Today in Chicago History: Babe Ruth calls his shot at Wrigley Field

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 1, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )

High temperature: 92 degrees (1971)

Low temperature: 32 degrees (1974)

Precipitation: 1.56 inches (2018)

Snowfall: None

1919: The Chicago White Sox opened the World Series with a 9-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds at Redland Field. With the second pitch of the game, Eddie Cicotte — who had won 29 games that season with a stingy 1.82 earned-run average — hit Reds batter Morrie Rath in the left arm. First baseman Chick Gandil, who dropped a throw to first in the seventh that would have been the first out of the inning, had the White Sox’s only official