THIS WEEKEND IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday 1890 - Last National League-AA World Series game; Brooklyn ties Louisville three games and one tie. 1900 - After over five months, the Paris Olympic Games close. 1911 - Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game. 1922 - First US coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game. 1924 - Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend. 1934 - Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play a penalty free NFL game. 1953 - Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts five passes (record). 1959 - Buffalo Bills enter the American Football League. 1961 - Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for New York Mets. 1962 - New York Giants’ Y.A. Tittle passes for seven touchdowns versus Washington Redskins (49-34). 1966 - Belgium’s Gaston Roelants runs 12.8 miles in one hour. 1970 - NBA Cleveland Cavaliers first home game, lose to San Diego Rockets 110-99. 1973 - Elmore Smith of the Los Angeles Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record). 1976 - Billy Martin named American League Manager of the Year (New York Yankees). 1979 - Billy Martin is fired as New York Yankees’ manager (second time), replaced by Dick Howser. 1989 - The Oakland Athletics sweep of the San Francisco Giants winning baseball’s World Series. 1995 - The Atlanta Braves defeat the Cleveland Indians to win the World Series. 2007 - The Boston Red Sox win the 2007 World Series in a four-game sweep against the Colorado Rockies. Sunday 1910 - Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game. 1942 - Branch Rickey named president / general manager of Brooklyn Dodgers. 1959 - Ten-nation soccer league to play all games on New York’s Randall’s Island is announced. 1960 - Chartered C46 carrying California State’s football team crashes, kills 16. 1960 - Cassius Clay’s (Muhammad Ali’s) first professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in six rounds. 1972 - Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal. 1979 - Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Mays severs all ties with Major League Baseball when he accepts a public relations job with Atlantic City casino. 1984 - Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win New York Marathon. 1987 - Thomas Hearns wins unprecedented fourth different weight boxing title. 1991 - Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as the New York Yankees’ manager.