TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 19TH

1877 - First Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64).

1902 - NY Giants lose their 1st game under new manager John McGraw.
1910 - Cleveland Indian baseball player Cy Young registers

500th career victory against Washington 5-4 in 11 innings.
1914 - Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL.
1915 - Washington Nationals steal record 8 bases vs Cleve Indians in the 1st inning.
1918 - Washington catcher Eddie Ainsmith applies for deferment from the draft

Secretary of War Newton D Baker rules Baseball Players are not draft exempt.

1922 - Rachel Robinson, social activist/humanitarian/Mrs Jackie Robinson is born.
1927 - Ty Cobb gets his 4,000th hit.
1933 - First time brothers on opposite teams homer in the same game. Red Sox.
1936 - Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief.

1946 - Ilie Nastase, Bucharest Romania, tennis player (US Open 1972) is born.

1960 - SF Giants Juan Marichal debuts, with a 1 hitter against Phillies.
1963 - Philadelphia Phillies Roy Siever hits HR # 300.

1973 - Willie Mays named to NL all star team for 24th time (ties Musial).

1986 - Tim Witherspoon KOs Frank Bruno in 11 for Heavyweight boxing title.

1989 - Cleveland Indians Joe Carter has his 4th 3 HR game.
1990 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion.
1990 - Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee,

passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee.
1991 - Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game.

1995 - James Smiddy, high school basketball coach (1,216 wins), dies at 71.

2013 - Phil Woosnam, Welsh footballer and manager, dies from

complications from prostate cancer and Alzheimer's disease at 90.
2013 - Bert Trautmann, German footballer, dies from heart failure at 89.