TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 29TH

1885 - Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0.
1885 - Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves &

3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey.
1889 - First American International professional lawn tennis contest (Newport RI).

1895 - The formation of the Northern Rugby Union

at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.

1925 - After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting

practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth & slaps a $5,000 fine on him.

1946 - Bob Beamon, Jamaica NY, high jumper

(Olympics-gold-68, 29' 2½" 8.9m) is born.

1964 - On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties

Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330).
1965 - Willie Mays sets NL record for HRs in a month with his 17th of August.
1967 - Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win

2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours & 19 minutes.

1968 - First US Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr Vija Vuskains).
1969 - Joe Pepitone quits Yanks after being fined $500 for leaving the bench.
1972 - SF Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to last

21 he retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row.

1977 - St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old

career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3.
1978 - USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing NY.

1981 - Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record

121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)).
1982 - George Brett gets his 1,500th hit.

1987 - Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time.

2007 - Richard Jewell, central figure in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park

bombing (b. 1962) Jewell died from natural causes at the age of 44.

He was suffering from severe heart disease, kidney disease, and diabetes.