AP Sportlight

AP Sportlight
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
July 19
1877 -- Spencer Gore beats William Marshall in 48 minutes (6-1, 6-2, 6-4) in the first men's singles tennis championship at the All England Club, Wimbledon.
1909 -- Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball pulls off the first unassisted triple play in modern major league history.
1910 -- Cy Young wins his 500th career game as the Cleveland Indians beat the Washington Senators 5-4 in 11 innings.
1957 -- Don Bowden is the first American to break the four-minute mile with a 3:58.7 time at Stockton, Calif.
1980 -- The Summer Olympics open in Moscow without the United States and 64 other boycotting countries.
1987 -- Nick Faldo of England wins the British Open by one shot when American Paul Azinger bogeys four times on the back nine.
1990 -- Pete Rose, baseball's all-time hits leader, is sentenced to five months in prison and an additional three months in a halfway house for cheating on his taxes.
1997 -- Daniel Komen of Kenya shatters the 8-minute barrier for the 2-mile run and sets a world record of 7:58.61 at the Hechtel Night of track in Belgium. Haile Gebrselassie had set the world record of 8:01.08 on May 31.
2001 -- Randy Johnson strikes out 16, a major league record for a reliever, and comes within four outs of combining with Curt Schilling on a no-hitter as Arizona beats San Diego 3-0 in the completion of their suspended game. Wiki Gonzalez hits an opposite-field single to right with two outs in the eighth for the Padres' only hit.