Sept. 3
Today in sports history
Today is Sept. 3. On this date in:
1869: The all-Black Philadelphia Pythians played the White Olympics in one of the earliest documented interracial baseball games, with the Olympics winning 44-23.
1881: Richard Sears won the inaugural U.S. National Championships men’s singles title at Newport, Rhode Island, the first of seven U.S. national singles crowns.
1904: American Martin Sheridan won a discus throw-off against fellow American Ralph Rose after the first tie in an Olympic discus final, capturing gold at the St. Louis games.
1932: Philadelphia Athletics slugger Jimmie Foxx hit his 50th and 51st home runs of the season in a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
1950: Nino Farina won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza and clinched the inaugural Formula One World Drivers’ Championship.
1957: Milwaukee Braves ace Warren Spahn recorded his 41st career shutout, establishing a National League record for a left-handed pitcher.
1965: Jim Hickman became the first New York Mets player to hit three home runs in a game.
1966: Bobby Orr signed with the Boston Bruins ahead of his rookie NHL season, beginning one of hockey’s most influential careers.
1970: Chicago Cubs outfielder Billy Williams sat out a game, ending his National League-record streak at 1,117 consecutive games played.
1972: Finland’s Lasse Virén recovered from a fall to win the Olympic 10,000 meters in a world-record 27 minutes, 38.4 seconds at the Munich Games.
1972: Atlanta Braves star Hank Aaron recorded the 6,135th total base of his career, breaking Stan Musial’s major league record.
1973: Billy Casper captured the Greater Hartford Open for his 50th PGA Tour victory.
2006: Benjamin Becker defeated Andre Agassi in four sets in the third round of the U.S. Open, ending Agassi’s 21-year professional career.
2007: New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martínez struck out Cincinnati’s Aaron Harang to become the 15th major league pitcher to record 3,000 career strikeouts.
2018: Bryson DeChambeau won the Dell Technologies Championship by two strokes, becoming the second player to win the first two events of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs.
2020: The Philadelphia Phillies retired Dick Allen’s No. 15, making him the first player in franchise history to have his number retired before being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
2021: Eighteen-year-old Carlos Alcaraz upset third-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas in five sets at the U.S. Open, earning his first victory over a top-three opponent.
— USA TODAY Network
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