1881 1st US men’s single tennis championships (Newport, Rhode Island)1891 US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport R.I.: Defending champion Oliver Campbell beats Clarence Hobart 2-6,
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1887 US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport R.I.: Richard Sears wins 7th straight US singles title; beats Henry Slocum 6-1, 6-3, 6-21892 US National Championship
1882 Australia beat England by 7 runs – ”Death of English cricket”1885 Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-01889 1st American International professional lawn tennis contest
1884 MLB pitcher Mickey Welsh makes record for most consecutive batters struck out to begin a game, striking out the 1st 9 men he faces1886
1884 US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport R.I.: Richard Sears makes it 4 straight US singles titles; beats Howard Taylor 6-0, 1-6, 6-0, 6-21890 US
1896 US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport R.I.: Robert Wrenn beats Fred Hovey 7-5, 3-6, 6-0, 1-6, 6-1 for his third US singles title1903 Phillies
1804 Alicia Thornton becomes first female jockey in England riding at Knavesmire in Yorkshire1895 US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport R.I.: Fred Hovey beats defending
1877 American outlaw John Wesley Hardin, wanted for murder, is arrested by Texas Rangers on a train in Pensacola, Florida1883 US National Championship Men’s Tennis,
1883 Philadelphia Quakers make 27 errors against Providence Grays in 28-0 shutout defeat at Messer Street Grounds; wild pitches, walks, passed balls count as errors
1851 100 Guineas Cup is raced around Isle of Wight; US schooner ‘America’ beats British cutter ‘Aurora’ by 24 minutes; first competition for the America’s