1967: The Browns sustain a scare in their training camp at Hiram, as defensive backs Mike Howell and Ollie Cordill collide with one another and are slow to get up, but tests reveal no major injuries.

1956: In the latest Major League Baseball leaders, the Indians’ Vic Wertz is third in RBI with 67 and fourth in home runs with 21 – each 10 off the pace of the Yankees’ Mickey Mantle.

1945: Steve Gromek fans six and scatters nine hits, recording his 11th win as the Indians secure their third straight victory in Boston, 6-1.

1934: Lake County Fairgrounds plays host to an Ohio Harness Racing event, prompting the Painesville Telegraph to use the headline, “Fairground stables overrun by horses, men preparing for races.”

2010: Michael Bernard, a 16-year-old from Huber Heights Wayne, takes a one-shot lead into the final round of the Ohio Amateur at Kirtland Country Club.

1999: Mentor edges Painesville, 372-363, in the Lake County Junior Olympics, riding 13 wins in various age divisions to hold on for the team championship.

1988: Three entries from the Mentor Harbor Yacht Club and one from the Grand River Yacht Club take home top honors in their respective divisions of the Edgewater Regatta.

1944: Ed Klieman, unhappy with being removed one out short of a complete game in Boston, protests to Indians manager Lou Boudreau and earns a $100 fine during a National War Fund benefit.

1933: Indians rookie Monte Pearson allows three runs in a complete game, but cannot overcome first-inning errors by Bill Cissell and William Kamm in a 3-2 loss to the Senators in Washington.

2009: Cavaliers big man Anderson Varejao is reportedly close to wrapping up a five-year contract with the team, and the Captains get fifth-inning homers from Michael Valadez and Karexon Sanchez in a 4-2 win at Greensboro.

1998: Indians slugger Jim Thome advances to the final of the All-Star Home Run Derby in Denver but is edged out by last-minute entry Ken Griffey Jr., who has second thoughts after being booed, 3-2.

1987: Emerson Fittipaldi averages a race-record 128.421 mph and wins the Cleveland Grand Prix by 11.63 seconds over runner-up Bobby Rahal at Burke Lakefront Airport.

1976: Bob Feller and Cy Young were among the inaugural class for the Ohio Baseball Hall of Fame in Newcomerstown, with Feller saying Young was a “great guy who never criticized young ball players.”

1965: Fairport’s Mike Thomas competes in a collegiate 120-yard high hurdles event at Kent State and sets a stadium record with a time of 14.3 seconds.

1954: Bob Feller and Early Wynn each go the distance as the Indians sweep a doubleheader with the White Sox, 3-2 and 5-4, to open a 4 ½ game lead over the Yankees in the American League.

1943: The Indians push across a run in the eighth and Al Smith scatters nine hits over eight innings in a 3-2 triumph over the visiting Yankees to even the teams’ series.