Today In Sports History 10/1

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

Baseball

• In 1903 the first Baseball World Series game ever played, Pittsburgh Pirates beat Boston Americans 7-3 at Huntington Avenue. Jimmy Sebring hits first home run, Deacon Phillippe is winning pitcher and Cy Young the loser

Golf

• In 1921 at the PGA Championship, Walter Hagen beats former champion Jim Barnes of England 3 & 2. It is Hagan’s third major title

Miscellaneous

• In 1661 yachting begins in England. King Charles II beats his brother James, Duke of York racing from Greenwich to Gravesend

NFL

• In 1922 former Chicago Staleys play first NFL game as Chicago Bears, beat Racine Legion 6-0 at Horlick Field, Racine, Wisconsin