1979 Event Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar 1964 Event Bo Belinsky is suspended after attacking sportswriter Braven Dyer 1944 Birthday Richard Ford, U.S. author, Sportswriter 1919 Event William Veeck, sportswriter, replaces Fred Mitchell as Cubs president 1904 Birthday Arthur Daley, sportswriter, New York Times-Pulitzer 1956 1896 Birthday Arch Ward, sportswriter, proposed baseball's all-star game 1880 Birthday Grantland Rice, sportswriter, New York Her Trib 1914-30, Colliers 1925-37
