1942

January 1

• Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16. [1]

January 4

• NFL Pro Bowl: Chicago Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24. [1]
• Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame. [1]

January 9

• Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer in one for heavyweight boxing title. [1]

January 12

• George Francis cricketer (West Indies Test fast-bowler, 23 wickets in 10), dies. [1]

January 15

• Franklin Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII. [1]
• Melvin Winfield Sheppard runner (Olympics-gold-08, 12), dies at age 58. [1]

February 3

• Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942. [1]

February 5

• Braves get Tommy Holmes from New York Yankees for Buddy Hassett and Gene Moore. [1]

February 7

• Dorando di Desiderio Pietri marathoner (Olympics-gold-1908), dies at age 56. [1]

February 9

• Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils". [1]

February 19

• Bill Longson beats Managoff and Sandor Szabo, to become wrestling champion. [1]
• New York Yankees announce 5,000 uniformed soldiers will be admitted free at each of their upcoming home games. [1]

February 21

• US female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn. [1]
• US male Figure Skating championship won by Bobby Specht. [1]

March 1

• Baseball decides that players in military can't play when on furlough. [1]

March 18

• Two black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out. [1]

March 27

• Joe Louis knocks out Abe Simon in six to retain heavyweight boxing title (New York City, New York). [1]

March 28

• 4th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38. [1]

April 12

• 9th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280. [1]

April 18

• Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3. [1]

April 19

• 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Massachusetts in 2:26:51.2. [1]

May 2

• 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4. [1]

May 8

• First twilight game in 24 years, the Brooklyn Dodgers top New York Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund. [1]

May 9

• 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57. [1]

May 13

• Pitcher Jim Tobin belts three homeruns in a game. [1]

May 18

• New York City ends night baseball games for the rest of WWII. [1]

May 19

• Atlanta Braves' Paul Waner is third National League-er to get 3,000 hits (Anson and Wagner). [1]

May 30

• Satchel Paige pitches five innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars 8-1. [1]

May 31

• 25th PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Seaview CC Atlantic City New Jersey. [1]

July 6

• American League beats National League 3-1 in 10th All Star Game (New York Giants host). [1]

August 28

• Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2). [1]

September 13

• Chicago Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes four errors in one inning. [1]

September 14

• New York Yankees clinch pennant #13. [1]

September 20

• Gunther Hagg becomes world champion of all records from 1500m to 5000m. [1]

September 27

• New York Giants beat Washington Redskins 14-7 without making a first down. [1]
• Saint Louis Cardinals win National League pennant on last day of the season. [1]

September 28

• New York Americans NHL team folded. [1]

October 5

• Saint Louis Cardinals beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 1, in 39th World Series. [1]

October 16

• National Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services. [1]

October 29

• Branch Rickey named president / general manager of Brooklyn Dodgers. [1]

November 20

• NHL abolishes regular season overtime until WW II is over. [1]

December 5

• Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg RCAF, 8-5 at Toronto. [1]

December 8

• 8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB). [1]

December 13

• Washington Redskins defeat Chicago Bears 14-6, to win NFL title. [1]

December 18

• Charlie Walker cricketer (Australian tourist to England 1930, 1938), dies. [1]

December 27

• NFL Pro Bowl: NFL All-Stars beats Washington 17-14. [1]

1943

January 1

• Negro League star Josh Gibson suffers a nervous breakdown. [1]

January 14

• Alex Smart (Montréal) is first NHL player to score hat trick in his first game. [1]

January 23

• Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in one period. [1]

January 28

• Chicago Blackhawks beats New York Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores four goals. [1]
• Forward Doug Bentley sets NHL record with five points in a game. [1]

February 4

• Frank Calder first NHL president, dies. [1]

February 9

• National League seeks buyer for Philadelphia Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears. [1]

February 17

• New York Yankees Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the US army. [1]

February 18

• William D Cox buys Philadelphia Phillies. [1]

February 20

• Phil Wrigley and B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League. [1]

March 3

• George Thomson cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for England 1909-10), dies. [1]

March 8

• US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill. [1]
• US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Arthur Vaughn. [1]

March 9

• Oskar Hêks Czechoslovakian marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz. [1]

March 13

• Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata). [1]

March 30

• 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34. [1]

April 7

• NFL adopts free substitution rule. [1]

April 8

• Richard Sears first to win US amateur national tennis match, dies at age 81. [1]
• Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep Boston Bruins in four games. [1]

April 19

• 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:28:25.8. [1]

May 1

• 69th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:04. [1]

May 4

• National League's Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier. [1]

May 8

• 69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4. [1]

May 21

• Fastest 9 inning American League baseball game (89 minutes), Chicago White Sox beat Senators. [1]

May 31

• Saint Louis Cardinals Mort Cooper pitches first of back-to-back one-hitters. [1]

June 4

• Saint Louis Cardinals pitcher Mort Cooper pitches his second consecutive one hitter. [1]

June 19

• NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers merge, (disolves on December 5). [1]

July 2

• Cleveland Indians score 12 runs in fourth inning and beat New York Yankees 12-0. [1]

July 13

• First All Star night game (American League beats National League 5-4 at Shribe Pk, Philadelphia). [1]

September 8

• New York Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game. [1]

September 14

• New York Yankees clinch pennant #14. [1]

October 11

• New York Yankees beat Saint Louis Cardinals 4 games to 1, in 40th World Series, 10th World Series win - New York Yankees become first team to win ten World Series. [1]

October 19

• New York Yankees second baseman Joe Gordon announces retirement (hates New York). [1]

October 31

• Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for six touchdowns versus Brooklyn (48-10). [1]

November 7

• Detroit Lions 0, New York Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL. [1]

November 14

• Chicago Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns versus New York Giants (56-7). [1]

December 3

• 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (quarterback). [1]

December 4

• Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign Negroes. [1]

December 5

• NFL Philadelphia Eagle-Pittsburgh Steelers merger dissolves. [1]

December 22

• Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core. [1]

December 26

• Chicago Bears win NFL championship. [1]

December 30

• Philadelphia Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pittsburgh for Babe Phelps and cash. [1]

1944

January 1

• Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl", Oran, North Africa. [1]
• C T B Turner cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wicket All time great), dies. [1]

January 23

• Detroit Red Wings score 15 goals against New York Rangers and NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive goals and most lopsided game 15-0. [1]

February 2

• Baseball meets in New York City, New York to discuss postwar action. [1]

February 8

• Clem Wilson cricketer (brother of Rockley, two Tests for England 1896), dies. [1]

February 18

• Cincinnati Reds sign youngest baseball player, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall. [1]

March 28

• 6th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Utah defeats Dartmouth 42-40. [1]

April 13

• NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Chicago Blackhawks in four games. [1]

April 17

• J T Hearne, cricketer (took 49 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies. [1]

April 18

• 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:31:50.4. This is his second straight and third career win. [1]

April 19

• Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 1927), dies at age 44. [1]

April 20

• NFL legalizes coaching from the bench. [1]

April 21

• NFL Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on December 3). [1]

April 27

• Boston Braves' Jim Tobin no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0. [1]

April 30

• New York Giants' Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs. [1]
• New York Giants' Mel Ott scores six runs in one game drawing five walks for fourth time. [1]

May 6

• 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2. [1]

May 9

• Joe McCarthy returns as New York Yankees' manager after an illness. [1]

May 13

• 70th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 1:59.2. [1]

May 15

• Cincinnati Reds' Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0. [1]

May 23

• Polo Grounds host first New York City night game since 1941. [1]

May 26

• C M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in five Tests for South Africa), dies. [1]

June 10

• Joe Nuxhall at age 15 becomes youngest Major League baseball player. [1]

June 22

• Longest shut-out in Philadelphia Phillies history; Philadelphia Phillies beat Boston Braves 1-0 in 15 innings. [1]

July 3

• Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore, Maryland. [1]

July 11

• National League beats American League 7-1 in 12th All Star Game (Pittsburgh' Forbes Field). [1]

August 10

• Boston Braves' Red Barrett throws only 58 pitches to beat Cincinnati Reds 2-0. [1]

August 17

• New York Yankees' Johnny Lindell ties record with four consecutive doubles in a game. [1]

September 3

• Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US tennis title. [1]

October 1

• Saint Louis Browns win their only American League pennant. [1]

October 9

• Saint Louis Cardinals beat Saint Louis Browns, four games to two in 41st World Series. [1]

November 11

• New York Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4). [1]

November 25

• Kenesaw Landis, baseball commisioner, dies. [1]

December 2

• 10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les(lie) Horvath, Ohio State (quarterback). [1]

December 3

• NFL Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers merger dissolves. [1]

December 17

• Green Bay Packers win NFL championship. [1]

December 21

• Saint Louis Cardinals' Marty Marion wins National League Most Valuable Player. [1]