Today in Sporting History, October 1
1889 - Soccer team HFC Haarlem forms
1903 - 1st baseball World Series, Pitts Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox)
1908 - Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1
1910 - Regina Rugby Club's 1st game, losing to Moose Jaw Tigers, 16-6
1912 - Yanks lose game #100 en route to a 50-102 season
1922 - Rogers Hornsby's 3-for-5 ups avg to .401
1924 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 4 mile (19:15.4) and 5 mile (24:06.2)
1927 - Pirates clinch NL pennant with a 9-6 win over Reds
1928 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 15m (46:49.6)
1930 - World Series opens at Phila's Shibe Park, Phila A's beat St Louis 5-2
1930 - Soccer team WHC forms
1932 - NHL readmits Ottawa and drops Pittsburgh
1932 - World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points and hits next pitch into center field bleachers
1933 - Antwerp Sports arena opens
1941 - Yankees beat Dodgers 3-2 at Yankee Stadium in opener of World Series
1946 - 1st NL playoffs, Dodgers vs Cards (St Louis wins 2 games to 0)
1947 - NHL Pension Society founded
1951 - 1st Giant-Dodgers playoff game, Giants win 3-1
1960 - 14th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 2-1 at Montreal
1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Open
1962 - SF beats Dodgers, 8-0 in 1st of best-of-3 NL playoff
1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' LA Golf Open
1972 - 1st games of World Hockey Association
1972 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
1975 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1977 - Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games
1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
1978 - Yanks lose 9-2 to Indians forcing a playoff game with Red Sox
1984 - Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball
1989 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1989 - Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle
1993 - Lennox Lewis TKOs Frank Bruno in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 - Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic
1995 - Gail Graham wins FieldCrest Cannon/Carolina LPGA Golf Classic
1995 - NY Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever
2000 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, the chairman of the IOC declares Syndey the "best Olympic Games ever"
2000 - Closing ceremony of the XXVII Olympics in Syndey, Australia
1903 - 1st baseball World Series, Pitts Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox)
1908 - Jack Chesbro's final Yankee victory, beats Walter Johnson 2-1
1910 - Regina Rugby Club's 1st game, losing to Moose Jaw Tigers, 16-6
1912 - Yanks lose game #100 en route to a 50-102 season
1922 - Rogers Hornsby's 3-for-5 ups avg to .401
1924 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 4 mile (19:15.4) and 5 mile (24:06.2)
1927 - Pirates clinch NL pennant with a 9-6 win over Reds
1928 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 15m (46:49.6)
1930 - World Series opens at Phila's Shibe Park, Phila A's beat St Louis 5-2
1930 - Soccer team WHC forms
1932 - NHL readmits Ottawa and drops Pittsburgh
1932 - World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points and hits next pitch into center field bleachers
1933 - Antwerp Sports arena opens
1941 - Yankees beat Dodgers 3-2 at Yankee Stadium in opener of World Series
1946 - 1st NL playoffs, Dodgers vs Cards (St Louis wins 2 games to 0)
1947 - NHL Pension Society founded
1951 - 1st Giant-Dodgers playoff game, Giants win 3-1
1960 - 14th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 2-1 at Montreal
1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Open
1962 - SF beats Dodgers, 8-0 in 1st of best-of-3 NL playoff
1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' LA Golf Open
1972 - 1st games of World Hockey Association
1972 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
1975 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1977 - Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games
1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
1978 - Yanks lose 9-2 to Indians forcing a playoff game with Red Sox
1984 - Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball
1989 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
1989 - Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle
1993 - Lennox Lewis TKOs Frank Bruno in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 - Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic
1995 - Gail Graham wins FieldCrest Cannon/Carolina LPGA Golf Classic
1995 - NY Yankees win 1st baseball wildcard ever
2000 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, the chairman of the IOC declares Syndey the "best Olympic Games ever"
2000 - Closing ceremony of the XXVII Olympics in Syndey, Australia