Events in Sport
Sports History
Oct 1 Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Jack Chesbro records final victory for the NY Highlanders before waived and claimed by Red Sox; beats Walter Johnson and Washington Senators, 2-1
- Oct 2 Cleveland Naps and future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Addie Joss hurls a classic perfect game, beating Ed Walsh and the Chicago White Sox, 1-0
- Oct 5 Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh beats Detroit Tigers, 6-1, his 40th victory of the MLB season; forces AL pennant race to the final day
- Oct 6 Tigers beat White Sox, 7-0 to win AL pennant
- Oct 6 Yanks lose 100th game of year go 51-103 for season
- Oct 8 NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)
- Oct 8 Chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant
- Oct 14 Upset over seating arrangements at the Baseball World Series, sports reporters form a professional group that will become Baseball Writers Association of America
- Oct 14 Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Bennett Park, Detroit to clinch 4-1 series win; 6,210 fans is smallest crowd in WS history; Cubs retain title
- Oct 16 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux
- Oct 31 IV Summer (Modern) Olympic Games close in London
Birthdays in Sport
- Oct 1 Doug Young, Canadian NHL defenceman (Stanley Cup 1936-37, Detroit Red Wings captain), born in Medicine Hat, Alberta (d. 1990)
- Oct 17 Red Rolfe, American baseball player (d. 1969)
- Oct 29 Jimmy Thomson, Scottish golfer (US Open 1935, PGA C'ship 1936 runner-up), born in North Berwick, Scotland (d. 1985)
