TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MAY 6TH

1733 - First international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni.

1907 - Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, NY Jets) is born.

1915 - Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15.
1917 - St Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0.
1921 - American Soccer League forms.
1925 - Ty Cobb hits his 5th HR in 2 games tying Cap Ansons record of 1884.

1931 - Willie Mays, Westfield Alabama, baseball centerfielder

(Giants, NY Mets), "Say Hey Kid" (660 HRs, MVP 1954) is born.

1934 - Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive

triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, & B Walters.

1937 - Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Clifton, New Jersey, American boxer

whose murder convictions were overturned after 19 years in prison is born.

1951 - Pittsburgh Pirate Cliff Chambers no-hits Boston Brave, 3-0.
1953 - Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0.

1967 - Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22).

1972 - Martin Brodeur, Mont. Queb., NHL goalie (NJ Devils, Team Canada) is born.

1978 - 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:01.2.
1979 - Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m.

1982 - Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games.
1984 - Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle.

1985 - Chris Paul, All-Star NBA Point Guard Los Angeles Clippers is born.

1988 - Doughnutgate incident: NJ Devils' coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee

Don Koharski to 'eat another doughnut you fat pig!,' he is suspended.

1994 - Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for Heavyweight boxing title.

1995 - Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV.
1997 - NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes.

1998 - Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league

record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a

batter in his 5th career start..
2010 - Robin Roberts, American baseball player (b. 1926) dies.
2014 - Jimmy Ellis, American boxer & WBA Heavyweight
champion, dies from dementia at 74.