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Last updated: 2008 August 9.

1925 January 5 French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings. [1] January 6 Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4 13.6 mile and 14 44.6 5,000m. [1] February 2 National League holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where National League began. [1] February 3 Jaap Eden Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at age 51. [1] February 10 American League decides to alternate leagues for game one of World Series each year. [1] February 25 US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran. [1] US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles. [1] February 27 Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 and 6-37 vs England. [1] March 13 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in two games. [1] March 14 Walter Camp father of American football, dies at age 65. [1] March 21 Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens. [1] March 30 Stanley Cup: Victoria Cougars (WCHL) beat Montréal Maroons (NHL), three games to 1. [1] April 5 New York Yankees whip Brooklyn Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer. [1] April 15 NHL's New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) first game, lose 3-1. [1] April 17 New York Yankees player Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery. [1] April 18 Charles Ebbets president (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies. [1] April 20 29th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor of Illinois in 2:33:00.6. [1] April 21 No baseball games played in National League due to Charles Ebbets' funeral. [1] May 2 Kezar Stadium in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park opens. [1] May 5 Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases). [1] New York Yankees player Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak. [1] May 6 Ty Cobb hits his 5th homerun in two games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884. [1] May 7 Philadelphia Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row. [1] Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play. [1] May 8 51st Preakness: Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59. [1] May 12 Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament. [1] May 16 First network radiocast (WHAS) of Kentucky Derby. [1] 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6. [1] May 26 Detroit Tigers' Ty Cobb is first to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139). [1] May 27 Ed McKeever president (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies of pneumonia. [1] May 30 Roger Hornsby replaces Branch Rickey as manager of Saint Louis Cardinals. [1] June 1 Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp (first of record 2130 consec games). [1] June 2 New York Yankees player Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak. [1] July 4 New York Yankees Lefty Grove beats Athletics Herb Pennock 1-0 in 15 innings. [1] July 22 New York Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher. [1] July 23 New York Yankees player Lou Gehrig hits his first of 23 career grand slammers. [1] August 25 Helen Willis wins her third straight US Lawn Tennis Open. [1] September 3 First international handball match held. [1] September 13 Brooklyn Dodger Dazzy Vance no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 10-1. [1] October 11 New York Giants play first NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0. [1] October 15 Pittsburgh Pirates beat Washington Senators, 4 games to three in 22nd World Series. [1] November 28 Famed NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses in a game and dies of TB 4months later. [1] December 5 13th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Winnipeg Tammany Tigers, 24-1. [1] December 6 Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 19-7. [1] December 9 American League extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 and raise to $40,000. [1] Pro football a hit in New York City; Grange and Chicago Bears beat New York Giants before 73,000. [1] December 15 First hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Montreal Canadiens 3, New York Americans 1. [1] December 17 A N "Monkey" Hornby cricketer (England captain at Oval 1882), dies. [1] December 21 Stork Hendry scores 325 for Victoria against New Zealand. [1] December 26 First East-West football game at Ewing Park before 25,000 fans. [1] NHL record 141 shots as New York Americans (73) beat Pittsburgh Pirates (68) 3-1. [1] 1926 February 6 NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates. [1] Saint Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from New York Yankees. [1] February 10 Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins. [1] February 12 Barendrecht soccer team forms. [1] February 16 Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France. [1] February 17 Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match. [1] February 24 Eddie Plank pitcher (won 327 games in 17 years), dies at age 51. [1] March 11 John Henry Anderson cricketer (score 32 and 11 in Test for South Africa), dies. [1] March 23 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens outscore Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-4 in two games. [1] March 26 Georges Vezina NHL Hall of Fame goalie (Montreal Canadiens), dies. [1] April 1 Halsteren Soccer team forms in Halsteren. [1] April 6 Stanley Cup: Montréal Maroons beat Victoria Cougars (WHL), three games to 1. [1] April 13 At 41, Walter Johnson pitches his 7th opening day shutout. [1] April 15 Frank Iredale cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 807 runs at 36 68), dies. [1] April 18 Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf Germany. [1] April 19 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4. [1] April 27 In the New York Giants' 9-8 win over Philadelphia Phillies, Mel Ott, 17, first appearance. [1] May 5 Geldrop soccer team forms. [1] May 10 52nd Preakness: John Maiben aboard Display wins in 1:59.8. [1] May 15 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8. [1] May 20 Dick Pougher cricketer (17 and 3-26 in only Test for England 1892), dies. [1] May 21 Chicago White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double. [1] May 23 Hack Wilson is first to hit a homerun off Wrigley Field scoreboard. [1] May 24 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3000 metres (8:25.4). [1] June 5 Cleveland Indians triple-play New York Yankees and win 15-3. [1] June 10 Philadelphia Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle. [1] July 22 Cincinnati Red Curt Walker ties record of two triples in an inning. [1] August 21 Chicago White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Boston Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway. [1] September 11 US defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship. [1] New York Yankees' Bob Meusel ties record with three sacrifice flies. [1] September 16 Saint Louis Cardinals beat Philadelphia Phillies 23-3. [1] September 23 Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey for world heavyweight boxing title. [1] September 25 NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings. [1] September 26 Shortest double header, New York Yankees lose 6-1 in 72 minutes and lose again 6-2 in 55 minutes to the Browns. New York Yankees had already clinched pennant. [1] October 2 Bert Gibb of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game. [1] October 6 Babe Ruth hits three home runs in a world series game, New York Yankees beat Saint Louis Cardinals 10-5 (World Series #23). [1] October 10 Saint Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to three in 23rd World Series. [1] October 25 Lester Patrick becomes first coach and general manager of New York Rangers. [1] November 16 New York Rangers first game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0. [1] November 17 NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their first game, beat Toronto Saint Patricks 4-1. [1] December 4 14th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats University of Toronto, 10-7. [1] December 9 USGA legalizes steel shaft golf clubs. [1] December 11 Queensland win their first Sheffield Shield cricket match, vs New South Wales. [1] December 16 Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner. [1] December 20 Saint Louis Cardinals trade Roger Hornsby to New York Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring. [1] December 21 Soccer team DOS Struggle forms. [1] December 28 Arthur Mailey takes 4-362 off 64 overs (no maidens) New South Wales vs Victoria. [1] Ponsford scores 352 and Ryder 295 against New South Wales. [1] Victoria all out for 1107 against New South Wales at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Crowd 22,348. [1] December 29 Victoria (1107) beat New South Wales (221 and 230) by an innings 656 runs. [1] December 30 Chicago Tribune reports the Detroit Tigers threw a 4-game series to the Chicago White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substaniated). [1]