On This Day

JULY 19

1817 — Spencer Gore beats William Marshall in 48 min-utes kr1, 6-2,6-4) in the first men's singles tennis cham-pionship at the All England a ub, Wimbledon. 1909 — Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball pulls off the first unassisted triple play in modern major league history. 1910 — Cy Young wins his 500th career game as the Cleveland Indians beat the Washington Senators 54 in 11 innings. 1957 — Bon BOA 431 is the first American to break the four-minute mile with a 3:58.7 time at Stockton, Calif. 1980 — The Summer Olympics open in MOSCOW without the United States and 64 other boycotting countries. 1931 — Nick Faldo of England wins the British Open by one shot when American Paul Azinger bogeys four times on the back nine. 1990 — Pet Rose, baseball's hits leader, is sen- tenced to free months in prism and an additional three months in a halfway house for cheating on his taxes. 1997 — Daniel Konen of Kenya shatters the 8-minute barrier fix the 2-mile run and sets world record of 7:58,61 at the Hechtel Night of tack in Belgium. Kilo Gebrselassie had 931the world record of 8:01.08 on May 31. 2001 — Randy Johnson strikes out 16, a major league record fora reliever, and comes within four outs of com-bining •with Curt Schilling on a no-hitter as Arizona beats ,San Diego 3-0 in the competion of thir suspnded game. Wiki Gonzalez hits an opposite-field single to right with two outs in the eighth for the Padres' hit 2008 — In the WNBA's first outdoor game, the Indiana few overcomes the heat and humidity in New York to beat the Liberty 71-55. Arthur Ashe Stadium, home of the U.S. Open, had a basketball court laid on top of the tennis court 2009 —Toni Watson squanders a chance to become golfs oldest major champion. The 59-year-old misses an 8-foot putt on the 72nd hole of the British Opm, then loses a lour-hole playoff by six shots to Stewart Oink.