Month: January 2021

1915 Jacob Ruppert and Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase the New York Yankees for $460,000, Ruppert pays his portion in cash1946 Bert Bell becomes second NFL

1911 Trumper scored double cricket ton v South Africa, goes on to get 2141914 Norwegian speed skater Oscar Mathisen skates world 500m record in 43.7s

1811 1st Women’s Golf Tournament held1903 Baseball’s National & American Leagues make peace1903 Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the American League’s Baltimore baseball franchise

1913 Frank Chance becomes NY Yankees manager1925 England cricket opening batsman Herbert Sutcliffe follows his 1st innings 176 with 127 in the 2nd innings but

1899 Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier’s1910 Stanley Cup, Dey’s Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (ON), 3-1 for a

1681 First recorded boxing match is engineered by Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle; his butler vs his butcher1883 Ontario Rugby Football Union forms1896 1st

1859 1st steamboat the North Star sails up the northern Red River, America1925 French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, &

1883 Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms1887 Thomas Stevens is 1st man to bicycle around the world (San Francisco to San Francisco)1902 Australian

1931 Montreal Maroons centre Nels Stewart scores fastest 2 goals in NHL history with a pair 4 seconds apart in a 5-3 win over Boston

1832 1st Curling club in US (Orchard Lake Curling Club) opens1865 Welterweight Con Orem & heavyweight Hugh O’Neill brawl for 185 rounds before darkness ends