TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 1ST

1859 - First intercollegiate baseball game, Amherst beats Williams 66-32.
1893 - SF Bay City Club opens 1st 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.

1917 - Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday game in Brooklyn.

1920 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0.
1925 - NY Giant Hack Wilson hits 2 HRs in 3rd inning beating Phillies, 16-7.
1931 - Phillies Chuck Klein hits for cycle vs Chicago Cubs.

1941 - Joe DiMaggio on way to 56, ties Willie Keeler's 44 game hit streak.
1948 - Brooklyn's Roy Campanella debuts as catcher.
1951 - Cleveland Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 2-1.

1961 - Carl Lewis [Frederick], Birmingham Alabama,

sprinter and long jumper (Oly-9 gold-84-96) is born.

1973 - First US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61.
1975 - Muhammad Ali beats Joe Bugner in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title.

1987 - NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes first 24 hour all sports radio.
1989 - NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF.

1990 - Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0.

1996 - NHL Winnipeg Jets officially become the Phoenix Coyotes.
1997 - Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield.