TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 4TH

1895 - 1st US Golf Open: Horace Rawlins shoots a 173 at Newport GC RI.

1922 - For 1st time, entire World Series broadcast over radio (WJZ & WGY).
1923 - Young Stribling held light-Heavyweight boxing championship

for shortest amount of time (3 hrs). Referee overturns decision.
1924 - NY Giants become 1st team to appear in 4 consecutive World Series.
1925 - Harry Heilmann's 6 hits edges Ty Cobb .393 to .389 as batting champ.

1930 - A's Jack Quinn, 46, pitches 2 inn, is oldest to play in World Series.
1932 - Clark Griffith announces Walter Johnson will be manager of Senators.

1944 - Tony La Russa, MLB manager (Chicago,
Oakland, St. Louis), born in Tampa, FL.

1944 - 1st All St Louis World Series, all games played at Sportsman's Park.

1959 - 1st World Series game played west of St Louis (in LA).
1959 - Cleveland Browns' Jim Brown makes club record 37 rushing attempts.
1959 - LA Dodgers set World Series attendance record at 92,394.
1961 - Whitey Ford's 3rd straight World Series shutout.
1962 - Whitey Ford's World Series 33 2/3 scoreless inning streak ends.

1967 - 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature Yanks, Giants or Dodgers.
1969 - Baseball's 1st divisional playoff games, Mets beat Braves 9-5

& Orioles beat Twins 4-3 in 12 innings.

1972 - Ted Williams manages his final game as Rangers lose to Royals, 4-0.

1981 - Freddie Lindstrom, Major League Baseball Hall of famer (b. 1905) dies.
1987 - 1st "Scrub Sunday" of NFL football with replacement players.

1989 - Secretariat, American race horse (b. 1970) dies.
1991 - NHL NY Rangers trade Bernie Nichols to Edmonton for Mark Messier.
1991 - San Jose Sharks lose 4-3 to Vancouver Canucks in their 1st NHL game.

2001 - Barry Bonds hits his 70th home run, tying Mark McGwire

for the most home runs hit in a single season.

2012 - Formula One legend, Michael Schumacher, retires.