Welcome to Today in Sport for Thursday, July 3, 2009.
Events in Sport for Yesterday in History ...
1903 - Pitcher Jack Doscher, 1 son of a major leaguer debuts with Cubs 1921 - 41st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Tilden beats B Norton (46 26 61 60 75) 1921 - Jack Dempsey KOs George S Carpentier in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1st million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match (Dempsey KOs Carpentier) 1927 - 40th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 64) 1932 - 52nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ellsworth Vines beats H Austin (64 62 60) 1937 - 57th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats G von Cramm (63 64 62) 1938 - 51st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (64 60) 1943 - Indians score 12 runs in 4th inning and beat Yankees 12-0 1948 - 62nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Falkenburg beats Bromwich (75 06 62 36 75) 1949 - 56th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: L Brough beats M duPont (10-8 16 10-8) 1954 - 68th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Drobny beats K Rosewall (13-11 46 62 97) 1955 - 10th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Fay Crocker 1955 - 62nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats B Fleitz (75 86) 1965 - 79th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle (62 64 64) 1966 - 73rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Frasier (63 36 61) 1967 - Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) and 1st amateur to US Women's open golf tournament 1967 - 22nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Catherine Lacoste 1970 - NY Yankees Horace Clarke breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th for 3rd time in 28 days 1971 - 78th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats M Smith (64 61) 1972 - 27th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Susie Maxwell Berning 1976 - 83rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats E Goolagong (63 46 86) 1977 - 91st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats Connors (36 62 61 57 64) 1978 - Pitcher Ron Guidry sets Yankee record of 13-0 start 1983 - 90th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats A Jaeger (60 63) 1988 - 95th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Navratilova (57 62 61) 1989 - 10th US Seniors Golf Open: Orville Moody 1989 - 17th du Maurier Golf Classic: Tammie Green 1993 - NY Met Anthony Young loses a record 25th straight game (goes to 27) 1994 - 101st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: C Martinez beats Navratilova (64 36 63) 1995 - 16th US Seniors Golf Open: Tom Weiskopf 1995 - Michelle McGann wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic
