1876 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Bob Martin wins when fellow Scot Davie Strath refuses to take part in a playoff after pair finish
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1879 Cincinnati Enquirer publishes first report on Baseball’s reserve clause; rights to players retained by team upon the contract’s expiration; replaced by free agency1889 Dutch
1659 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US)1882 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Bob
1793 Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine1880 1st pro baseball game at Polo Grounds, NY Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5
1911 NY Highlanders get 13 walk & steal 15 bases (including then record 6 in one inning), beating Browns 18-12; each team committed 6 errors1919
1879 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman Jamie Anderson wins by 3 shots from countrymen Jamie Allen & Andrew Kirkaldy; 3rd consecutive title1881 Chicago
1861 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr. beats Willie Park Sr. by 4 strokes1867 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris
1844 Canada defeats USA by 23 runs in the first cricket international match at the grounds of the St George’s Cricket Club in Manhattan, NYC1866
1903 Bill Bradley becomes 1st Cleveland baseball player (Cleveland Naps) to hit for cycle1906 St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning
1845 1st baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code1868 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Jr. beats his father, Tom Morris Sr.