TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 5TH

1874 - Nap Lajoie, American baseball player (d. 1959) is born.

1901 - National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms.
1908 - Dodger Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0.

1918 - Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early.
1921 - Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287.

1936 - Bill Mazeroski, MLB 2nd baseman (won 1960 World Series for Pitts) is born.

1946 - Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game.

1955 - Dodger Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season.
1960 - Cassius Clay wins Olympic light Heavyweight gold medal.
1962 - Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless

games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th.

1971 - Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win.
1971 - NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet.
1972 - 11 Israeli athletes taken hostage and later killed by

Palestinian Black September group at the Munich Olympics.

1979 - A's Matt Keough A's beats Brewers 6-1 for 1st win after

14 straight losses, ended 1978 with 4 loses (1 shy of the record 19).
1979 - Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve

& upsets top-seeded Bjorn Borg in US Tennis Open quarterfinals.

1987 - John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at US Tennis Open.

1989 - Chris Evert last US Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison.
1990 - Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final.

1992 - Dan O'Brien sets world record Decathlon (8891 pts).

1992 - Billy Herman, 2nd baseman/manager (Dodgers, Cubs), dies at 83.
1993 - Largest US Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502).

1994 - San Francisco 49ers Jerry Rice catches NFL record 127th touchdown pass.

1995 - Cal Ripken Jr ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games.