TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1875 — George (Charmer) Zettlein pitches the first nine-inning shutout.
1897 — Washington Senators’ catcher Charlie Farrell throws out eight attempted steals.
1900 — James J. Jeffries knocks out James J. Corbett in 23 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1928 — 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St. George’s.
1946 — First night game at Boston Braves Field (New York Giants 5, Boston Braves 1).
1946 — 72nd Preakness: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:01.4.
1959 — New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra’s errorless streak of 148 games ends.
1963 — Los Angeles Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax’s second no-hitter beats San Francisco Giants, 8-0. 1966 — Real Madrid wins
11th Europe Cup I.
1968 — NHL Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep St. Louis Blues.
1972 — San Francisco Giants trade Willie Mays to New York Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams and cash. 1972 — Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins beat New York Rangers, four games to two.
1975 — Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic.
1977 — Hamburger SV wins 17th soccer Europe Cup II.
1980 — Pete Rose steals second, third, and home in one inning for Philadelphia Phillies.
1983 — Aberdeen FC wins the European Cup Winners Cup — beating Real Madrid 2-1 in the final played in Gothenburg, Sweden. 1984 — Detroit Tigers set best 30-game start record (26-4).
1985 — Fire engulfs a wooden stand in the Valley Parade stadium in Bradford, England during a football match, killing 56.
1985 — Dave Concepcion becomes fourth Cincinnati Reds teammate to get 2,000 hits, the others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno.
1988 — Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 m.p.h.).
1990 — New York Yankees trade Dave Winfield to California Angels for Mike Witt.
1994 — Inter Milan wins 23rd UEFA Cup.
2006 — Hideki Matsui’s streak of playing in every game since starting his Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees ends at 518 games. Previous record holder was Ernie Banks, who played in 424 consecutive games with the Chicago Cubs.