 5-4. [1]

June 13

• Philadelphia Philles and Saint Louis Cardinals tie 8-8 in 19 innings. [1]

June 15

• 50th running of Belmont Stakes (Johren wins). [1]

July 17

• Longest errorless game, Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in 21 innings. [1]

August 1

• Pittsburgh Pirates beat Boston Braves, 2-0, in 21 innings. [1]

September 1

• Baseball season ends due to WW I. [1]

September 5

• Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early. [1]

September 11

• Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, four games to two in 15th World Series. [1]

October 18

• NHL's Québec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P J Quinn. [1]

December 10

• John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League. [1]

December 21

• Boston Red Sox trade Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore and Duffy Lewis to New York Yankees for Ray Caldwell and Slim Love, Frank Gilhooey, Al Walters and $15,000. [1]

December 26

• First day of first-class cricket in Australia after WWI (Victoria versus New South Wales). [1]

December 31

• Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as Chicago White Sox manager. [1]

1919

January 13

• Dutch Soccer team OSV forms. [1]

January 14

• John McGraw, Charles A Stoneham, and Judge McQuade buy New York Giants. [1]

January 30

• Cincinnati Reds hire Pat Moran as manager as Christy Mathewson, is still in France with US Army. [1]

February 1

• Brooklyn Dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Cincinnati Reds for Tommy Griffith Daubert. [1]

February 5

• National League president John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers. [1]

February 18

• Cy Denneny of NHL Ottawa Senators scores record 52nd goals. [1]

March 6

• NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators, three games to one with one tie. [1]

March 29

• Stanley Cup: Montréal (NHL) and Seattle (PCHA) win two games each with one tie; 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic. [1]

April 5

• Heavyweight Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana. [1]

April 19

• 23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Massachusetts in 2:29:13.4. [1]

April 23

• Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season. [1]

April 30

• Henry Wood England cricket wicket keeper (in four Tests 1888-92), dies. [1]
• Philadelphia Phillies beat Brooklyn Dodgers 9-0 in 20 innings. [1]

May 4

• First legal Sunday baseball game in New York City (Philadelphia Phillies beat New York Giants 4-3). [1]
• FVC soccer team forms. [1]

May 8

• Appingedam soccer team forms. [1]

May 10

• 45th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:09.8. [1]

May 11

• New York Yankees' Jack Quinn and Senators' Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie. [1]

May 12

• New York Yankees and Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15. [1]

May 14

• 45th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53. [1]

May 15

• Brooklyn Dodgers score ten runs in 13th to beat Cincinnati Reds 10-0. [1]

May 25

• Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap. [1]

June 6

• Man O' War wins first victory as a 2-year-old at Belmont. [1]

June 28

• Carl Mazes pitches a complete double-header against New York Yankees. [1]

July 4

• Cincinnati Reds are 10.5 games back in National League, and win the World Series. [1]
• Jack Dempsey beats Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship. [1]

July 5

• Boston Red Sox Babe Ruth hits two home runs in a game for his first of 72 times. [1]

July 17

• New York Yankees 21 hits, Browns 17 hits Browns win 7-6 in 17, on squeeze play. [1]

August 11

• Green Bay Packers football club founded. [1]

August 14

• New York Yankees Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play. [1]

September 10

• Cleveland Indians' Ray Caldwell no-hits New York Yankees 3-0. [1]

September 18

• Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros. [5]

September 24

• Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at age 28 off of New York Yankees player Bob Shawkey. [1]

September 27

• Pitcher Bob Shawkey sets then Yank record with 15 strike-outs. [1]

September 28

• Fastest major league game (51 mins), New York Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies 6-1. [1]

October 1

• World Series #16 begins as a best of 9 affair, Chicago White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (The Black Sox Scandal). [1]

October 19

• Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago White Sox, five games to three in 16th World Series. This series is known as the black sox scandal as seven White Sox players throw the series. [1]

October 30

• Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of the spitball. [1]

December 10

• National League votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers. [1]
• New York, Boston, and Chicago, oppose American League resolution accusing Ban Johnson of overstepping his duties. [1]

December 26

• New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth. [1] [5]

December 27

• Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the Chicago White Sox after 1920 season. [1]