Welcome to Today in Sport for Saturday, July 4, 2009.
Events in Sport for Tomorrow in History ...
1905 - Phila A's beat Boston Red Sox 4-2 in 20 inning game 1907 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 1 for heavyweight boxing title 1910 - Jack Johnson KOs James J Jeffries in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1912 - Jack Johnson TKOs Jim Flynn in 9 for heavyweight boxing title 1913 - 37th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A F Wilding beats McLoughlin (86 63 10-8) 1923 - Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1925 - 45th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats J Borotra (63 63 46 86) 1926 - Baronie soccer team forms in Breda Neth 1930 - 43rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Elizabeth Ryan (62 62) 1936 - 49th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Hull Jacobs beats H Sperling (62 46 75) 1939 - Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day 1939 - Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game 1947 - 61st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom P Brown (61 63 62) 1952 - 66th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats J Drobny (46 62 63 62) 1953 - 60th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats D Hart (86 75) 1954 - West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern 1958 - 72nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A Cooper beats N Fraser (36 63 64 13-11) 1959 - 66th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Darlene Hard (64 63) 1960 - 6th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright 1964 - 71st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats M Court (64 79 63) 1965 - 20th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Carol Mann 1969 - 76th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Ann Jones beats Billie J King (36 63 62) 1970 - 84th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Newcombe beats K Rosewall (57 63 62 36 61) 1973 - In audience with Italian cyclists, Pope Paul VI praises athletes who "offer the magnificent show of a healthy, strong, generous youth" 1975 - 82nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (60 61) 1976 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Bloomington Golf Classic Bicentennial 1977 - Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher 1977 - Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 HRs beating Toronto 9-6 1981 - 95th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats B B”rg (46 76 76 64) 1982 - Yankees bat out of order against Indians in 1st inning 1982 - 96th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Connors beats J McEnroe (36 63 67 76 64) 1982 - 10th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Sandra Haynie 1983 - NY Yankee Dave Righetti no-hits the Red Sox 1987 - 94th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (75 63) 1987 - Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so 1988 - 102nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Becker (46 76 64 62) 1988 - KC releases pitcher Dan Quisenberry, whose 238 saves are the 4th most 1992 - 99th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (62 61) 1993 - 107th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Courier (76 76 36 63) 1993 - Brandie Burton wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
