THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 12TH

1901 - Cy Young wins his 300th game.

1921 - Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs.
1927 - Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs.
1928 - First televised tennis match.
1930 - 34th US Golf Open: Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins.

1931 - 45,715 fans in 35,000 seat Sportsman Park St Louis, help cause many 

ground ruled doubles, 11 in 1st game & 21 in 2nd game for 32.

1945 - Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games.

1949 - Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence.

1949 - Rick Hendrick, American NASCAR team owner, and car dealer is born.

1951 - NY Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleveland Indians, 8-0.
1954 - Major League Baseball Players Association founded.

1971 - Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi, Hayward California, figure skater (Olympic-Gold-92) is born.

1979 - "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild 

& causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers.

1987 - Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief.

1988 - Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her.
1989 - NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA).
1990 - Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a 

rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990).

1996 - Kirby Puckett, retires from Minnesota Twins.

1996 - Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million.
1997 - Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive game with out being no-hit.
1997 - Pirates Francisco Cordova & Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn.

2008 - Bobby Murcer, center fielder for the New York Yankees, 

San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs from 1965-1983 (b. 1946) dies.