THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 18TH

1912 - Chicago Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings.
1915 - Boston Braves start move from last place to become World Series champs.
1927 - Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit.

1929 - Dick Totten Button, Englewood NJ, figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52) is born.

1942 - 1st legal NJ horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens.
1943 - Giants & Phillies strand record 30 baserunners, NY wins, 10-6.
1948 - Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 HRs in a game.

1951 - Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win Heavyweight 

champion as he KOs Ezzard Charles in the 7th Round.

1957 - Nicholas Alexander Faldo, England, PGA golfer (1992 British Open) is born.

1959 - First black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright).
1960 - Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises.
1961 - Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game 

schedule in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games.
1962 - Minnesota Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams in 

1st inning & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning.

1966 - Dan[iel Dion] O'Brien, Portland Oregon, decathelete (Olympic-gold-96) is born.

1969 - Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL.
1970 - Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits.

1972 - Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Memphis, NBA guard (Orlando, Oly-gold-96) is born.

1975 - Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins 

(1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play).

1976 - Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history

to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

1994 - NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker.