TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1889 — 15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34.5.
1945 — New balata ball used in major league baseball, 50 per cent livelier.
1959 — Dorothy Rigney, husband John, and Hank Greenberg resign from Chicago White Sox.
1973 — For second time, Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds hits three home runs in a game.
1975 — American Brian Oldfield hurls shotput a world record 22.86 metres.
1977 — The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners, 12-4, when the two new American League’s teams meet for the first time.
1978 — PSV beats Bastica, 3-0, to win the UEFA Cup in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
1984 — Chicago White Sox beat Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6, in 25 innings (started May 8; 8-hour, 6-minute game is longest timed baseball game).
1987 — At Comiskey Park, Baltimore Orioles’ Eddie Murray becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in consecutive games.
1989 — New York Mets’ Rick Cerone errs after 159 errorless games as catcher.
1995 — Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring eight runs before making an out, they beat Minnesota Twins, 10-0.
2004 — Canada wins the world hockey championship in Prague, Czech Republic.
2006 — Delmon Young of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays is suspended for 50 games for throwing a bat which hit an umpire in the chest. 2010 — Dallas Braden pitches the 19th perfect game in Major League Baseball history, giving the Oakland Athletics a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Oakland.
2010 — Tim Clark of South Africa scores a 5-under 67 to win The Players Championship of golf with a record 36-hole comeback at TPC Sawgrass in Florida. Clark earns US$1.71 million for his win.