TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1874 Major Walter Winfield patents game called “sphairistike” (lawn tennis).
1894 Stanley Cup: Montreal AAAs awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play. 1906 Tommy Burns beats Marvin Hart for heavyweight boxing championships in 20 rounds.
1934 Casey Stengel becomes manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1938 Joe Louis knocks out Nathan Mann in three rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1958 Five-time world driving champion Juan Fangio kidnapped by Cuban rebels.
1960 Demolition begins on Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Ebbets Field (opened in 1913).
1964 Charlie Finley signs a fouryear lease to keep Athletics team in Kansas City.
1967 Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as Canadian Football League commissioner.
1968 Wilt Chamberlain becomes first NBA player to score 25,000 points.
1980 XIII Olympic Winter Games close in Lake Placid, N.Y.
1985 Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game.
1986 Despite losing his arbitration case, Boston Red Sox player Wade Boggs receives largest arbitration settlement (US$1.35 million).
1987 Dick Howser retires from managing Kansas City Royals, due to malignant brain tumour.
1988 Chicago, Ill., gives Chicago Cubs the right to install lights and play up to 18 night games.
1991 Greg Haugen scores a split decision over Hector (Macho) Camacho.
1991 North Carolina is first NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games.
1992 XVI Olympic Winter Games close in Albertville, France.
1993 Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as Canadian Football League’s 9th franchise (first U.S. team).
1994 Cleveland Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay US$10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field).