TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 31ST

1881 - First US men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI).

1894 - Phillies Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases.
1900 - Dodgers' Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Phillies.

1909 - A J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball.

1913 - Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
1915 - Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits NY Giants, 2-0.
1918 - Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2).

1931 - Jean Marc Beliveau, Canadian NHL player (Montreal Canadiens,

10 Stanley Cups), born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec, (d. 2014).
1934 - First NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 0, All-Stars 0 (79,432).
1935 - Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleve Indians, 5-0.

1935 - Frank Robinson, baseball player/manager (MVP 1961-NL 1966-AL) is born.

1947 - NY Giants set season record for HRs by a club 183 (en route to 221).
1950 - Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves.

1969 - Rocky Marciano, former Heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45.

1972 - Olga Korbut, USSR, wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics.
1973 - First Heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman).

1979 - 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at US Open Tennis.
1979 - Phillies replaces manager Danny Ozark with Dallas Green.

1984 - Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for Heavyweight boxing title.

1985 - Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M.
1987 - Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385).

1991 - Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes

in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3.

1997 - Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by NY Yankees.

1999 - Dino Ciccarelli retires from the NHL.