Today In Sports History 10/4

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

Baseball

• In 1922 writer Grantland Rice does the announcing as the New York Giants-New York Yankees Baseball World Series is broadcast for the first time over radio (WJZ & WGY)

Golf

• In 1895 at the first Men’s US Open, Englishman Horace Rawlins wins inaugural event, beats Willie Dunn of Scotland by 2 strokes

Miscellaneous

• In 1873 Toronto Argonauts Football Club (CFL) forms as Argonaut Rowing Club rugby-football squad. It is the oldest existing pro sports team in North America still using original name