THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday
1866 — In Buffalo, horse Dexter runs the mile under saddle in 2:18.
1941 — Philadelphia Phillies commit eight errors in a game.
1946 — Golf Writers Associaton of America formed.
1956 — Cincinnati Reds (8) and Chicago Cubs (2) combine to hit 10 home runs in a nine-inning game.
1957 — Amelia Wershoven sets distance record for women’s baseball throw (252 feet 4.5 inches).
1957 — Juan Manuel Fangio wins his last FIA World Championship at age 46.
1965 — Hank Aaron loses a home run because he hit it while standing out of the batter’s box.
1967 — Boston Red Sox player Tony Conigliaro’s left cheekbone is shattered by a fastball thrown by California Angels pitcher Jack Hamilton, causing him to miss the rest of the 1967 season and all of 1968.
1973 — Hank Aaron’s 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record.
1982 — Passing Hank Aaron, Pete Rose becomes the all-time leader in plate appearances when he steps up to bat for the 13,941st time.
1982 — Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs 6-5 in 21 innings in a game that started on Aug. 17.
1989 — Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as New York Yankees’ manager.
1989 — Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets the 10 km record (27:08.23) in Berlin.
1991 — Pan Am Games close in Havana.
2006 — At Fenway Park, the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 14-11 in the longest nine-inning game in major league history, at four hours and 45 minutes.
Sunday
1903 — Philadelphia Phillies suffer record ninth straight posponed game.
1909 — First race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway in Indiana.
1917 — Sunday benefit baseball game at the Polo Grounds results in John McGraw and Christy Mathewson’s arrest for violating blue laws.
1951 — Bill Veeck (St. Louis Browns) sends Eddie Gaedel, a midget, to pinch-hit.
1957 — New York Giants vote to move their franchise to San Francisco.
1962 — Homero Blancas shoots a 55 to record golf’s lowest singleround score.
1965 — Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney pitches his second no-hitter of year in 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs.
1969 — Chicago Cubs’ Ken Holtzman no-hits Atlanta Braves, 3-0.
1982 — Renaldo Nehemiah of U.S. sets record for 110 metre hurdles (12.93).
1983 — LSU football player Billy Cannon sentenced to five years for counterfeiting.
1984 — Lee Trevino wins the PGA Championship.
1988 — New York Rangers sign ex-Montreal Canadiens’ great Guy Lafleur.
1990 — New York Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 home runs (approximately 128 at bat).