TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1883 Philadelphia Phillies make 27 errors against Providence (wild pitches, walks and past balls count as errors prior to 1888).
1933 First televised boxing match, between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri in London, England, broadcast by the BBC’s experimental TV service.
1950 Federal Republic of Germany and Japan readmitted to International Amateur Athletic Federation.
1953 Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443 feet, 3.5 inches).
1964 St. Louis Cardinals are 11 games back in National League, and go on to win the World Series.
1969 Audrey McElmory (U.S.) wins World Cycling Championships, Brno, Czechoslovakia (first American to win cycling race title since 1912).
1985 Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 US by a Louisville court against NCAA which barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games.
1985 Said Aouita of Morroco sets the 1.5k record of 3:29.46 in Berlin, Germany.
1989 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings.
2009 Eric Bruntlett of the Philadelphia Phillies completes only the second ever game-ending unassisted triple-play in Major League Baseball history, giving his team a 9-7 victory over the New York Mets.
2010 Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki defeats Russia’s Vera Zvonareva, 6-3, 6-2, at the WTA tour Rogers Cup in Montreal, earning $350,000 US for the victory.