THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 29TH

1793 - Tennis is first mentioned in an English sporting magazine.
1890 - First pro baseball game, NY Metropolitans beat 

Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in NYC.

1913 - Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 36th game.
1914 - Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant.
1915 - Philadelphia Phillies clinch their first pennant.
1920 - Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54.

1927 - Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games.

1941 - Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade.
1945 - Cubs clinch NL pennant.

1946 - Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play first NFL game in LA.
1947 - Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox.
1947 - Record World Series crowd of 73,365 at Yankee Stadium ($325,828).
1952 - Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance.

1954 - Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive.
1956 - "I Love Mickey" by Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer peaks at #87.

1957 - NY Giants play & lose their last game at Polo Grounds (9-1 to Pittsburgh).

1963 - Card's Stan Musial's final game, gets his 3,629th & 3,630th hit.

1975 - Casey Stengel, NY Yankee manager (1949-60), dies in Glendale at 85.

1976 - SF Giant John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0.
1977 - Eva Shain is first woman to referee a Heavyweight championship.

1979 - Astros' J R Richard strikes out NL season righty record of 313.
1983 - Oakland A's Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0.

1986 - Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (First rookie brothers).

1989 - A A Busch Jr, brewer/baseball owner (St Louis Cards), dies at 90.

2005 - Chicago White Sox clinch their first division title since 2000 

and become just the 10th team in the history of baseball to be in first place 

on every day of the season.

HAPPY 74TH BIRTHDAY MOM!!