THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 29TH

1844 - NY Yacht Club forms.
1874 - Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court.

1899 - Southern California Golf Association forms.
1911 - Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St Louis Browns, 5-0.
1915 - Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR.
1921 - Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, 54, pitches 2 innings.

1925 - Ted Lindsay, Canadian hockey player is born.

1928 - Cleveland Indians score 17 runs in first 2 innings to beat Yanks 24-6 at

Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in one game.

1953 - Ken Burns [Kenneth Lauren], Brooklyn, New York, American director 

and documentary film producer (The Civil War, Baseball) is born.

1968 - Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1.

1978 - On Old Timer's Day, NY Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return 

as NY Yankee manager in 1980 & Bob Lemon will become GM.

1989 - Phillies retire Steve Carlton's # 32.
1989 - White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher & Sam Sosa.

1990 - Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game.
1991 - 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0).
1995 - Monica Seles beats Martina Naratilova in her return to tennis.
1995 - Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their first NFL exhibition game 20-14.