TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 18TH

1915 - Boston Braves start move from last place to become World Series champs.
1927 - Ty Cobb's 4,000th career hit.

1929 - Dick Totten Button, Englewood NJ, figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52) is born.

1940 - Joseph Torre, outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP) is born.

1942 - 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens.

1951 - Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 KOs Ezzard Charles in 7

becoming oldest to win Heavyweight champion.

1960 - Baseball's NL votes to add Houston & NY franchises.
1961 - Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in

154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games.
1962 - Minnesota Twins Bob Allison & Harmon Killebrew hit grand slams

in 1st inning & Harmon Killebrew connect in a club-record, 11-run 1st inning.

1969 - Joe Namath agrees to sell interest in Bachelors 3, to stay in NFL.
1970 - Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits.

1972 - Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Memphis,

NBA guard (Orlando, Oly-gold-96) is born.

1975 - Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins

(1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play).

1976 - Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history

to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

1994 - NY Jets sign USA soccer goalkeeper Tony Miola as a place kicker.