TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 24TH

1853 - First round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt).
1895 - First round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months).
1906 - St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game.
1908 - Robert B Rhoads becomes first Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps)

to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1.
1919 - Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey.
1927 - NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs.
1930 - Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in first NFL game played under floodlights.
1931 - Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise

money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yanks.
1934 - 2,500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium.
1934 - Idle Detroit wins pennant, as Red Sox beat Yankees 5-0.

1941 - John Mackey, NFL tight end (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers) is born.
1946 - "Mean" Joe Greene, NFL tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers), Coke spokesman is born.

1946 - Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs.
1953 - Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0.

1967 - Cards Jim Bakken kicks 7 field goals vs Steelers.
1967 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational.
1968 - NY Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack.
1969 - NY Mets clinch NL East pennant.

1973 - St Louis Cards Jim Bakken sets NFL record kicking 7 field goals.

1979 - Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time.

1982 - Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26.
1983 - Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases in season.
1984 - Cubs clinch NL East title.
1985 - Montreal Expo Andre Dawson is 9th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th),

and joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 HRs in an inn twice.

1991 - Deion Sanders, left Braves July 31 to report to NFL Falcons, returns.

2008 - Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (b. 1918) dies.