Today In Sports History 8/26

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

Baseball

• In 1903 Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game

Golf

• In 2012 15 year-old New Zealand golfer, Lydia Ko, becomes the youngest LPGA Tour event winner and the first amateur winner since 1969

Miscellaneous

• In 1950 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)

Tennis

• In 1903 US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Englishman Laurence Doherty beats American defending champion William Larned 6-0, 6-3, 10-8. It’s the first non-American champion