Sports history for July 29

Tuesday, July 29, 1997 | 3:44 a.m.

1751 - The first International World Title Prize Fight takes place in Harlston, Norfolk, England. The champion, Jack Slack of England, beats the challenger, M. Petit of France, in 25 minutes.

1924 - Paul Runyan defeats Craig Wood 1 up in 38 holes in the final round to capture the PGA championship.

1956 - Cathy Cornelius wins a playoff over Barbara McIntyre to win the U.S. Women's Open title.

1980 - Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz of Poland sets an Olympic record in the pole vault with a vault of 18-11 1/2 in Moscow.

1986 - The United States Football League wins and loses in their suit against the National Football League. The jury finds that the NFL violated antitrust laws, as the USFL claimed, but awards the USFL only $1 in damages which was trebled.

1989 - Cuba's Javier Sotomayer becomes the first person to jump eight feet in the high jump, setting a world record at the Caribbean Championship in San Juan. Sotomayer held the record at 7-11 1/2 which he set in 1988 in Spain.

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