Welcome to Today in Sport for Thursday, May 15, 2008.
Events in Sport on this Day in History ...
1862 - Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 1st baseball enclosure, opens 1876 - 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38¬ 1919 - Bkln Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0 1920 - Soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk 1941 - Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1 1953 - Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 1 for heavywgt boxing title 1959 - 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest 1964 - Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp 1965 - Canadian Football Players Association organizes 1966 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational 1967 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open 1977 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic 1980 - Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs 1983 - Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic 1987 - Record archery score for a pair over 24 hrs, is set 1988 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic 1989 - US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule 1994 - 40th McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies
