Today in Sporting History, September 29
1793 - Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine
1879 - NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players
1890 - 1st pro baseball game, NY Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in NYC
1908 - Calgary Rugby Football Union forms
1923 - 6th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Pelham CC Pelham NY
1924 - Senators clinch pennant, finishing 2 games in front of Yankees
1941 - Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 - Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade
1946 - 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards and Dodgers)
1947 - Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox
1951 - 1st color telecast of football game on network, Phila (CBS)
1954 - Bennekom soccer team forms in Bennekom
1957 - Buddy Holly and Crickets released 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away"
1959 - Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, and take NL pennant
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1968 - Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts)
1968 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1969 - Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season
1969 - Steve O'Neal of NY Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver
1974 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
1977 - Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1983 - "A Chorus Line" 3,389 performance to become longest running Bdwy show
1985 - Houston QB Warren Moon sacked NFL tying record 12 times (by Cowboys)
1986 - Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast
1987 - 8th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1991 - Pat Bradley wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic
1992 - Magic Johnson announces return to play basketball (he doesn't)
1996 - 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0)
1996 - SD Padres sweep LA Dodgers in race for NL West title
1996 - Trish Johnson wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Golf Classic
1879 - NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players
1890 - 1st pro baseball game, NY Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in NYC
1908 - Calgary Rugby Football Union forms
1923 - 6th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Pelham CC Pelham NY
1924 - Senators clinch pennant, finishing 2 games in front of Yankees
1941 - Joe Louis TKOs Lou Nova in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1941 - Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade
1946 - 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards and Dodgers)
1947 - Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox
1951 - 1st color telecast of football game on network, Phila (CBS)
1954 - Bennekom soccer team forms in Bennekom
1957 - Buddy Holly and Crickets released 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away"
1959 - Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, and take NL pennant
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1968 - Chuck Latourette, sets NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg (3 punts)
1968 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1969 - Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season
1969 - Steve O'Neal of NY Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver
1974 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
1977 - Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1983 - "A Chorus Line" 3,389 performance to become longest running Bdwy show
1985 - Houston QB Warren Moon sacked NFL tying record 12 times (by Cowboys)
1986 - Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast
1987 - 8th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1991 - Pat Bradley wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic
1992 - Magic Johnson announces return to play basketball (he doesn't)
1996 - 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0)
1996 - SD Padres sweep LA Dodgers in race for NL West title
1996 - Trish Johnson wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Golf Classic