TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

1839 — First Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds, site of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto). 1903 — The first race is held at the oldest major speedway in the world, The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wis.

1918 — Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs four games to two in the 15th World Series.

1936 — Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game.

1959 — Elroy Face’s 22-game win streak ends as the L.A. Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-4. 1959 — Baltimore Orioles’ Jerry Walker pitches 16 innings beating Chicago White Sox, 1-0. 1960 — The Games of the XVII Olympiad close in Rome, Italy. 1964 — Gillette’s 20-year contract with Madison Square Garden and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at the Cleveland Auditorium.

1974 — St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Mets, 4-3, in 25 innings (in seven hours and four minutes), with a record 202 plate appearances. Felix Milan and John Milner come to bat 12 times each. 1976 — Evonne Goolagong loses her fourth straight U.S. Open final (Chris Evert wins).

1982 — Chris Evert wins her sixth U.S. Open tennis title, defeating Hana Mandlikava.

1983 — Franco Harris becomes third NFL player to rush for 11,000 yards in a career.

1985 — Player/manager Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds gets career-record hit No. 4,192, eclipsing Ty Cobb’s mark.

Hall of Fame running back, four-time Super Bowl winner with the Pittsburgh Steelers and nine-time Pro Bowl player, Franco Harris, recipient of the legendary “Immaculate Reception” in 1972, became the third player to rush for 11,000 yards in a career (finishing with 12,120), 35 years ago today.