TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 25TH

1804 - Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)

1904 - James J Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for Heavyweight boxing title

1920 - First US woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)
1921 - Yankee pitcher Harry Harper hits 3 batters in an inning tying record
1922 - Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game
1924 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson

2nd no-hitter beats Browns, 2-0 in 7 innings

1927 - Althea Gibson, Silver SC, 1st African American

tennis champion in a major event is born
1928 - Tri-City Rugby Football Union forms

consisting of Moose Jaw, Regina & Winnipeg

1946 - Rollie Fingers, relief pitcher, Hall of Fame 

(Oakland Athletics, MVP/Cy Young-1981) is born

1950 - Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win Middleweight boxing title

1967 - Minnesota Twin Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1

1968 - NY Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings & beats

Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game & homered
1969 - Detroit Lions beat Boston Patriots 22-9 in Montreal (NFL expo)
1978 - Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike

1980 - Rangers pitcher Ferguson Jenkins arrested for possession of drugs
1983 - Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark
1985 - Met Dwight Gooden becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d)

1986 - A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run

1991 - Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games

2008 - Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964) dies of 

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with congestive heart failure. He was 44.
2013 - Gilmar, Brazilian footballer, dies from complications from a heart attack at 83