TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 14TH

1868 - Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole).

1923 - Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1923 - Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play.
1924 - Walter Johnson elected AL MVP.

1924 - Jerry Coleman, 2nd baseman/sportscaster

(NY Yankees, SD Padres), (d. 2014) is born.

1929 - A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox.

1930 - Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6.

1940 - Larry Brown, NBA player/NBA coach (NY Knicks) is born.

1954 - Giants' Willie Mays gets 82nd extra-base hit, breaks Mel Ott's record.
1968 - Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1968 - Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season.

1978 - Braves' Jim Bouton, 38, beats Giants, his 1st win since 1970.

1980 - Dwight Clark begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions.
1982 - Trevor Baxter sets skateboard High Jump record of 5' 5.7".

1987 - Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is broken.

1989 - Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2.
1991 - Freshman Marshall Faulk of San Diego State rushed for NCAA record.
1994 - All 28 baseball owners vote to cancel rest of 1994 season.
1996 - As' Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season.

1996 - NY Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher.

2003 - Yetunde Price, half-sister of Venus and Serena Williams (b. 1972) dies.
2014 - The United States defeats Serbia 129-92

 to win the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.