TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - OCTOBER 1ST

1661 - Yachting begins in England; King Charles II

beats his brother James, Duke of York.
1879 - Cincinnati Enquirer publishes 1st report on baseball reserve clause.

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 1st 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.

1959 - 1st 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, Pomona California, MLB 1st baseman

(AL rookie of year 1988, Oakland A's, St. Louis Cardinals) 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 1st baseball wildcard ever.
1997 - Carolina Hurricanes 1st game vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
2000 - Juan Antonio Samaranch, the chairman of the IOC declares

Sydney the "best Olympic Games ever".

2000 - United States retain Basketball's Olympic gold medal defeating France 85-75.
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.