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EPISODE SUMMARY
In 1946, Ben Hogan won the PGA Championship for his first major golf title.
In 1922, the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies combined for the most runs ever scored in a major league baseball game.
In 1889, local police officers in Hamilton, Ohio arrested baseball players playing on a Sunday.
In 1875, Matthew Webb became the first person to successfully swim the English Channel.
And in 1997, Kurt Warner was on the losing end of Arena Bowl 11 but would get his chance to to play with the St. Louis Rams in the next few months and lead them to the Super Bowl .
THIS DAY IN SPORTS BACKGROUND
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.