THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday
1908 — Boston Red Sox’ pitcher Cy Young’s second no-hitter, beats New York Highlanders, 8-0.
1913 — New York Giants score 10 runs in 10th inning to beat Philadelphia Phillies 11-1.
1916 — Chick Evans Junior wins golf’s U.S. Open.
1933 — St. Louis Cardinals’ Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Chicago Cubs to win 8-2.
1934 — NFL’s Portsmouth Spartans become the Detroit Lions.
1948 — Cleveland Indians’ Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0.
1962 — Los Angeles Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax no-hits New York Mets, 5-0.
1962 — Murie Lindstrom wins U.S. Women’s Golf Open.
1965 — NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise.
1978 — Willie McCovey becomes the 12th to hit 500 home runs.
1996 — Germany beats the Czech Republic 2-1 to become the 1996 European soccer champion.
1999 — After a loss at Wimbledon, Boris Becker announces that he will end his tennis career.
2002 — Brazil defeats Germany in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Canada Day
1859 — First intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32.
1893 — San Francisco Bay City Club opens first U.S. bicycle race track, made of wood.
1904 —The Games of the III Olympiad begin in St. Louis.
1951 — Cleveland Indian Bob Feller’s third no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 2-1.
1973 — First U.S.-China basketball game, U.S. collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61.
1977 — Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove for Wimbeldon’s women’s singles.
1980 — Steve Overt runs world record 3:48.8 mile in Oslo, Norway.
1983 — The 1983 World University Games, also known as Universiade ’83, opens in Edmonton.
1987 — WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WFAN, becomes first 24 hour all-sports radio station.
1989 — NFL owners vote unanimously to form the World League of American Football.
Monday
1902 — John J. McGraw becomes manager of New York Giants (stays for 30 years).
1921 — First million dollar gate (US$1.7 million) boxing match as Jack Dempsey knocks out Carpentier.
1935 — Great Britain boxers beat U.S. team in first international Golden Gloves.
1938 — Helen Wills Moody (U.S.) wins her 8th and final Wimbeldon singles tournament.
1941 — Joe DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler’s 44-game baseball hitting streak (45th of 56 games).
1966 — Billie Jean King wins first (of six) Wimbeldon single titles.
1977 — Sweden’s Björn Borg wins Wimbeldon men’s singles over Jimmy Connors.
1978 — Pitcher Ron Guidry sets New York Yankees record with a 13-0 start.
1988 — Steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbeldon crown.
2003 — Vancouver is declared the Host City for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in 2010.