1897 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: R.F. Doherty beats Harold Mahony 6-4 6-4 6-3 for the first of 4 titles1899 Spin bowler Jack Hearne takes England cricket’s
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1895 US National Championship Women’s Tennis: Juliette Atkinson beats defending champion Helen Hellwig 6-4, 6-2, 6-11897 Chicago Colts establish MLB record for most runs scored
1887 Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-01892 Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories1904 Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Reigning champion Dorothea Chambers beats Charlotte
1864 Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia: Colonel Sherman makes unsuccessful frontal attack on Confederate defensive lin1890 Canadian boxer George Dixon becomes first black
1899 Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: R.F. Doherty wins 3rd straight Wimbledon singles championship; beats Arthur Gore 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-31906 Hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix
1892 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Defending champion Mabel Cahill beats Elisabeth Moore 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-21903 NY Yanks & Chicago
1882 National League expels umpire Richard Higham from baseball for dishonesty after his links with gambling on games are confirmed1899 US National Championship Women’s Tennis,
1893 US National Championship Women’s Tennis: Aline Terry wins her lone major title; beats Augusta Schultz 6-1, 6-31894 The International Olympic Committee is founded at
1874 Game of lawn tennis introduced1889 Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss1918 US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Molla
1879 Infielder William White plays one game for the Providence Grays with conjecture was the first African-American to play MLB even though he appeared Caucasian1900