THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 1ST

1903 - First baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox).

1919 - World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally 

throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal).

1922 - Former Chicago Staleys play first NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0.
1924 - Landis bans Giants Jimmy O'Connell & Cozy Dolan from World Series 

after they admit an attempt to bribe Phils shortstop Heinie Sand.

1932 - World Series moves to Chicago, in 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits 

until he has 2 strikes, points & hits next pitch into center field bleachers.
1933 - Antwerp Sports arena opens.

1945 - Heavyweight champ Joe Louis is discharged from army.

1945 - Rod Carew, baseball slugger (AL Rookie of Year 1967) is born.

1946 - First NL playoffs, Dodgers vs Cards (St Louis wins 2 games to 0).
1947 - NHL Pension Society founded.

1959 - First World Series since 1948 not to feature a NY team (LA vs Chic).

1961 - Roger Maris sets record of 61 HRs (off of Tracy Stallard).

1963 - Mark McGwire, 1st baseman (AL rookie of year 1988, Oakland A's, Cards) is born.

1975 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in 15 for 

Heavyweight boxing title in "The Thrilla in Manila".
1977 - Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games.

1984 - Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball.

1984 - Walter Alston, Baseball manager (LA Dodgers), dies at 72

1989 - Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle.

1995 - NY Yankees win first baseball wildcard ever.
1997 - Carolina Hurricanes first game vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
2000 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, the chairman of the IOC 

declares Sydney the "best Olympic Games ever".

2000 - United States wins the most medals (97), and the most 

gold medals (40) in Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia.
2004 - Baseball: Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gets his 258th hit 

of the season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old single-season record.