Author: Miroslav Obradovic

1906 Australasian Championships Men’s Tennis, Christchurch, NZ: All-NZ final; Antony Wilding beats Francis Fisher 6-0, 6-4, 6-41918 Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox

1896 Stanley Cup, Granite Rink, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Ernie McLea scores a hat-trick as Montreal Victorias beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-5; first SC Challenge game played outside

1906 Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal Wanderers beat New Glasgow (NS), 7-2 for 17-5 aggregate challenge series victory1934 First collegiate basketball doubleheader is

1887 John Layton Jarvis becomes first British race horse trainer to be knighted for services to racing1905 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of US founded (becomes NCAA

1892 N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game1897 Stanley Cup, Victoria Rink, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-21919

1860 First ever inter-club football match between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England1917 1st NHL defensemen to score a

1862 40,000 watch Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head, South Carolina1888 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia1928 Christmas Day attendance

1889 Daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake1921 Ottawa’s Harry Broadbent scores in 10-0 Senators blowout of the Montreal Canadiens; first

1923 Yankees pitcher Carl Mays sold to Reds for $85,0001951 National Football League Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns, 24-17; first

1877 ”American Bicycling Journal” begins publishing (Boston, Mass)1894 United States Golf Association forms in New York1915 Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty