Interesting "SPORTS" Facts

[Kaptain]

Things should be a lilltle slow right now, so I'm gonna throw out some Interesting Sports Facts for ya to ponder......See how times have changed....

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BASE BALL
1894 Lowe Hits 4 Home Runs...

Boston 2nd basemen Bobby Lowe became the FIRST major league player to hit FOUR HOMERUNS in a game........

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INDY 500 1911
Hometown boy Ray Harround won the FIRST Indianapolis 500 with an average speed of 74.602 MPH......


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BASE BALL
Major league trade in 1922....Here's how they did it then...

PLAYERS SWITCH TEAMS BETWEEN GAMES
Between games of a doubleheqder, the Chicago Cubs traded outfielder Max Flack to the Cardinals for outfielder Cliff Heathcote...They BOTH played for BOTH teams that afternoon.....

Don't the Cubs wish they could do that with PITCHERS today............

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I find these kind of things very interesting readings.....

[Three Jack]

Kappy, did you winess these all in person?

[zeib10]

Kapt, is it true that your were born in 1911???

Just kidding......

I enjoy these as well.