TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 24TH

1893 - For only time in history of US Tennis championships,

an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago.

1939 - Walter Bellamy, New Bern NC, NBA center

(Knicks/Olympic-gold-1960), (d. 2013) is born.

1941 - Red Sox Lefty Grove, 41, wins his 300th game.
1946 - 9 Spokane Baseball Players (Western League) die in a bus crash.

1958 - Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans again.

1961 - Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader.

1963 - Julie Krone, Benton Harbor Mich, jockey (1st female to win Belmont-93) is born.

1964 - Barry Bonds, Riverside CA, left fielder (Pirates, SF Giants, 3X MVP) is born.
1965 - Casey Stengel resigns as manager of NY Mets.

1967 - Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game.
1968 - Hoyt Wilhelm's 907th breaks Cy Young's record for pitching appearances.

1969 - Muhammad Ali is convicted for refusing induction in US Army on appeal.

1977 - Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881.
1978 - Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games.
1979 - Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR.

1993 - NY Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight.

2005 - Lance Armstrong retires after winning a record seventh consecutive

Tour de France victory (stripped for doping in 2012).