Today In Sports History 10/9

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

Baseball

• In 1910 Nap Lajorie challenges Ty Cobb batting average with 8 hits, 6 were bunts as Brown’s 3rd baseman Red Corriden played deep, Cobb still won

Golf

• In 1965 at the Ryder Cup, US beats Great Britain 19½-12½. Byron Nelson non-playing American captain, Harry Weetman GB skipper

Miscellaneous

• In 1915 Woodrow Wilson becomes the first US President to attend a World Series game

NHL

• In 1938 Cleveland Browns & Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game