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September 5th ...

Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work, equals miracles.  - Bob Richards, Pole Vaulter

• 1901 - National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms in the USA.
• 1906 - The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22-0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
• 1908 - Brooklyn Dodgers' Nap Rucker no-hits Boston Doves, 6-0.
• 1913 - Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves tie record of only one run in a double header, Philadelphia Phillies win first game 1-0, then a scoreless tie into 10th.
• 1914 - Babe Ruth hit his first home run as a professional player in the International League. 
• 1916 36th U.S. Men's National Championship: R. Norris Williams beats William Johnston (4-6, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2, 6-4)
• 1918 - Due to the Great War, 15th World Series begins a month early.
• 1918 - Babe Ruth (Boston Red Sox) threw a six-hitter in the opening game of the World Series. 

   

 

• 1920 - Bill Tilden won the first of seven U.S. Open men's singles crowns. 
• 1921 Walter Johnson sets strikeout mark at 2,287
• 1922 17th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in New York (4-1)
• 1922 - New York Yankees play final game at the Polo Grounds, after 7 years.
• 1923 - Flyweights Gene LaRue and Kid Pancho knock out each other simultaneously.
• 1925 29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
• 1927 - Boston Red Sox beat New York Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings.

                 

            

• 1931 - John Thomson, Scottish soccer player, dies in an accident during a Celtic-Rangers match (born 1909).
• 1936 - Boston Red Sox turn a triple-play on the New York Yankees.
• 1938 Davis Cup Final, Philadelphia: Don Budge beats Adrian Quist of Australia 8-6, 6-1, 6-2 to wrap up the tie for the United States 3-2
• 1939 34th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2)
• 1946 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game
• 1949 69th U.S. Men's National Championship: Pancho Gonzales beats Ted Schroeder (16-18, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4)
• 1949 63rd U.S. Women's National Championship: Margaret Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (6-4, 6-1)                       

      

        

• 1950 70th U.S. Men's National Championship: Art Larsen beats Herb Flam (6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3)
• 1950 64th U.S. Women's National Championship: Margaret Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (6-3, 6-3)
• 1951 US National Men's Tennis Championship: Australian Frank Sedgman beats Vic Seixas of the United States 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
• 1951 65th U.S. Women's National Championship: Maureen Connolly beats Shirley Fry Irvin (6-3, 1-6, 6-4)
• 1955 Dodger Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season
• 1959 - Washington Senators' Jim Lemon is 7th to get six RBIs in an inning (third).

  

     

       

• 1960 A. J. Foyt wins the first of 67 Indy car victories at Du Quoin, Illinois. State Fairgrounds
• 1960 - Cassius Clay captures the Olympic light heavyweight gold medal.
• 1962 Atletico Madrid of Spain win 2nd European Cup Winner's Cup against ACF Fiorentina of Italy 3-0 in Stuttgart (replay)
• 1962 Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th
• 1971 Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
• 1971 - New York Mets' Don Hahn hits first inside the park homer in game against Philadelphia Phillies.
• 1972 - Eleven Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics, Germany.
• 1973 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket
• 1975 - In New York, Martina Navratilova appeared at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service office and asked for political asylum. 
• 1976 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic
• 1977 - Cleveland Indians stage first "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night".
• 1979 A's Matt Keough A's beats Brewers 6-1 for 1st win after 14 straight losses, ended 1978 with 4 loses (1 shy of the record 19)
• 1979 Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve & upsets top-seeded Björn Borg in US Open Tennis quarterfinals

   



  

• 1982 US Men's Amateur Golf Championship, The Country Club: Jay Sigel wins 8 & 7 over David Tolley
• 1983 Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
• 1983 - "Sports Illustrated" became the first national weekly magazine to use four-color process illustrations on every page.
• 1987 John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at US Tennis Open
• 1987 2nd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in Men's Long Jump
• 1988 - Canadian Football League's Earl Winfield (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) scores touchdowns on 101-yard punt return, 100-yard kickoff return, and 58-yard pass reception.
• 1989 Chris Evert's last US Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison

           

• 1990 Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final
• 1992 Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts)
• 1993 Largest US Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502)
• 1994 Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec)
• 1994 SF wide receiver Jerry Rice catches 2 touchdown passes and runs for another score in 49ers' 44-14 rout of the Raiders; surpasses Jim Brown as NFL's career TD leader with 127
• 1995 Cal Ripken Jr ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games
• 1997 - The International Olympic Committee picks Athens, Greece to be the host city for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
• 1997 Orioles beat Yankees 13-9 in longest 9 inning game
• 1997 - The FOX group announced a deal to purchase the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

                         


   

• 1998 - Mark McGwire (St. Louis) hit his 60th home run of the season. The home run tied McGwire with Babe Ruth. 
• 1998 - Sammy Sosa (Chicago Cubs) hit his 58th home run of the season. 
• 1999 - The Cincinnati Reds set a major league team record for home runs in two consecutive games. The team hit 14 home runs over the two games at Veterans Stadium. 
• 2001 - The New York Islanders signed Alexi Yashin to a 10-year $90 million contract. It was the biggest deal in NHL history. 
• 2002 - In New York, the NFL held a concert to celebrate its season opener. Eve, Alicia Keys, Bon Jovi, Enrique Iglesias and 'N Sync's Joey Fatone performed. The event preceded the rare Thursday-night opener between the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers.