THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 30TH

1659 - Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing 

during religious services (First mention of tennis in US).

1904 - White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days.

1926 - Robin Roberts, pitcher (Phillies, Won 28 in 1952) is born.

1927 - Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary).

1932 - Johnny Podres, American baseball player (d. 2008) is born.
1934 - Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3.

1939 - 1st televised College Football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at NYC).
1939 - White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets record of 61st relief appearance.
1947 - Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised.
1956 - Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR.

1956 - White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses).

1962 - NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play & beat NY 5-1.
1968 - AL & NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires.

1973 - Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions.

1979 - Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213 straight games without a shutout.

1980 - A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100.

1980 - Martina Hingis, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star 

(1997 Australian/US/Wimbledon) is born.
1981 - Dominique Moceanu, California, gymnast 

(World-silver-95, Olympics-gold-96) is born.

1984 - California Angels Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect 

baseball game defeating the Texas Rangers 1-0.
1984 - Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner.

1989 - Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout.

1990 - Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park.

1997 - Yankees Tim Raines, Derek Jeter & Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 

consecutively homers in post season (Yanks beat Indians 8-6).

1998 - Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player (b. 1953) dies of brain cancer.