THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday
1874 - Goldsmith Maid trots the mile in harness in 2:14 minutes, a record.
1957 - Milwaukee Braves’ Frank Torre scores six runs in one game.
1964 - Norman Manley scores two consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, California.
1971 - Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer.
1973 - Billy Martin fired as manager of Detroit Tigers. 1978 - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 home runs in 11 straight years.
1979 - With his 145th career pinch-hit, Los Angeles Dodgers’ Manny Mota sets a major league record.
1986 - Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs use a record 53 players in an 14inning game.
1990 - Toronto Blue Jays’ Dave Stieb pitches the ninth no-hitter of the season beating the Cleveland Indians 3-0, a major league record.
Sunday
1903 - Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America’s Cup.
1917 - Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader.
1932 - Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US tennis title.
1935 - Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games.
1944 - Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US tennis title.
1957 - Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out. 1968 - Chicago White Sox set American League record of 39 losses by one run.
1970 - Billy Williams ends longest National League consecutive streak at 1,117 games.
1974 - NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires.
1977 - Japanese superstar Sadaharu Oh hits his 756th career homer to surpass Hank Aaron as the All-time career home run leader in professional baseball.
2006 - Spain wins the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
2006 - Andre Agassi retires after his final tennis match against Benjamin Becker in the U.S. Open. Monday
1941 - New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox 6-3 and clinch their 12th and earliest pennant.
1949 - Marie Robie sinks 393 yard holein-one on the first hole at Furnace Brook.
1953 - New York Yankees become first team to win five consecutive championships.
1954 - Peter B. Cortese of the US achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 pounds; 22 pounds, over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania. 1966 - Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no first downs, winning 45-7.
1972 - US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes first athlete to win seven Olympic gold medals.
1978 - New York Yankees’ pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season).
1983 - Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed record of 119.36 mph.
1985 - Igor Paklin of the USSR sets a new high jump world record at 2.41 metres.
1988 - Phoenix Cardinals play first regular-season NFL game.
1993 - The Essendon Football Club wins its 15th AFL premiership over rivals Carlton Football Club.