Today In Sports History 5/4

Our past has shaped the present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history today.

Baseball

• In 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings play their first official game as the sport’s first professional side against the Great Western Base Ball Club winning 45-9

Boxing

• In 2013 Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats Robert Guerrero to retain his WBC Welterweight title

Miscellaneous

• In 1893 Cowboy Bill Pickett invents bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns and wrestling them to the ground

NBA

• In 1968 the first ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers 4 games to 3

NHL

• In 1969 in the Stanley Cup Final, John Ferguson scores the winner as Montreal Canadiens edge St Louis Blues 2-1 for a 4 game series sweep

Olympics

• In 1924 the VIII Summer Olympic Games open at Olympic Stadium of Colombes, Paris, France