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ON THIS DATE
July 25
1958 – The Pittsburgh Steelers open training camp at California State Teachers College.
1978 – Tom Cunningham pitches a four-hitter and Charleroi turns four double plays to defeat Peters Township and win the American Legion 25th District baseball championship.
1995 – The PIAA Board of Control approves the use of of the National Federation of High School Associations’ 10-yard overtime procedure to resolve ties in regular-season football games.
1998 – Daryl Ward of Pittsburgh hits one of the most unusual inside-the-park home runs in major league history during the Pirates’ 4-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves at Three River Stadium. Ward hits a sixth-inning grounder up the middle that deflects off the glove of second baseman Tony Graffanino and rolls into left centerfield, where it gets past center fielder Andruw Jones and rolls all the way to the wall.
1999 – Lance Armstrong wins the Tour de France just three years after he was diagnosed with testicular cancer that spread to his brain and lungs. Armstrong becomes the second American to win cycling’s showcase race.
HOLE-IN-ONE
Warren Clark had a hole in one July 19 at Highland Springs Golf Course. Clark aced the 149-yard No. 5 hole by using a 9-iron. Witnesses were Jon Vallina and Drake Hoberik.