TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1906 New York Giants pitcher Henry Mathewson walks 14 men in a game. 1907 Canadian Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays first game (Montreal 17, Toronto 8). 1912 Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks nine singles in a game. 1912 New York Yankees win final game at Hilltop stadium. 1921 First World Series radio broadcast, the New York Yankees beat the New York Giants, 3-0. 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Mickey Owens drops a third strike and Tom Hendrick reaches first safely on what would have been the last out. Instead New York Yankees score four and wins, 7-4. 1942 The St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Yankees, four games to one, in 39th World Series. 1953 The New York Yankees break their own record with a fifth consecutive World Series win. Billy Martin’s 12 hits set record. 1956 Yogi Berra becomes the fourth New York Yankees player to hit a World Series Grand Slam. 1969 Tom Dempsey of the New Orleans Saints kicks a 55-yard field goal. 1980 Kansas City Royals’ Willie Wilson establishes a major-league record for the most at-bats in a season with 705. 1985 Louisiana’s Grambling Tigers, coached by Eddie Robinson, win a record 324th football game. 2001 The Atlanta Braves defeat the Florida Marlins, 20-3, to clinch the National League East title and become the first team in professional sports to win 10 consecutive division titles. 2001 Slugger Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks the single-season home-run record with his 71st and 72nd of the season. Both are off of pitcher Chan Ho Park of the Los Angeles Dodgers. 2001 The Seattle Mariners break the major-league record for wins in a season set by the 1998 New York Yankees, winning their 115th game. The Mariners finish the season 116-46.