1722 Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant1887 1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat
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1751 The New York Gazette and Post Boy carries first public report of a cricket match played in America; New York XI v London XI
1901 Cleveland’s Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-11923 Wembley Stadium opens – Bolton Wanderers vs
1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Philadelphia A’s win 6-01908 IV Summer (Modern) Olympic Games open in London1918 Giants’ 9-0 winning start & Dodgers’ 0-9 losing
1900 Newly renamed American League opener in Cleveland draws 6,500 (still as a minor league, was Western League)1901 Jimmy Collins, having left the Boston Beaneaters
1876 Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout)1901 Erve Beck hits American League’s 1st home run1901 In last of 9th, Detroit
1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men’s athletics in England & Wales, is founded in Oxford, England1894 Phillies Lave Cross hits for cycle vs
1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) win their 2nd game beating Washington Senators 7-21919 US Major League Baseball opens a reduced 140-game season1933 Dovo soccer team forms
1876 1st official National League baseball game is played; Boston Red Caps beat Philadelphia Athletics, 6-5 at the Jefferson Street Grounds, Philadelphia1876 Philadelphia native Tim
1898 Phillies’ pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam on 1st at bat1902 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor in 2:43:121910 Cleve Naps play