THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 12TH

1895 - Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup.
1911 - Boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0.

1913 - Jesse Owens, track star, spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics with 4 gold is born.
1916 - Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961) is born.

1930 - Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major league's last recorded bounce HR.

1949 - Irina Rodnina, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80) is born.

1953 - Brooklyn Dodgers, clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team.

1954 - White Sox win 90th game, first time they win this many since 1920.

1956 - Ricky Rudd, American race car driver is born.
1962 - Wash Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inning game.

1976 - Seattle Seahawks play first regular-season game (St L 30, Sea 24).
1976 - White Sox Minnie Minoso, 53, is oldest to get a hit in majors.
1979 - Carl Yastrzemski, is 15th to get 3,000 hits.
1979 - Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, first woman on an NBA club.
1979 - Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off Yankee Jim Beattie.

1981 - Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before 

Rick Cerone & Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles.

1984 - NY Met Dwight Gooden sets rookie strike out record at 251.

1988 - First NFL regular-season game played in Phoenix; Cowboys beat Card.
1991 - Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win.

1992 - Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed 

to be the longest match in US Open history (5hr 26min).