Today In Sports History 9/1

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

Baseball

• In 1906 New York Highlanders win their sixth consecutive MLB game in 3 days from Washington Senators, sweep AL record 3 straight double headers

Boxing

• In 1936 Belgian boxer Gustave Roth beats Heinz Lazek of Austria in a 15 round points decision to win the EBU and vacant IBU world light heavyweight title in Vienna

Golf

• In 1915 Jerome Travers establishes a US Amateur Golf Championship record by downing George Crump, 14 & 13, in a 1st-round match at the Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan

Miscellaneous

• In 1881 The Dwyer Brothers’ 3-year-old Kentucky Derby winner Hindoo wins his 19th consecutive race, a purse event at Sheepshead Bay, his winning streak snapped 6 days later in the September Handicap at Sheepshead

Tennis

• In 1914 US National Championship Men’s Tennis, R. Norris Williams wins his first major title beating defending champion Maurice McLoughlin 6-3, 8-6, 10-8. It is the final event at Newport Casino, moves to Forest Hills, NY