Welcome to Today in Sport for Friday, July 3, 2009.
Events in Sport on this Day in History ...
1888 - NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak 1902 - Excelsior soccer team forms in Rotterdam 1905 - Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title 1912 - NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard ties record of 19 game win-streak 1920 - 40th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Patterson (26 63 62 64) 1925 - 38th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Joan Fry (62 60) 1927 - 47th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: H Cochet beats Borotra (46 46 63 64 75) 1931 - 51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood Jr beats F X Shields (walkover) 1931 - Max Schmeling TKOs Young Stribling in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1932 - 1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2 1932 - John McGraw retires from baseball 1936 - Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U v MCC 1944 - Oriole Park (minor league baseball stadium) burns down in Baltimore 1948 - 55th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart (63 86) 1950 - Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances) 1951 - 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa 1953 - 67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen (97 63 64) 1954 - 9th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias 1954 - 61st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (62 75) 1959 - 73rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Alex Olmedo beats Rod Laver (64 63 64) 1959 - 88th British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 284 at Muirfield Gullane 1964 - 78th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Stolle (64 12-10 46 63) 1965 - 72nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats M Fraiser (64 75) 1966 - Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game 1966 - 21st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Sandra Spuzich 1970 - 77th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats King (14-12 11-9) 1971 - 85th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Newcombe beats S Smith (63 57 26 64 64) 1974 - Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers 1976 - 90th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats Ilse Nastase (64 62 97) 1977 - 5th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Judy Rankin 1978 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic 1980 - 1st US Seniors Golf Open: Roberto deVicenzo 1980 - 73,096 in Cleveland watch Indians beat Yankees 7-0 1981 - 88th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Mandlikova (62 62) 1982 - 89th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (61 36 62) 1983 - 97th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Chris Lewis (62 62 62) 1983 - 11th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Hollis Stacy 1987 - NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman and Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play 1988 - 16th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sally Little 1988 - A's Gene Nelson is 1st AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973 1993 - Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge 1993 - 100th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats J Novotna (76 16 64) 1994 - 108th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: P Sampras beats G Ivanisevic (76 76 60) 1994 - 15th US Seniors Golf Open: Simon Hobday 1994 - Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup 1994 - Tammie Green wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic
