July 1911 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Sports History

Jul 2 Detroit Tigers legend Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game in 14-6 rout of Cleveland. Streak ends next game

Jul 4 Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh halts Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak as Cobb goes 0 for 4 in a 7-3 win over Detroit Tigers at Bennett Park
Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers becomes first player not to concede a game in a final beating Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 8 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Anthony Wilding of New Zealand wins 2nd of 4 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles beating Herbert Roper-Barrett 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-2 ret

Jul 20 Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
Jul 29 Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0
Jul 30 9th Tour de France won by Gustave Garrigou of France

Birthdays in Sport

Jul 3 Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricket batsman (23 Tests, 1,636 runs @ 46.74; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire (d. 1990)
Jul 8 Ken Farnes, English cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years), born in Leytonstone, England (d. 1941)
Jul 14 Bill Blair, American auto racer (NASCAR pioneer; 54 top-10 finishes), born in High Point, North Carolina (d. 1995)
Jul 17 Ted Anderson, English footballer (d. 1979)
Jul 28 Gerhard Stöck, German athlete (Olympic gold javelin, bronze shot put 1936), born in Kaiserswalde, Germany (d. 1985)