LABOUR DAY WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday
1906 — Joseph Harris (Boston Red Sox) and Jack Coombs (Philadelphia Athletics) pitch complete 24-inning games.
1918 — Baseball season ends due to First World War.
1945 — Philadelphia Phillies’ Vince DiMaggio ties National League record with fourth grand slam of season.
1946 — Batty Berg wins the US Open.
1947 — New York Giants’ 183-185 home runs of year breaks New York Yankees’ mark of 182 in 1936.
1973 — George Foreman knocks out Jose Roman in the first round to retain heavyweight title in Japan.
1975 — New York Mets’ Tom Seaver is first to strike out 200 in eight consecutive seasons.
1978 — Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead centre strikes on a 4-inch disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia.
Sunday
1956 — Baltimore Orioles trailing Boston Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings.
1964 — Norman Manley records two consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, California.
1971 — Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer.
1973 — Billy Martin fired as manager of Detroit Tigers.
1978 — Graham Salmon set the world’s record for 100 metres by a blind man.
1978 — Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 home runs in 11 straight years.
1979 — With his 145th career pinch-hit, Los Angeles Dodgers’ Manny Mota sets a major league record.
1986 — Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs use a record 53 players in an 14-inning game.
1990 — Toronto Blue Jays’ Dave Stieb pitches the ninth no-hitter of the season beating the Cleveland Indians 3-0, a major league record.
Labour Day
1903 — Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America’s Cup. 1917 — Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete game wins in both games of a doubleheader. 1935 — Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games.
1947 — New York Yankees get 18 singles to beat Boston Red Sox 11-2. 1957 — Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shutout.
1968 — Chicago White Sox set American League record of 39 losses by one run.
1970 — Billy Williams ends longest National League consecutive playing streak at 1,117 games.
1974 — NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires.
1977 — Japanese superstar Sadaharu Oh hits his 756th career homer to surpass Hank Aaron as the All-time career home run leader in professional baseball.
1985 — New York Mets’ Gary Carter hits three consecutive home runs in a game.
1990 — Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego).
2006 — Spain wins the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
2006 — Andre Agassi retires after his final tennis match against Benjamin Becker in the U.S. Open.