On this Day in Sports History, presented by S&H Farm Supply, Chevy Dealers of the Ozarks and Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge

• 1916 - Saint Louis Browns' Ernie Koob pitches all 17 innings in a 0-0 tie versus Boston Red Sox.
• 1934 - New York Times (erronously) declares Babe Ruth 700 home run record to stand for all time.
• 1934 - Philadelphia Phillies score 11 runs in an inning, beat Cincinnati Reds 18-0.
• 1946 - Cleveland Indians' Lou Boudreau hits four doubles and home run but Boston Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams' 3 homeruns with 8 RBIs.
• 1951 - First color telecast of a sporting event (CBS, horse race).
• 1951 - Citation becomes first horse to win $1,000,000 in races.
• 1953 - National League beats American League 5-1 in 20th All Star Game (Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio).
• 1955 - Two killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England.
• 1956 - Boston Red Sox' pitcher Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0.
• 1967 - Houston Astros' Eddie Matthews hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giants' Juan Marichal.
• 1968 - Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron hits his 500th home run off San Francisco Giants' Mike McCormick.
• 1968 - Houston Astros' Don Wilson strikes-out 18, beats Cincinnati Reds 6-1.
• 1969 - "Futbol War" between El Salvador and Honduras begins.
• 1970 - National League wins 8th straight All Star Game, 5-4 in 12 innings (Riverfront, Cincinnati).
• 1985 - Kathy Baker beats Judy Clark to win golf's US Women's Open.
• 1985 - Last USFL game-Baltimore Stars defeats Oakland Invaders, 28-24.
• 1986 - Jane Geddes beats Sally Little to win golf's US Women's Open.
• 1987 - National League defeats American League, 2-0 in 13, in 58th All-Star Game in Oakland, California.
• 1988 - Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place.

1941, Ted Williams is forced to sit another game with a swollen ankle as the Red Sox lose to the Indians and Bob Feller 4-1, Feller is now 18-4 on the the Season. 

In Chicago at Comiskey Park, Joe DiMaggio extends his streak to 54 games going 1 for 3 with a walk, but the Yankees lose 7-1 complete game by Johnny Rigney. 

John Dungan Rigney (October 28, 1914 – October 21, 1984) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago White Sox (from 1937 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1947). Listed at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 190 pounds (86 kg), Rigney batted and threw right-handed. A native of River Forest, Illinois, he was signed out of the University of St. Thomas.

Rigney was one of the Chicago White Sox top pitchers in the years prior to World War II. His most productive season came in 1939, when he won a career-high 15 games, including the first win for a pitcher during the first night game ever played at Comiskey Park (August 14). In 1940, he recorded 14 wins with a career-high 3.11 ERA, pitching an 11-inning, 1–0 shutoutagainst the visitors New York Yankees (June 20). It was the first time since 1919 that the Yankees had been shut out in extra innings by one pitcher. After that, he won 13 games in 1941 and was 3–3 before joining the United States Navy in May 1942. After being discharged in 1945, he returned to Chicago, but his playing time was limited by arm injuries. He retired after the 1947 season.

In an eight-season career, Rigney posted a 63–64 record with 605 strikeouts and a 3.59 ERA in 197 appearances, including 132 starts, 66 complete games, 10 shutouts, five saves, and 1186 ⅓ innings of work.

Rigney married Dorothy Comiskey, granddaughter of Charles Comiskey, founding owner of the White Sox, and daughter of J. Louis Comiskey, another former club president. Following his playing retirement, Rigney took a position in the White Sox front office. In 1956, he became the club's co-general manager along with Chuck Comiskey in replacement of Frank Lane.

Rigney died in Wheaton, Illinois, seven days shy of his 70th birthday.

 One of the Yankee hurlers that day was a native of Rolla Missouri, Marv Breuer. 

Born April 29, 1914 in Rolla, Missouri

Marvin Howard "Baby Face" Breuer (April 29, 1914 – January 17, 1991) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the New York Yankees from 1939 to 1943.^[1]

In the 1941 World Series, Breuer came on as a reliever in the fifth inning of Game 4 to relieve Atley Donald, with the Yankees losing 4-3. Breuer pitched three scoreless innings, which enabled the Yankees to ultimately win the game on a passed ball by Mickey Owen^[2] Breuer also pitched in the 1942 World Series, which the Yankees lost to the St. Louis Cardinals.

After Breuer's playing career ended, he spent 31 years working for the United States Geological Survey until his retirement in 1976. He was survived by his wife, Dorothy, two children, three grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.^[2]