Baseball History

This Day in Sports History — August 23
This Day in Sports History — August 23
This Day in Sports History — August 23
1926 — Molla Mallory defeated Elizabeth Ryan to win her record eighth US national tennis championship at Forest Hills in New York. (More info.) 1931 — Lefty Grove of the Philadelphia A’s had his American League record-tying 16-game winning streak snapped due to an error by outfielder Jim Moore, as the St. Louis Browns beat Philadelphia, 1-0, at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis. (More info.)