Events in Sport
Sports History
Aug 3 Baseball games cancelled following the death of US President Warren G. Harding
- Aug 9 NY State Golf Association formed
US Open Women's Tennis
Aug 18 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Germantown CC, PA: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 6-2, 6-1 for her first of 7 US singles crowns
World Record
Aug 23 Paavo Nurmi of Finland runs world record for 1 mile of 4:10.4 in Stockholm; record stands until 1931
- Aug 24 Paavo Nurmi of Finland runs world record 3 mile time of 14:11.2 in Stockholm; intermediate time during 5000m event
Birthdays in Sport
- Aug 10 Fred Ridgway, England cricket pace bowler (1951-52 Indian tour)
- Aug 12 John Holt, West Indian cricket batsman (17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36.75; 2 x 100s), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1997)
- Aug 18 Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicket-keeper for India (1947-8 Aust tour)
- Aug 18 Sadu Shinde, cricketer (Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's)
- Aug 18 Jenni Irani, Indian cricketer, born in Karachi (d. 1982)
- Aug 21 Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), born in Bippus, Indiana (d. 2005)
- Aug 23 Ken Rickards, West Indies cricketer (WI batsman two Tests 104 runs), born in Jamaica (d. 1995)
Vic Seixas
Aug 30 Vic Seixas, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1953, US Nat C'ship 1954), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
