TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams. Excluded are Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee). 1906 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Smiths Falls in 2 games. 1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankees. GM Ed Barrow predicts: “No one will ever be paid more than Ruth.” 1931 24th Women’s Australian Championships: Coral McInnes Buttsworth beats Marjorie Cox Crawford (1-6, 6-3, 6-4). 1931 24th Men’s Australian Championships: Jack Crawford beats Harry Hopman (6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1). 1936 The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida. 1941 Hugh Mulcahy of the Philadelphia Phillies is the first baseball player drafted to serve in the Second World War. 1951 The International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt for refusing to play Israel. 1967 New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets and 20,000 are sold the first day. 1968 6-year-old Tommy Moore of Hagerstown, Md., records a hole-in-one in golf. 1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in 15, retains heavyweight boxing title at Madison Square Garden. 1971 Milwaukee Bucks win a team record 20th straight NBA game. 1986 Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million. 1989 Roger Kingdom runs indoor world record 60 m hurdles in 7.37 sec.