THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 14TH

1868 - Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole).

1913 - Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0).
1923 - Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2nd Round for Heavyweight boxing title.
1923 - Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play.
1924 - Walter Johnson elected AL MVP.

1930 - Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play first NFL game, win 13-6.

1940 - Larry Brown, NBA player/NBA coach (NY Knicks) is born.

1954 - Giants' Willie Mays gets 82nd extra-base hit, breaks Mel Ott's record.

1968 - Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season.

1978 - Braves' Jim Bouton, 38, beats Giants, his first win since 1970.

1980 - Dwight Clark begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions.
1982 - Trevor Baxter sets skateboard High Jump record of 5' 5.7".

1987 - Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is broken.
1987 - Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 HRs vs Baltimore Orioles.

1989 - Calgary Flames become first NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2.

1994 - All 28 baseball owners vote to cancel rest of 1994 season.
1996 - As' Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season.

1996 - NY Met Todd Hundley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher.