Today In Sports History 8/22

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

Baseball

• In 1946 baseball approves a 168-game schedule, but later rescinds it

Golf

• In 2010 The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, Fred Funk wins last of 3 Champions Tour majors by 1 stroke from Michael Allen and Taiwan’s Lu Chien-soon

Miscellaneous

• In 1851 100 Guineas Cup is raced around Isle of Wight; US schooner ‘America’ beats British cutter ‘Aurora’ by 24 minutes. It is the first competition for the America’s Cup yachting trophy

Tennis

• In 1950 Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in a US national tennis competition