Events in Sports History in September 1968

US Open Women's Tennis

Sep 7 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: England's Virginia Wade wins first Open era US singles title; beats Billie Jean King 6-4, 6-2

Sep 8 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Arthur Ashe wins first Open era US title; beats Dutchman Tom Okker 14-12, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Sep 14 Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

Sep 14 MLB Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season

Sep 17 San Francisco Giants Gaylord Perry no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0

Sep 19 MLB Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain's 31st win of the season, despite Mickey Mantle's 535th career home run, at Tiger Stadium in Detroit

Sep 20 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
Sep 22 Minnesota Twins utility César Tovar pitches a hitless inning & plays all 9 positions in a 2-1 win over Oakland A's at Metropolitan Stadium

Sep 24 NY Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack

Sep 29 Boston Red Sox arl Yastrzemski .3005 avg wins his 2nd straight batting crown