1876 Ottawa Football Club forms1902 Chicago White Sox pitcher Jimmy ‘Nixey’ Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-01907 Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Nick Maddox no-hits Brooklyn Superbas, 2-1
Month: September 2021
1876 Talks begin to set up a football club in Ottawa1879 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record pole-vaulting 11′
1848 Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner1863 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park, Sr. wins his 2nd
1897 US Open Men’s Golf, Chicago GC: Englishman Joe Lloyd wins his only major title by 1 stroke over runner-up Willie Anderson of Scotland; last
1864 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr. wins third title; beats fellow Scot Andrew Strath by 2 strokes1869 British Open Men’s Golf,
1870 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris, Jr. wins third straight title; again beats Bob Kirk, this time by 12 strokes1879 Pim Mulier
1865 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Scotsman Andrew Strath wins his first title; beats 2-time champion Willie Park Sr. by 2 strokes1868 Golf’s 1st
1866 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Willie Park Sr. wins his 3rd title; beats his brother Davie Park by 2 strokes1872 British Open Men’s
1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set1895 Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America’s Cup1895 Annie Londonderry [Annie
1862 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr retains his title; beats Willie Park Sr. by 3 strokes1886 6th America’s Cup: Mayflower (NY