Events in Sport
Event of Interest
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
Walter Johnson
- Oct 2 Cleveland Naps and future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Addie Joss hurls a classic perfect game, beating Ed Walsh and the 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 8 NY Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)
- Oct 14 Baseball Writers Association of America forms
- Oct 14 Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 1 in 5th World Series, 1st rematch
- Oct 14 Smallest crowd at World Series, 6,210 fans see Cubs beat Tigers
- Oct 16 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux
- Oct 31 4th Olympic games ends in London
Birthdays in Sport
- Oct 17 Red Rolfe, American baseball player (d. 1969)