Events in Sport
Event of Interest
Dec 4 Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court
Walter Johnson
- Dec 5 6th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats U of Toronto, 14-2
Event of Interest
Dec 8 Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox
Eddie Collins
Connie Mack
- Dec 31 Colonel Jacob Ruppert & Captain Huston purchase NY Yankees for $460,000
Birthdays in Sport
- Dec 6 Cyril Washbrook, cricketer (stalwart Lancs & England opener)
- Dec 7 Winston Place, cricketer (England opener in West Indies 1948)
- Dec 12 Buzzie Bavasi, American MLB executive (Brooklyn & LA Dodgers), born in NYC, New York (d. 2008)
- Dec 12 Denis Begbie, cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50)
- Dec 15 Ernie Toshack, cricket pace bowler (Aussie left-arm post-WWII)
- Dec 17 Mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's)
Deaths in Sport
- Dec 21 A O Jones, cricketer (12 Tests for England 1899-1909), dies