TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MAY 1ST

1751 - First American cricket match is played.
1883 - Baseball returns to Philadelphia, 1st NL game since 1876.
1883 - NY Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as first American pro sports trainer.
1891 - Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park 

Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3.

1901 - Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League.
1906 - Phillies' John Lush no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-0.

1920 - Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR & 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds.

1951 - Mickey Mantle's 1st HR.
1951 - Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox.

1959 - White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR.
1960 - Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis.

1968 - Phillies J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warmup.
1969 - Houston Don Wilson 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 4-0.

1983 - Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508).

1991 - A's Rickey Henderson steals an all time record 939th base vs Yanks.

1992 - LA Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots over Rodney King beating.

1992 - Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base.

1996 - Gerald Williams is 1st NY Yankee since 1934 to get 6 hits in a game.

2003 - Miss Elizabeth, American wrestling manager dies of a drug and alcohol 

overdose in the home she shared with wrestler Lex Luger (b. 1960).