TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1901 Columbia (U.S.) beats Shamrock II (England) in 12th America’s Cup. 1906 Chicago Cubs win their 116th game (116-36) of the year. 1913 Freddy Wilson of Regina Roughriders kicks 10 singles in a game. 1922 The entire World Series of Baseball is broadcast over radio for the first time over WJZ New York City and WGY Schenectady. 1923 Young Stribling held light-heavyweight boxing championship for the shortest amount of time (three hours). Referee overturns the decision. 1924 New York Giants become first team to appear in four consecutive World Series (World Series No. 21). 1940 Wrestling returns to Madison Square Gardens after 12-year lay off. 1944 The St. Louis World Series: St. Louis Cardinals versus St. Louis Browns; Browns win first World Series game in their only appearance (World Series No. 41). 1948 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox, 8-0, in first American League playoff game. 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating New York Yankees in 7 (World Series No. 52). 1959 First World Series Baseball game (No. 56) played west of St. Louis (in Los Angeles). 1962 Whitey Ford’s World Series 33 2/3 scoreless inning streak ends (World Series No. 59). 1964 Boston Patriots’ Gino Cappelletti kicks 6-of-6 field goals against Denver Broncos. 1970 Jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal. 1981 Pasakevi Kouna of Greece (age 9) is youngest international gymnastics participant. 1984 New York Yankees clinch American League East. 1985 Henry G. Perry completes 157-day, 14,021-mile bicycle tour of Australia. 1987 First “Scrub Sunday” of NFL football with replacement players. 1987 Toronto Blue Jays lose final seven games of the season, allowing Detroit Tigers to win the American League pennant. 1987 James Jefferson of Winnipeg Blue Bombers scores two touchdowns on interception returns without making an interception. (He scored on laterals). 1991 NHL New York Rangers trade Bernie Nichols to Edmonton Oilers for Mark Messier. 2001 Rickey Henderson of the San Diego Padres breaks Ty Cobb’s record to become the leading run-scorer in baseball history, with 2,246 runs.