TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1914 — Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitching for the Boston Red Sox.
1928 — First televised tennis match.
1931 — Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals hit a record 23 doubles in a game (second game of designated hitter).
1946 — Vance Dinges hits the only Philadelphia Phillies’ pinch-hit inside-the-park home run.
1949 — American League beats National League, 11-7, in the 16th all-star game in Brooklyn, NL makes a record five errors. 1949 — Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence.
1950 — ILTF re-admits Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland and Hungary withdraw. 1951 — New York Yankees’ Allie Reynolds no-hits the Cleveland Indians, 8-0.
1954 — Major League Baseball Players Association founded. 1955 — National League beats American League,
6-5 in 12 innings, in the all-star game, in Milwaukee. 1966 — National League beats American League, 2-1 in 10 innings in the all-star game in St. Louis. 1967 — New York Mets beat New York Yankees, 4-0, in the fifth Mayor’s Trophy Game. 1979 — A Disco Demolition Night publicity stunt goes awry at Comiskey Park, forcing the Chicago White Sox to forfeit their game against the Detroit Tigers.
1987 — Philadelphia Phillies’ Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief.
1989 — New York Yankees pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91, .651, 3.29 ERA). 1990 — Chicago White Sox pitcher Melido Perez no-hits the New York Yankees, 8-0.
1998 — France defeats Brazil, 3-0, to win the FIFA World Cup.