Sports history for Aug. 26

Tuesday, Aug. 26, 1997 | 8:19 a.m.

1912 - Mary K. Browne wins the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title. Maurice McLoughlin wins the men's title.

1933 - Helen Hull Jacobs captures the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title when Helen Wills Moody defaults in the third set because of back and hip pain.

1939 - The first major league baseball game is televised. NBC-TV broadcast a doubleheader at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field between the Cincinnati Reds and the Dodgers.

1950 - Australia wins its third straight Davis Cup by beating the United States.

1961 - The International Hockey Hall of Fame officially opens in Toronto, Canada.

1972 - The New York Cosmos win the NASL championship by defeating the St. Louis Stars 2-1.

1989 - Chris Drury pitches a five-hitter as Trumbull, Conn., becomes the first American team since 1983 to capture the Little League World Series with a 5-2 victory over Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

1993 - Sean Burroughs, the son of former major leaguer Jeff Burroughs, pitches his second no-hitter of the Little League World Series and hits two home runs as defending champion Long Beach, Calif., routs Bedford, N.H., 11-0 in the final of the U.S. bracket.

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