TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 3RD

1881 - US National Lawn Tennis Association removes "National" from its name.
1906 - Washington Nationals pitcher Tom Hughes hits HR

to win his own game 1-0 in 10th inning..
1921 - Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox

scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball.
1923 - Baseball games cancelled following the death of President Harding.

1928 - Ray Barbuti saves US team from defeat in Amsterdam

Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec).

1941 - Browns pitcher Johnny Niggling gets Joe DiMaggio in 4 at bats to stop

DiMaggio's streak of 74 games in reaching base.
1944 - Tommy Brown, just 16 years & 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers.
1949 - Basketball Association of America & National Basketball League

merge to form National Basketball Association.

1968 - Rod Beck [Rodney Roy], Burbank, California, American MLB

relief pitcher (SF Giants-1994 NL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year) is born.

1977 - Tom Brady, New England Patriots quarterback is born.

1987 - Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6 in London, England (NFL expo).
1989 - 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez).
1989 - Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 steals in 9 seasons.
1989 - Cincinnati Reds send record 20 men to bat with a record 16 hits

in 1 inning as they score 14 runs in 1st inning.
1990 - NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th HR in 1st 72 at bats.
1992 - Dodgers win 3,000th game since moving to Los Angeles (3,000-2,531).

2011 - Bubba Smith, American football player and actor (b. 1945) dies.