Local Football Schedule - 9/4 Bremen at Boone Grove - 6:30Andrean at Kankakee Valley - 7:00Calumet at East Chicago Central - 7:00Crown Point at Merrillville - 7:00Griffith at Lowell - 7:00Hammond Central at West Side - 7:00Highland at Hanover Central - 7:00Hobart at Munster - 7:00Lake Central at Portage - 7:00Lake Station at Bowman - 7:00LaPorte at Valparaiso - 7:00Michigan City at Chesterton -…

1920 – Race horse Man O’War wins the Lawrence Realization Stakes by 100 lengths, the largest winning margin in modern racing history. 1922 – Paavo Nurmi runs a 2000m in world record time, with a 5:26. 1971 – The first DAC football game is played as Chesterton beats Hobart 13-8. 1991 – The MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop the asterisk next to…

1881 – Richard Sears wins the first U.S. Men’s National Championship. 1904 – For the first, an only, time in Olympic history there is a throw off in the discus final after Americans Martin Sheridan and Ralph Rose tie with a throw of 128’ 10 ½”. Sheridan wins the throw off with 127’ 10 ¼”.   1921 – The US defeats Japan in five straight…

1957 – Milwaukee first baseman Frank Torre ties an MLB record by scoring six runs in a game as part of a 23-10 win over the Cubs. 1962 – Stan Musial picks up career hit #3,516, passing Tris Speaker for second place on the all-time list, trailing only Ty Cobb. 1965 – Mr. Cub Ernie Banks hits career home run #400 as part of…

1890 – The Brooklyn Bridegrooms win 3 MLB games in a single day.  1931 – Lou Gehrig hits his third grand slam in a four game span. It is also his sixth straight game with a home run. 1964 – San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Masanori Murakami becomes the first Japanese born player to appear in an MLB game. Murakami throws a scoreless inning…

1881 – The first men’s singles tennis championship in the United States are held in Newport, Rhode Island. 1903 – For the third time in the month, future Hall of Fame pitcher Joe McGinnity wins both games of a double header for the Giants. 1909 – The AJ Reach Company patents the cork-centered baseball. 1915 – White Sox pitcher Jimmy Lavender throws a no-hitter…

1905 – Ty Cobb makes his MLB debut, hitting a double in the Tigers’ 5-3 win over the New York Highlanders. 1922 – Babe Ruth is ejected from a game for the fifth time of the 1922 season. 1965 – After a 55 year baseball career as a player and manager, Casey Stengel retires. 1987 – Texas Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties an MLB…

1885 – Boxing has its first Heavyweight Title fight in a bout between John L. Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey. 1925 – Babe Ruth is suspended and fined $5,000 after showing up late to batting practice. 1950 – The International Olympic Committee votes to admit West Germany and Japan back into the Olympic Games beginning in 1952. 1965 – Willie Mays hits his 17th home…

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…