Early agate
ON THIS DATE
Aug. 9
1950 – Delvin Miller of Meadow Lands and an Avella native drives Lusty Song to victory in The Hambletonian at Good Time Park in Goshen, N.Y.
1962 – Charles N. Comko is hired as head football coach at East Washington High School. Comko was head coach at Seville (Ohio) High School for the past five years.
1963 – The Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Colt 45’s split the longest doubleheader in Forbes Field history, lasting until 2:30 a.m. Houston wins the first game in 15 innings, and Robert Clemente’s bases-loades single in the 11th gives the Pirates a win in the nightcap.
1970 – Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell hits the first upper-deck home run at Three Rivers Stadium, a 469-foot shot to right field off the New York Mets’ Ron Taylor.
1975 – Nero avenges his only loss and becomes the No. 1 attraction in the 13-year history of The Meadows by winning the The Adios in 1:57.3. The card draws a track record crowd of 14,560.
1976 – John Candelaria, a 22-year-old left-hander, throws the first no-hitter at home by a Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher in 89 years as the Bucs defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-0, at Three Rivers Stadium. Candelaria strikes out nine and walks only one.
1980 – Storm Damage sets five world records in winning The Adios in 1:53 2/5.
1981 – Hollis Stacy wins a five-player playoff, with a 12-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole, to win the 8th West Virginia LPGA Open on the Speidel course at Wheeling Park.
1986 – Dick Stillings drives local favorite Barberry Spur to victory in The Adios before a crowd of 6,331 at The Meadows.
1999 – Waynesburg College hires Terry Acker, an assistant at Robert Morris, as its head women’s basketball coach.
2003 – Despite recovering from a broken elbow, driver John Campbell directs Armbro Animate to victory in The Adios. It’s Campbell’s eighth Adios-winning drive. General Challenge, driven by Dave Palone, finishes second.