Sep 30, 2020 3 min read

ON THIS DATE

Oct. 1

1903 – The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Pilgrims, 7-3, in the first World Series game. Jimmy Sebring hits the first Series homer, Deacon Phillippe is the winning pitcher and Cy Young the loser.

1961 – Roger Maris hits his 61st home run of the season, off Tracy Stallard of the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. The blast gives New York a 1-0 victory and eclipses Babe Ruth’s 34-year-old single-season home run record.

1975 — In the “Thrilla in Manila,” Muhammad Ali beats Joe Frazier in 14 rounds to retain his world heavyweight boxing title.

1976 – Manager Danny Murtaugh, who managed the Pittsburgh Pirates to two World Series championships and four division titles in six years, announces his retirement for the fourth time.

1976 – John Unice, a former player at Washington & Jefferson College and head coach at Washington High School, is named head basketball coach at W&J. Unice had been head boys coach at McKeesport High School. Unice replaces Jim Harris, who resigned after seven seasons as the Presidents’ coach.

1976 – Doug Wade catches an 80-yard touchdown pass from Dave Glod with 1:27 remaining to give Mapletown a 12-6 win over visiting Bentworth, knocking the Bearcats out of the Tri-County South Conference lead. Mapletown scores all of its points in the fourth quarter on passes from Glod to Wade.

2000 – The Chicago Cubs overcome a three-run deficit and beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10-9, in the final baseball game at Three Rivers Stadium. Pittsburgh’s John Wehner hits the last home run in the stadium, a three-run shot in the fifth inning that gives the Pirates an 8-5 lead.

GOLF

Section 4-AA

Fort Cherry-234 Burgettstown-308

At Ponderosa GC, par 35

Fort Cherry: Matt Lacek 35; Braden Dombrowski 46; Parker Muhleman 49; Sam Schuman 50; A.J. Tarolli 54.

Burgettstown: Matt Tasz 58; Anthony Lancos 60; George Fischer 61; Luke Lounder 64; Ryan Green 65.

McGuffey-215 Bentworth-242

South Park-197 Bentworth-242

At Chippewa GC, par 35

McGuffey: Jake Orr 39; Faith Chapman 42; Jacob Ross 44; Kaleb Hancher 45; Damien Dague 46.

Bentworth: Austin Marshalek 37; Cede Smith 47; Nathan Coski 49; Aaron Woodhouse 52; Sydney Czyzewski 57.

South Park: Joey Toth 38; JP Tusai 39; Aiden Rongaus 42; Tyler Vargo 44; Ryan Tumas 44.

Section 8-AA

Waynesburg-225 Jefferson-Morgan-242

At Greene County CC, par 36

Waynesburg: Hudson Boris, 43; Dawson Fowler, 45; Hayden Church, 45; Braden Benke, 46; Evan Davis, 46.

Jefferson-Morgan: Kyle Clayton, 38; Bryce Bedillion, 43; Troy Wright, 51; Brock Bayles, 54; Ayden Pruitt, 56.

Waynesburg is 8-2 in section and 8-2 overall

Jefferson-Morgan is 4-6 in section, 6-7 overall

Joey Toth 38

Aiden Rangaus 42

Tyler Vargo 44

JP Tusai 39

Ryan Tumas 44