AP Sportlight

AP Sportlight
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
April 13
1914 -- The first Federal League game is played in Baltimore with the Terrapins beating Buffalo 3-2 behind Jack Quinn.
1940 -- The N.Y. Rangers beat Toronto 3-2 to win the Stanley Cup in six games.
1957 -- The Boston Celtics capture their first NBA championship as rookie Tommy Heinsohn scores 37 points and grabs 23 rebounds in a 125-123 double-overtime victory over the St. Louis Hawks in Game 7.
1970 -- Billy Casper wins the Masters with a five-stroke playoff victory over Gene Littler.
1972 -- The first player strike in baseball history ends and the season starts April 15.
1980 -- Seve Ballesteros of Spain at 23 becomes the youngest to win the Masters, with a four-stroke victory.
1984 -- Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos collects the 4,000th hit of his career with a double off Philadelphia's Jerry Koosman in the fourth inning.
1986 -- Jack Nicklaus wins the Masters for a record sixth time and at age 46 becomes the oldest to win the event.
1991 -- Pete Weber wins four games to become the second player in PBA history to win the BPAA U.S. Open twice, this time with a 289-184 victory over Mark Thayer.
1993 -- Lee Smith becomes the all-time saves leader as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-7. Smith gets the last three outs to register his 358th save, surpassing Jeff Reardon of the Cincinnati Reds.
1997 -- Tiger Woods wins the Masters by a record 12 strokes at Augusta National. Closing with a 69, Woods finishes at 18-under 270, the lowest score ever in the Masters and matching the most under par by anyone in any of the four Grand Slam events.
2003 -- Mike Weir becomes the first Canadian to win the Masters, after the first playoff in 13 years.
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