Events in Sports History in July 1934

Baseball Record

Jul 5 Lou Gehrig hits record 17th career grand slam in Yankees 8-3 win v Washington, passes Babe Ruth's total

Sports History

Jul 6 American doubles specialist Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbledon doubles title as she and Simone Mathieu of France defend their crown 6-3, 6-3 vs Dorothy Andrus & Sylvie Henrotin

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 6 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Home favourite Fred Perry beats Australian Jack Crawford 6-3, 6-0, 7-5 for the first of 3 straight Wimbledon titles

  • Jul 7 Mary Hirsch, daughter of 3-time Kentucky Derby winning trainer Max Hirsch, becomes first woman to be licensed to train thoroughbred horses in the United States

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 7 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothy Round Little of England beats American Helen Jacobs 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 for her first Wimbledon singles title

  • Jul 10 2nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, NYC

Baseball Record

Jul 10 NL pitcher Carl Hubbell strikes out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin for MLB All Star game record for consecutive strikeouts; AL still win, 9-7

  • Jul 12 Willy de Supervise swims world record 400m (5:16.0)

Babe Ruth's 700th HR

Jul 13 Babe Ruth hits 700th career home run against Detroit

  • Jul 14 NY Times erroneously declares Babe Ruth 700 HR record to stand for all time
  • Jul 14 Philadelphia Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beating Cincinnati 18-0
  • Jul 17 Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland

Cricket History

Jul 23 Australian cricket batting legend Don Bradman completes 304 in drawn 4th Test vs England at Leeds; 430 minutes, 43 x fours, 2 x sixes

  • Jul 29 28th Tour de France won by Antonin Magne of France

PGA Championship

Jul 29 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Park CC: Paul Runyan wins first of his 2 PGA crowns, defeating Craig Wood in 38 holes

  • Jul 31 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Wimbledon: Fred Perry beats American Frank Shields 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 15-13 to give Great Britain unassailable 3-1 lead to retain title; ends 4-1