This Date In Sports

Aug. 30 1926: Guy McKinney, driven by Nat Ray, wins the first Hambletonian Stakes.

1927: Helen Wills wins her fourth U.S. women's tennis singles title, defeating 16-year-old Betty Nuthall of Britain, 6-1, 6-4.

1937: Joe Louis wins a 15-round unanimous decision over Tommy Farr at Yankee Stadium in the first defense of his heavyweight title.

1961: Harlan Dean, driven by Jimmy Arthur, wins the Hambletonian Stakes and sets a record for combined time in the two heats at 3:57 2-5.

1979: Kathy Horvath, five days past her 14th birthday, loses a first round match to Diane Fromholtz, 7-6, 6-2, to become the youngest person to play a match at the U.S. Open.

1981: Bill Shoemaker becomes the first jockey to win a $1 million race when he rode John Henry to a nose victory over The Bart in the inaugural Arlington Million at Arlington Park.

1987: Ben Johnson of Canada sets the world record in the 100 meters, bettering Calvin Smith's 4-year-old mark of 9.93 by 0.10 seconds at the world championships in Rome. Johnson later loses the record because of steroid use.

1991: Mike Powell smashes Bob Beamon's long jump record with a leap of 29 feet, 4 1/2 inches — 2 inches beyond the record — at the world championships in Tokyo. The leap also ends Carl Lewis' 10-year, 65-meet winning streak.

2001: Ashley Martin becomes the first woman to play in a Division I football game, kicking three extra points without a miss to help I-AA Jacksonville State hand Cumberland its 18th straight loss, 71-10.

2006: Curt Schilling becomes the 14th pitcher in major league history to reach 3,000 strikeouts when he fans Oakland's Nick Swisher in the first inning of the Red Sox's 7-2 loss to Oakland.