Today In Sports History 4/24

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

Baseball

• 1894 – Philadelphia Phillies’ Lave Cross hits for the cycle versus Brooklyn Dodgers.
• 1901 – First American League baseball game, Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Blues 8-2; three other games are rained out.
• 1905 – Washington Senators execute a triple-play and beat New York Yankees 4-3.
• 1915 – Pittsburgh Rebels’ Frank Allen no-hits Saint Louis Terriers (Federal League), 2-0.
• 1917 – New York Yankees’ left-handed pitcher George Mogridge no-hits Boston Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway Park.
• 1933 – First major league player to get four consecutive doubles in 9 innings (Dick Bartell).
• 1945 – Albert B “Happy” Chandler is named second baseball commissioner.
• 1946 – Eleven players (Tinker, Evers, Chance, Burkett, McCarthy, Waddell, Plank, Walsh, Chesbro, Griffith, and McGinnity) are named to Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
• 1956 – American League umpire Frank Umont is first to wear glasses in a regular season game.
• 1957 – Chicago Cubs’ pitchers walk National League record nine Cincinnati Reds in 5th inning.
• 1958 – Lee Walls hits three homeruns, as Chicago Cubs beat Los Angeles Dodgers 15-2.
• 1960 – Record four grand slams hit today.
• 1962 – Sandy Koufax’s second 18-strikeout game.
• 1965 – New York Mets’ Casey Stengel wins his 3,000th game as manager.
• 1966 – Atlanta Braves win National League-record 18 straight home games (17 in Milwaukee).
• 1978 – California Angels’ Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 Mariners, 20th time he has 15 in game.
• 1982 – Saint Louis Cardinals win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Philadelphia Phillies.
• 1992 – George Steinbrenner drops his lawsuits against baseball.
• 1996 – Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years – Minnesota Twins 24, Detroit Tigers 11.

Basketball

• 1963 – 17th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2.
• 1963 – Boston Celtics’ Bob Cousy retires.
• 1967 – 21st NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 2.
• 1981 – San Antonio Spurs blocks 20 Golden State Warriors’ shots to set NBA regulation game record.
• 1994 – David Robinson scores ties 7th highest total in the NBA – 71.

Football

• 1974 – NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay (Buccaneers).

Golf

• 1951 – Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women’s Golf Invitational Open.
• 1960 – Louise Suggs wins LPGA Civitan Golf Open.
• 1966 – Carol Mann wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational.
• 1977 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA American Defender Golf Tournament.
• 1983 – Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic.
• 1988 – Rosie Jones wins LPGA USX Golf Classic.

Hockey 

• 1974 – Dutch women’s hockey team becomes world champion.
• 1984 – Edmonton Oilers Wayne Gretzky is third to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot.
• 1994 – New York Rangers sweep New York Islanders in NHL playoffs.

Miscellaneous

• 1880 – Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men’s athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England.