TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1881 — Chicago Cubs beat
Troy Trojans, 10-8, before a record small “crowd” of 12.
1930 — Bobby Jones completes the Grand Slam of Golf.
1930 — Chicago White Sox first baseman Bud Clancy doesn’t handle the ball in a nine-inning game versus Saint Louis Browns. 1931 — Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight Major League Baseball season, playing in every game. 1942 — New York Giants beat Washington Redskins, 14-7, without making a first down.
1942 — St. Louis Cardinals win the National League pennant on the last day of the season.
1950 — Heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis. 1964 — The Philadelphia Phillies’ seventh straight loss sends them into second place.
1967 — Philadelphia Phillies’ Jim Bunning ties National League record of five 1-0 losses in a year. 1970 — Ken Boswell sets the record for a second baseman playing 85 games without an error.
1973 — California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan establishes a major-league record striking out 383 batters in a season.
1977 — Philadelphia Phillies clinch second straight National League East Division title.
1997 — The Adelaide Crows win the AFL Premiership for the first time, in their seventh season, beating Saint Kilda, who had only ever won one premiership in their 100-year history.
1998 — In the season finale, Mark McGwire ends the historic Major League Baseball season hitting his 69th and 70th home runs in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 6-3 win over the Montreal Expos. 2000 — The United States Olympic team beats the favoured Cuban team to win the country’s first gold medal in baseball.