TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JUNE 3RD

1851 - First baseball uniforms worn, NY Knickerbockers wear

straw hat, white shirt & blue long trousers.
1925 - White Sox manager Eddie Collins gets 3,000 hit.
1930 - Grover Cleveland Alexander is released by the Phillies.
1932 - Lou Gehrig is 1st to hit 4 consecutive HRs; Yanks beat A's 20-13.

1943 - Billy Cunningham, Brooklyn New York,

NBA/ABA (Philadelphia 76ers, Carolina Cougers) is born.

1955 - Stan Musial hits his 300th HR.

1958 - Referendum allows city to sell Chavez Ravine to the Dodgers.

1971 - Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 1-0.

1977 - Baltimore Orioles pull their 6th triple play (9-6-4-6-6 vs KC Royals).
1978 - Phillies Dave Johnson is 1st to hit 2 pinch hit grand slams in a year.
1980 - ESPN begins televising college World Series games.
1980 - NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1.
1985 - Brewers draft B J Surhoff #1.

1986 - Rafael Nadal, Manacor, Majorca, Balearic Islands, tennis player is born.
1987 - Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game.
1988 - Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony.
1989 - Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season & 11th overall.

1989 - Sportscasting legend Vin Scully broadcasts

23 innings in two different cities on one day.

2010 - Canadian sportscaster Ron MacLean saves a man from

drowning in the Delaware River in Philadelphia.
2012 - Tiger Woods' 73rd PGA tour victory equals Jack Nicklaus's record.

2013 - Deacon Jones, NFL HOF Defensive End, dies from natural causes at 73.
2014 - Hashim Amla becomes the first non-white captain

of the South African national cricket team.