TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1923 — New York Yankees pitcher Sad Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia Athletics, 2-0.
1941 — New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 6-3, and clinch their 12th and earliest pennant. 1949 — Marie Robie sinks 393-yard hole-in-one (first hole in Furnace Brook in Massachusetts).
1953 — New York Yankees become first team to win five consecutive championships.
1954 — Peter Cortese of the U.S. achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 pounds; 22 pounds, over triple his body weight, at York, Pa.
1966 — Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no first downs, winning 45-7.
1972 — U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes first athlete to win seven Olympic gold medals.
1978 — New York Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season).
1983 — Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling’s Road Championship.
1983 — Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot water ski speed record (119.36 m.p.h.).
1985 — Igor Paklin of the U.S.S.R. sets a new high jump world record at 2.41 metres.
1985 — New York Mets’ Gary Carter’s two home runs ties record of five home runs in two games. 1988 — Phoenix Cardinals play first regular-season NFL game.
1993 — The Essendon Football Club wins its 15th AFL premiership over rivals Carlton Football Club.