This Day in Sports

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette -

Published: 09/20/2008

SEPTEMBER 20

1913—Twenty-year-old amateur Francis Ouimet beats Britain’s Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open.

1973—Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in straight sets to win the Battle of the Sexes and the $100,000 winner-take-all purse in Houston.

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