Events in Sport on August 30

1905 Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro

1906 Hal Chase becomes 1st NY Yankee to hit three triples in a game
1912 St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1
1913 Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled

1922 Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922

1927 41st U.S. Women's National Championship: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall Shoemaker (6-1, 6-4)

1937 Joe Louis beats Tommy Farr in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1939 6th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 9, All-Stars 0 (81,456)
1939 NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)
1941 St Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 2-0
1944 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769)
1945 12th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 19, All-Stars 7 (92,753)
1960 Boston 2nd baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7

1961 Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game

1979 Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match

1979 Wildest US Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Năstase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Năstase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated

1987 Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 HRs in Minn 10-6 win over Milwaukee

1987 Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump woman's record (6'10½")
1987 Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57)
1987 Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls

1987 2nd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m after Ben Johnson is disqualified

1988 Kent Tekulve is 2nd pitcher in majors to appear in 1,000 games
1990 Ken Griffey & Ken Griffey Jr become 1st father & son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in 1st inning
1991 Mike Powell of US sets then long jump record at 29' 4½" (8.95m)
1992 92nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Justin Leonard
1992 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sun-Times Golf Challenge
1994 Largest US Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618
1997 1st WNBA Championship: Houston Comets beat NY Liberty
1997 Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 MPH serves in a match (US Open)

2006 Greg Maddux wins his 330th career game

2012 Andy Roddick announces he will retire following the U.S. Open