Today in Sporting History, September 24
1776 - St Leger horse race run for 1st time
1845 - 1st baseball team is organized
1906 - St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game
1908 - Robert B Rhoads becomes 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1
1927 - NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs
1931 - Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants and Yanks
1934 - Idle Detroit wins pennant, as Red Sox beat Yankees 5-0
1938 - Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles US tennis title
1938 - Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam
1957 - Bkln Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0
1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sacramento Valley Golf Open
1963 - Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards
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
1977 - Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards
1978 - Donna Caponi Young/Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ping Team Golf Classic
1978 - Dutch women hockey team wins world championship
1979 - Russian ice skaters Protopopov and Beloussova ask for asylum in Switz
1982 - Tennis great Bj”rn B”rg retires at 26
1983 - Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of Hanif, v India Jullundur
1989 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Nippon Travel-MBS Golf Classic
1991 - Deion Sanders, left Braves July 31 to report to NFL Falcons, returns
1995 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic
1845 - 1st baseball team is organized
1906 - St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game
1908 - Robert B Rhoads becomes 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1
1927 - NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs
1931 - Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants and Yanks
1934 - Idle Detroit wins pennant, as Red Sox beat Yankees 5-0
1938 - Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles US tennis title
1938 - Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam
1957 - Bkln Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0
1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sacramento Valley Golf Open
1963 - Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards
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
1977 - Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards
1978 - Donna Caponi Young/Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ping Team Golf Classic
1978 - Dutch women hockey team wins world championship
1979 - Russian ice skaters Protopopov and Beloussova ask for asylum in Switz
1982 - Tennis great Bj”rn B”rg retires at 26
1983 - Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of Hanif, v India Jullundur
1989 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Nippon Travel-MBS Golf Classic
1991 - Deion Sanders, left Braves July 31 to report to NFL Falcons, returns
1995 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic