Region Football Schedule - 8/28 Michigan City at Detroit Cass Tech - 6:00TF South at Hammond Central - 6:00Andrean at Bishop Luers - 6:30Merrillville at Lafayette Jefferson - 6:30Pike at Crown Point - 6:30SB Riley at Valparaiso - 6:30Boone Grove at South Central - 7:00Bowman at Bishop Noll - 7:00Calumet at River Forest - 7:00Chesterton at Morton - 7:00EC Central at West Side -…

1918 – Boston’s Tris Speaker is suspended for the remained of the season after an assault on umpire Tom Connolly. 1921 – Babe Ruth begins a streak of extra base hits in nine straight games. 1958 – Nellie Fox sets a record for consecutive games without striking out at 98 games.  1960 – White Sox slugger Ted Kuzewski’s three run homer is disallowed because…

1911 – White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh throws a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox. 1918 – Reds manager Christy Mathewson resigns his position in order to accept a commission as a captain in the chemical warfare branch of the Army. 1921 – The Acme Packing Company in Green Bay, Wisconsin is granted an NFL franchise. 1922 – Paavo Nurmi runs the 3000m in…

1903 – The Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a single game.  1912 – Walter Johnson’s 16-game winning streak as a pitcher comes to an end.  1930 – Hack Wilson hits his 44th homer of the season, setting a new National League record. 1938 – The Montreal Maroons are dropped from the NHL due to financial struggles. 1947 – Dan Bankhead, the first African-American pitcher…

1921 – Yankees pitcher Harry Harper ties an MLB record by hitting three batters in one inning. 1922 – The Cubs beat the Phillies 26-23 in the highest scoring MLB game ever. 1960 – The Olympic Games open in Rome, Italy. 1960 – The AFL starts to place player’s names on the back of jerseys. 1968 – Arthur Ashe becomes the first African American…

1919 – Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is knocked unconscious after being struck by lightning in the ninth inning in a game against the Athletics. Caldwell refuses to leave the game after awakening and records the final out. 1940 – “The Splendid Splinter” Ted Williams comes in to pitch for the Red Sox as they are being routed by the Tigers. Williams throws two innings…

1923 – Paavo Nurmi of Finland sets the 1 mile world record at 4:10.4, it stands for 8 years.  1933 – Boxing is televised for the first time, as an exhibition bout between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri is aired from the Broadcasting House in London. 1936 – Future Hall of Famer Bob Feller makes his MLB debut for the Cleveland Indians at the…

1917 – Pirates outfielder Carson Bigbee sets an MLB record with 11 at-bats in a 22-inning game. 1950 – Althea Gibson becomes the first African-American player in a US national tennis competition.  1959 – The AFL officially forms. 1965 – Giants pitcher Juan Marichal hits Dodger catcher John Roseboro on the head with a bat. 1980 – White Sox owner Bill Veeck agrees to…

1901 – Orioles pitcher Joe McGinnity is suspended for punching and spitting on an umpire. The suspension, initially a lifetime ban, is eventually reduced to 12 days. 1926 – White Sox pitcher Ted Lyons throws a no-hitter against the Red Sox. 1931 – Babe Ruth becomes the first player in MLB history to hit 600 career home runs. 1932 – Pitcher Wes Ferrell becomes…

1915 – The White Sox acquire “Shoeless” Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for three players and $31,500. 1920 – The American Professional Football Association is formed with Jim Thorpe as president. The league would later become the NFL. 1922 – The first track and field competition for women takes place at the Pershing Stadium in Paris.  1938 – Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd,…