Tris Speaker and Cy Young are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the second year of voting. 1952 — The Professional Golfers Association approves the participation of blacks in golf tournaments. 1972 — Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

1937 — Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker and Cy Young are elected to the Baseball ... of blacks in golf tournaments. 1972 — Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the youngest player elected ...

9, 2009 against the Toronto Blue Jays. Pure coincidence: This was also the date the Dodgers Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game in 1965. Howard told me he had once met Koufax. I’d heard that ...