THIS DAY IN SPORTS

1862 - Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 1st baseball enclosure, opens
1876 - 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38.25
1894 - 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41
1906 - NY Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in 1 inning
1912 - 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6
1912 - Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a NY Highlander game & is suspended
1918 - 43rd Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6
1918 - 44th Preakness: Charles Peak aboard Jack Hare Jr wins in 1:53.4
1918 - Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game
1919 - Bkln Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0
1920 - Soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk
1926 - 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8
1935 - Pirates beat Phillies 20-5
1937 - 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4
1941 - Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1
1944 - Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0
1948 - 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4
1948 - Bradman scores 187 Aust v Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five

1952 - Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners
1953 - Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in Chicago
1959 - 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst & Williams Teams reenact the original contest
1963 - Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1964 - Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp
1965 - 91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2
1965 - Canadian Football Players Association organizes
1966 - 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex v Somerset
1966 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational
1967 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1970 - South-Africa excluded from Olympic play
1971 - 97th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54
1973 - California Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats KC Royals, 3-0
1976 - 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55
1977 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic
1982 - 108th Preakness: Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4
1983 - Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1985 - Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1987 - Record Archery score for a pair over 24 hrs, is set
1988 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1989 - Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams & replace him with Cito Gaston
1989 - US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule
1990 - Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period
1991 - Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1991 - Red Sox & White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11)
1993 - 119th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6
1994 - 40th McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies