TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1882 First baseball doubleheader (Providence and Worcester). 1908 Chicago Cubs’ Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout (against Brooklyn Dodgers). 1911 Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston, Mass. 1920 Vern Bradburn of Winnipeg Victorias kicks 9 singles in a game. 1926 NHL grants franchises to Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings. 1934 Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive Major League Baseball game. 1934 Rainbow (U.S.) beats Endeavour (England) in 16th America’s Cup. 1949 Louis Suggs wins U.S. Woman’s Golf championship. 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers’ pitcher Sal Maglie no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0. 1960 Philadelphia Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday losses. 1962 Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title. 1962 Weatherly (U.S.) beats Gretel (Australia) in 19th running of America’s Cup. 1965 At age 34, Willie Mays becomes the oldest Major League Baseball player to hit 50 home runs in a season. The Giants’ centrefielder was also the youngest to accomplish the feat hitting 51 homers in 1955. 1966 Smallest Yankee Stadium crowd, 413, see Chicago White Sox win 4-1. 1976 Montreal Expo’s last game at Montreal’s Jarry Park. 1986 Houston Astros’ Mike Scott nohits San Francisco Giants, 2-0. 1988 Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100 m in 10.54 seconds in Seoul. 1990 First eight New York Yankees players hit safely against the Baltimore Orioles to tie record. 1990 Oakland Athletics clinch third straight American League West title. 1998 Sammy Sosa hits home run No. 66 to take the lead in the Major League Baseball home run race. Less than an hour later Mark McGwire also hits his 66th.