Today In Sports History 11/2

Our past has shaped the present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history today.

Baseball

• In 1913 St. Louis Browns player-manager George Stovall, fired the previous summer, is the first MLB player to jump to the Federal League, signing to manage the Kansas City Packers

Golf

• In 1947 at the Ryder Cup the US wins first post WWII event, 11-1, Ben Hogan American captain; Henry Cotton GB skipper

Miscellaneous

• In 1895 the first organized auto race in the United States is run in Chicago. Six cars race over 52-mile lakefront course, 2 finish because of blizzard conditions

NFL

• In 1958 Los Angeles Rams beat Chicago Bears, 41-35 before 90,833 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum; NFL single-game attendance record

NHL

• In 1947 after just 6 games of the season, Chicago Blackhawks trade NHL scoring leader Max Bentley along with Cy Thomas to Toronto Maple Leafs for Gus Bodnar, Bud Poile, Gaye Stewart, Bob Goldham, and Ernie Dickens