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October 14 – The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1, to win their 4th World Series Title. October 24–29 – Wall Street crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).
Game 4 of the World Series featured a historic 10-run rally by the Athletics, nicknamed "The Mack Attack," after the team's manager, Connie Mack. [ 1 ] This was the last of eight seasons that "League Awards", a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), were issued.
This was the first World Series game ever played at Wrigley Field.. Because seven of the eight regulars in the Cubs' lineup hit right-handed, Athletics manager Connie Mack started only right-handed pitchers during the series and kept all his left-handed pitchers in the bullpen, even though two of his best starters, Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg, were left-handed.
VFL Premiership. Collingwood achieves the only perfect home-and-away season in VFL/AFL history, but lose the second semi-final to Richmond 8.13 (61) to 18.15 (123); Collingwood wins the 33rd VFL Premiership, beating Richmond 11.13 (79) to 7.8 (50) in the 1929 VFL Grand Final.
That triple play in 1929 was also turned in Detroit, according to the SABR database. The Tigers did it against the Boston Red Sox when batter Russ Scarritt lined back to pitcher Josh Billings.
February 8, 10, 11, 1979 - The Challenge Cup, a three-game series between the All-Stars of the National Hockey League and the Soviet National Team takes place at the Garden. The Soviets win, two games to one. November 1, 1980 -The first Women's World Judo Championship is held at the Gardens, Jane Bridge (UK) wins the gold medal at under 48 kg
Here's tomorrow's schedule and how to watch each game. ... Location: Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina) Las Vegas Raiders at Cincinnati Bengals. Time: 1 p.m. TV: Fox.
The 1929 NFL Season was the tenth regular season of the National Football League. The league increased back to 12 teams with the addition of the Staten Island Stapletons , Orange Tornadoes and Minneapolis Red Jackets and the re-entry of the Buffalo Bisons .