- 1914 - Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitching for the Boston Red Sox.
- 1928 - First televised tennis match.
- 1931 - Chicago Cubs and Saint Louis Cardinals hit a record 23 doubles in a game (second game of designated hitter).
- 1946 - Vance Dinges hits the only Philadelphia Phillies' pinch hit inside-the-park home run.
- 1949 - American League beats National League 11-7 in 16th All Star Game, National League makes a record five errors.
- 1949 - Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence.
- 1950 - ILTF re-admits Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland and Hungary withdraw.
- 1951 - New York Yankees' Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleveland Indians, 8-0.
- 1954 - Major League Baseball Players Association founded.
- 1955 - National League beats American League 6-5 (12 innings) in 22nd All Star Game (Milwaukee).
- 1966 - National League beats American League 2-1 (10 innings) in 37th All Star Game (Busch, Saint Louis).
- 1967 - 5th Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Mets beat New York Yankees 4-0.
- 1979 - A Disco Demolition Night publicity stunt goes awry at Comiskey Park, forcing the Chicago White Sox to forfeit their game against the Detroit Tigers.
- 1987 - Philadelphia Phillies' Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief.
- 1989 - New York Yankees' pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA).
- 1990 - Chicago White Sox player Melido Perez no-hits the New York Yankees 8-0 in a rain.
- 1998 - France defeats Brazil 3-0 to win the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
In History:
1861 Wild Bill Hickok begins to establish his reputation as a gunfighter after he coolly shoots three men during a shootout in Nebraska.
Born in Homer (later called Troy Grove), Illinois, James Butler Hickok moved to Kansas in 1855 at the age of 18. There he filed a homestead claim, took odd jobs, and began calling himself by his father’s name, Bill. A skilled marksman, Hickok honed his abilities as a gunslinger. Though Hickok was not looking for trouble, he liked to be ready to defend himself, and his ability with a pistol soon proved useful.
By the summer of 1861, Hickok was working as a stock tender at a stage depot in Nebraska called Rock Creek Station. Across the creek lived Dave McCanles, a mean-spirited man who disliked Hickok for some reason. McCanles enjoyed insulting the young stockman, calling him Duck Bill and claiming he was a hermaphrodite. Hickok took his revenge by secretly romancing McCanles’ mistress, Sarah Shull.
On this day in 1861, the tension between Hickok and McCanles came to a head. McCanles may have learned about the affair between Shull and Hickok, though his motivations are not clear. He arrived at the station with two other men and his 12-year-old-son and exchanged angry words with the station manager. Then McCanles spotted Hickok standing behind a curtain partition. He threatened to drag “Duck Bill” outside and give him a thrashing. Demonstrating remarkable coolness for a 24-year-old who had never been involved in a gunfight, Hickok replied, “There will be one less son-of-a-bitch when you try that.”
McCanles ignored the warning. When he approached the curtain, Hickok shot him in the chest. McCanles staggered out of the building and died in the arms of his son. Hearing the shots, the two other gunmen ran in. Hickok shot one of them twice and winged the other. The other workers at the station finished them off.
The story of Hickok’s first gunfight spread quickly, establishing his reputation as a skilled gunman. In 1867, Harper’s New Monthly Magazinepublished a highly exaggerated account of the shoot-out which claimed Hickok had single-handedly killed nine men. The article quoted Hickok as saying, “I was wild and I struck savage blows.” Thus began the legendary career of “Wild Bill.”
For the next 15 years, Hickok would further embellish his reputation with genuine acts of daring, though the popular accounts continued to exceed the reality. He died in 1876 at the age of 39, shot in the back of the head by a young would-be gunfighter looking for fame.
Meanwhile in 1941 Joe DiMaggio extends his hitting streak to 51 games going 2 for 5 with 1 rbi in a win over the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park III in St. Louis. His batting average in now up to .365. Elden Auker was the loosing pitcher that day as New York wins 7-5.
Auker was born and raised in Norcatur, Kansas, the son of Fred and Florence Auker. He attended college at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, where he was a brother of Phi Sigma Kappa. Called by former Kansas State University President James McCain, "the greatest all-around athlete in Kansas State history," Auker won nine varsity letters – three each in baseball, basketball and football during his college career from 1929–1932.[1] He was first-team All-American in baseball and All-Big Six Conference in baseball, football, and basketball.[1] In football, Auker starred at quarterback, was named second team All-American by Grantland Rice and was offered a $6,000 contract by the Chicago Bears. The Bears sent Bronko Nagurski to Manhattan to try to convince him to join the team.[citation needed] Auker turned down the Bears, however, to pitch for the Detroit Tigers.
During his ten-year Major League career, Auker played with the Tigers, Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns. The first batter Auken faced was Babe Ruth, whom he struck out on four pitches. Auker was the last living pitcher to have faced Ruth.[2] While with Detroit, Auker went to consecutive World Series, in 1934 and 1935. In the 1934 Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, Auker was the winning pitcher in Game 4, but the loser to Dizzy Dean in the decisive Game 7. The next season, Auker led the American League in winning percentagewith an 18–7 record. In the 1935 Series against the Chicago Cubs, Auker started Game 3, which Detroit won in extra innings, and the Tigers went on to win the Series four games to two.
During the 1935 World Series, Auker was interviewed by a young Cubs broadcaster, Ronald Reagan. When they met after Reagan had been elected governor of California, Reagan told him, "You probably won't remember me, but I'll remember you as long as I live." The radio interview, Reagan said, "was my first big break."[2]
At Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Ted Williams is 0 for 2 with 3 Bases on Balls in a Red Sox 7-5 win over Detroit in the First game of a double header, Williams would not play in game 2 that day.
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