Events in Sport
- Oct 4 Young Stribling ostensibly beats Mike McTigue on points in Columbus, Georgia for world light-heavyweight boxing title; referee Harry Ertle later calls fight a draw saying he was coerced by promoters into awarding points decision to Stribling; McTigue retains title
- Oct 6 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies)
- Oct 10 NY Giants & NY Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium
Baseball Record
- Oct 12 NY Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in World Series
- Oct 15 NY Yankees 1st World Series win beating NY Giants, 4 games to 2
- Oct 19 Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks
- Oct 23 Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform
- Oct 23 Giants defeat Balt Orioles 9-0 to benefit former Giants owner John Day
Birthdays in Sport
- Oct 5 Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (Minister of Finance), born in Reykjavík, Iceland (d. 1994)
- Oct 5 Bill Wirtz, American longtime Chicago Blackhawks owner, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
- Oct 12 Goody Petronelli, American boxing trainer and manager, born in Brockton, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
- Oct 13 Faas Wilkes, Dutch soccer star (Xerxes/Fortuna/Inter Milan), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2016)
- Oct 22 Pete Pihos, NFL end (Phil Eagles)
- Oct 22 Bert Trautmann, German footballer, (d. 2013)
- Oct 25 Bobby Thomson, Scottish-American baseball player, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2010)
Deaths in Sport
- Oct 12 A P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies