THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday
1944 - New York Rangers set NHL record of 25 games without a win (0-21-4).
1946 - New York Knicks’ first game at Madison Square Garden. Lose 78-68 to Chicago Stags.
1968 - Ron Hill sets record 10-mile run (46:44) at Leicester, England.
1989 - Canadian swimmer Victor Davis is hit by a car outside a nightclub in Montreal, Quebec. He dies two days later.
2001 - St. Louis Cardinals’ first baseman Mark McGwire turns down a two-year, US$30 million extension, retiring from the sport.
2003 - Roy Halladay of the Toronto Blue Jays wins the American League Cy Young Award.
Sunday
1892 - Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes first professionally paid football player.
1920 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis elected first US baseball commissioner.
1927 - Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish sports team changes blue jerseys for green. 1933 - First Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal).
1950 - Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giants rushing record (218 yards) against Chicago Cardinals.
1953 - US district Judge Grim rules NFL can blackout TV home games.
1964 - Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 m.p.h.70 - Cleveland Cavaliers’ first NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland Trail Blazers 105-103.
1979 - Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal.
1981 - Billy Martin named American League Manager of the Year (Oakland Athletics). 1988 - Japan beats Major League Baseball All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7).