ON THIS DATE

1882: Tony Mullane of Louisville pitched with both hands in a major league game at Baltimore. I’ll see your Mullane and raise you a Pat Venditte. 1927: Ty Cobb, 40, now a member of the Philadelphia Athletics, get his 4,000th hit. 1933: Heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey (38) marries Broadway singer Hannah Williams (22). It’s his third marriage (of four) and his first in violation of the halfyour-age-plus-seven rule. 1940: Happy 80th to Joe Torre, born in Brooklyn, N.Y. 1951: Jersey Joe Walcott, 37, becomes the oldest heavyweight champ with a seventh-round knock out of Ezzard Charles at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh. 1956: Razor Shines is born in Durham, N.C., and grows up to play next to Tim Raines in the Montreal Expos’ RainesShines outfield. 1970: Willie Mays becomes the 10th player to reach 3,000 hits, bouncing a single through left side of the infield at Candlestick Park in the second inning of a 10-1 victory over Mike Wegener and the Montreal Expos. (No further details, Your Honor.) 1987: Don Mattingly homers for the eighth game in a row, tyinig Dale Long’s 31-yearold major league record. 1989: Angels pitcher Donnie Moore, RIP. 1993: Greg Norman shoots a 64 on the final day to set a record with a 13-under 267 and wins the British Open by two strokes over defending champion Nick Faldo. 1999: Jean Van de Velde’s triple bogey on the 72nd hole sets the stage for Paul Lawrie to become the first Scotsman to win the British Open in his native land since Tommy Armour in 1931. (The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat.) 1999: With Don Larsen on hand to help celebrate Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium, David Cone pitches the 14th perfect game in modern history. 1999: Miami Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson weds longtime girlfriend Rhonda Rookmaaker. The man loves July weddings; he married his first wife July 12 (1963).