TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 18TH

1914 - Oscar Egg sets new cycling hour record (44,247 km).
1915 - Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1.
1920 - 1st class cricket debut of Walter Hammond.

1928 - Marge Schott, CEO (Cincinnati Reds) is born.
1930 - Carl Barger, Lewistown Pa, baseball president

(Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins) is born.

1931 - Lou Gehrig hitless in Detroit, his 1,000th consecutively played game.

1934 - Rafer Lewis Johnson, Hillsboro Tx, decathlete (Olympic-gold-1960) is born.
1934 - Roberto Clemente, US baseball outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates) is born.

1945 - Scheduled demonstrations at Polo Grounds & Ebbets Field

to end segregation in organized baseball are called off.
1946 - Golf Writers Associaton of America forms.

1958 - Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1960 - Lew Burdette pitches to just 27 for a 1-0 no-hitter against Phillies.

1964 - South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies.
1965 - Hank Aaron loses a HR, because he hit it out of batter's box.
1967 - Red Sox Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels Jack Hamilton.
1973 - Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record.
1977 - Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter.
1980 - KC Royals' George Brett, batting avg reach .400.

1982 - Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance.
1982 - Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL, ends

after 22 innings - before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th).

1986 - Jim Kelly signs with NFL Buffalo Bills ($75 million for 5 years).
1987 - Houston Oiler Earl Campbell, retires from NFL.
1989 - Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as NY Yankee manager.