TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Saturday
1898 — Philadelphia Phillies’ pitcher Bill Duggleby hits a grand slam in first at bat.
1921 — Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Millionaires three games to two for hockey’s Stanley Cup.
1948 — Second NBA Championship: Baltimore Bullets beat Philadelphia Warriors, 4 games to 2.
1951 — 5th NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3.
1951 — NHL Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1.
1969 — 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49.
1970 — Sportscaster Curt Gowdy receives the George Foster Peabody Award for achievement in radio and television, the first sports broadcaster to receive the honour.
1974 — Third Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice.
1977 — Billy Martin pulls New York Yankees lineup out of a hat, beats Toronto Blue Jays 8-6.
1980 — 9th Boston Women’s Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28; Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women’s champion; she hadn’t run entire course.
1984 — Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 km/h.
1986 — Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat speed record of 165.338 mph, Arizona.
1991 — 52nd PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins.
1996 — 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin.
1997 — 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34.
2008 — In Montreal, a riot following the Montreal Canadiens’ Game 7 win over the Boston Bruins breaks out on Ste-Catherine St. W., resulting in 16 police cruisers torched, a dozen stores vandalized, and sixteen arrests. Sunday
1823 — R.J. Tyers patents roller skates.
1876 — First National League baseball game, 3,000 fans, Boston Red Stockings beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5 in Philadelphia; Athletics’ Wes Fisler scores league’s first run.
1906 — New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all Major League Baseball game balls.
1915 — New York Yankees don pinstripes and hat-in-the-ring logo for first time.
1945 — NHL Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3.
1947 — First NBA Championship: Philadelphia Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2.
1954 — NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock and six team-foul rule.
1957 — All National League teams finally integrate, John Irwin Kennedy is first black on Philadelphia Phillies.
1962 — Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2.
1969 — Joe Frazier knocks out Dave Zyglewick in 1:36 for heavyweight boxing title.
1970 — New York Mets’ Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put-outs by a catcher.
1994 — Michael Moorer beats Evander Holyfield in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
1995 — George Foreman beats Axel Schulz in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.