On This Day in Sport
Events in Sport
- 1845 1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code
- 1868 9th British Golf Open: Tom Morris, Jr. shoots a 154 at Prestwick Golf Club (three shots better than his father, Tom Morris, Sr.)
- 1873 Tom Allen beats Mike McCale for Heavyweight Boxing title
- 1892 British Open Golf, Muirfield: Harold Hilton wins by 3 shots from amateur John Ball, Sandy Herd & Hugh Kirkaldy
- 1908 Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch 2nd, causes 3rd out in 9th & disallows winning run (game ends tied, Cubs win replay & pennant)
- 1914 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
- 1925 Washington shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh is named AL MVP
- 1926 Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
Birthdays in Sport
Marty Schottenheimer
75th Birthday
Deaths in Sport
- 1910 H J H "Tup" Scott, cricketer (Australian Test captain 1886), dies
- 1950 Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
- 1978 Lyman Bostock, outfielder (Angels), shot & killed at 27
- 1992 Bernice Gera, American 1st female baseball umpire (1969 NY-Penn League), dies of cancer at 61
Weddings in Sport
- 1989 Tennis Ace Zina Garrison (25) weds businessman Willard Jackson (25) at the Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston