TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

1895 — Defender (U.S.) beats Valkyrie III (England) in the 10th America’s Cup.

1920 — Games of the VII Olympiad close in Antwerp, Belgium.

1932 — Brooklyn Dodgers’ Johnny Frederick knocks his record sixth pinch-hit home run.

1947 — Pittsburgh Pirates player Ralph Kiner hits his record eighth home run in four games. 1954 — Cleveland Indians sweep New York Yankees at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium; largest American League crowd (86,563). 1962 — Washington Senators’ Tom Cheney strikes out a record 21 Baltimore Orioles in a 16-inning game.

1964 — First football game at Shea Stadium: New York Jets defeat Denver Broncos, 30-6. 1964 — Ralph Boston of the U.S. sets a long-jump record of 27 feet, 4.5 inches.

1972 — Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of the International Olympic Committee.

1976 — The Seattle Seahawks play their first regular-season game (St. Louis 30, Seattle 24).

1976 — Chicago White Sox player Minnie Minoso, at age 50, hits a single.

1979 — Pietro Mennea of Italy sets the 200-metre record (19.72 seconds) in Mexico City. 1979 — Boston Red Sox

Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off of New York Yankees pitcher Jim Beattie.

1984 — New York Mets’ Dwight Gooden sets a rookie strikeout record of 251.

1987 — Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for a third straight year.

First-ballot Hall of Famer, 18-time all-star and seven-time Gold Glove winner Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox recorded his 3,000th career hit on his way to 3,419,39 years ago today.

Hall of Famer Minnie Minoso, seen here in 1957, the first black Cuban player in Major League Baseball and the first black player on the Chicago White Sox, hit a single in a game at age 50, 42 years ago today.