1874 British Open Men’s Golf, Musselburgh Links: Mungo Park wins first title by 2 strokes from Tom Morris Jr1887 Soccer team Be Quick forms in
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1880 British Open Men’s Golf, Musselburgh Links: Scotsman Bob Ferguson wins first of 3 straight titles; beats Peter Paxton by 5 strokes1896 Greek shooter Pantelis
1935 2nd Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Gene Sarazen wins Monday playoff with Craig Wood by 5 strokes1943 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston,
1896 American athlete Robert Garrett wins the throwing double at the Athens Olympics by taking out the shot putt (11.22m); wins the discus the previous
1877 British Open Men’s Golf, Musselburgh Links: Jamie Anderson wins his first of 3 consecutive Championships; beats fellow Scot Bob Pringle by 2 shots1896 First
1904 The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.1919
1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP1913 75th Grand National: Percy Woodland wins aboard 100/9 chance Covertcoat; owner Sir Charles Assheton-Smith’s 2nd straight
1908 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs1923 2 ”Black Sox” sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary1935 Yasuo Ikenada runs world
1902 Dutch football club Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging (MVV) is established in Maastricht, Netherlands1906 Dave Nourse takes 4 wickets and Reggie Schwarz 3 as South Africa
1888 Students from Rotterdam, Netherlands establish a cricket club called Rotterdamsche Cricket & Football Club Sparta which evolves into Sparta Rotterdam1919 Stanley Cup Final, Seattle