TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 1ST

1859 - First intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32.
1893 - SF Bay City Club opens first US bicycle race track, made of wood.

1903 - First Tour de France bicycle race begins.

1910 - Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0.

1916 - Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park HR.
1917 - Robins (Dodgers) play their first Sunday game in Brooklyn.

1920 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0.

1941 - Joe DiMaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak.

1941 - Rod Gilbert, Canada, NHL wing (NY Rangers) is born.

1948 - Brooklyn's Roy Campanella debuts as catcher.

1951 - Cleveland Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 2-1.

1958 - Nancy Lieberman Cline, Brooklyn, NY,

WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury) (Oly-S-76) is born.

1973 - First US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61.

1987 - NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes first 24 hour all sports radio.

1990 - NY Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0.
1996 - NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes.
1997 - Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Evander Holyfield.