TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1839 First Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds). 1886 Sailing ship Mayflower (U.S.) beats Galatea (England) in seventh America’s Cup. 1903 The first race is held at the oldest major speedway in the world, The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wis. 1912 Philadelphia Athletics’ Eddie Collins steals six bases in one game. 1918 Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, four games to two in the 15th World Series. 1936 Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game. 1956 Cincinnati Reds player Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th home run. 1959 Elroy Face’s 22-game win streak ends as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-4. 1959 Baltimore Orioles player Jerry Walker pitches 16 innings, beating the Chicago White Sox, 1-0. 1960 The Games of the XVII Olympiad close in Rome, Italy. 1964 Gillette’s 20-year contract with Madison Square Gardens and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at the Cleveland Auditorium. 1966 Johnny Miller becomes the first New York Yankees player to hit a home run on his first at bat. 1974 The St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Mets, 4-3, in 25 innings (seven hours and four minutes), record 202 plate appearances, Felix Milan and John Milner come to bat 12 times each. 1976 Evonne Goolagong loses her fourth straight U.S. Open Final (Chris Evert wins). 1977 Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy O’Connors winning U.S. Open. 1982 Chris Evert scores 6th U.S. Open tennis title defeating Hana Mandlikava. 1983 Franco Harris becomes third NFL player to rush for 11,000 yards. 1985 At Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Major League Baseball player/manager Pete Rose of the Reds gets career record hit No. 4,192 off of Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb’s record. 2004 Barry Bonds becomes the first Major League Baseball player to walk over 200 times in a single season.