From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1898 in sports
1898 in sports
1898 in sports describes the year’s events in world sport.
Baseball
National championship
American football • National League championship – Boston Beaneaters.
College championship This is Boston’s fifth championship in eight years
• College football national championship – Harvard under manager Frank Selee.
Crimson and Princeton Tigers (shared) Events
Events • 22 April — multiple no-hitters are thrown on the
• The Morgan Athletic Club, which will eventually same day by two players: Ted Breitenstein and Jay
become Arizona Cardinals, is founded in Chicago and Hughes.
is the sport’s oldest professional team.
Basketball
Association football Events
England • Kansas begins playing basketball coached by the
• The Football League – Sheffield United 42 points, inventor of basketball James Naismith, and
Sunderland 37, Wolves 35, Everton 35, Sheffield eventually becomes one of the most prestigious
Wednesday 33, Aston Villa 33 college basketball programs in the country.
• FA Cup final – Nottingham Forest 3–1 Derby County
at Crystal Palace, London.
• Both the Football League First and Second Divisions
Boxing
are expanded from 16 to 18 teams in 1898, bringing Lineal world champions[2]
the total number of League sides to 36. Additionally, • World Heavyweight Championship – Bob
the test match system is abandoned in favour of Fitzsimmons
automatic relegation and promotion. There is no • World Middleweight Championship – vacant →
relegation from the First Division in 1898, Burnley Tommy Ryan
and Newcastle United being promoted to increase • World Welterweight Championship – Tommy Ryan
the number of teams to 18. To increase the size of → Ryan vacates title → "Mysterious" Billy Smith
the Second Division, Burslem Port Vale is restored to • World Lightweight Championship – George "Kid"
the League; Barnsley, Glossop (1898–1915) and New Lavigne
Brighton (1898–1901) are elected for the first time. • World Featherweight Championship – Solly Smith →
Italy Dave Sullivan → George Dixon
• Formation of the Italian Football Federation • World Bantamweight Championship – Jimmy Barry
(Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio or FIGC) in Turin.
It is also known as Federcalcio.
Scotland
Cricket
• Scottish Football League – Celtic England
• Scottish Cup – Rangers 2–0 Kilmarnock at Hampden • County Championship – Yorkshire
Park • Minor Counties Championship – Worcestershire
• Most runs – Bobby Abel 2053 @ 48.88 (HS 219)
• Most wickets – Jack Hearne 222 @ 14.05 (BB 9–68)
Athletics • Wisden Five Cricketers of the Year – Wilfred Rhodes,
• Ronald J. MacDonald wins the second running of the Bill Storer, Charlie Townsend, Albert Trott, William
Boston Marathon.[1] Lockwood
Australia
Australian rules football • Sheffield Shield – Victoria
• Most runs – Clem Hill 1196 @ 66.44 (HS 200)
VFL Premiership • Most wickets – Ernie Jones 76 @ 21.75 (BB 7–80)
• Fitzroy wins the 2nd VFL Premiership: Fitzroy 5.8 India
(38) d Essendon 3.5 (23) at Junction Oval • Bombay Presidency – Parsees
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South Africa (AHAC) disbands over a dispute to allow a new
• Currie Cup – Transvaal member in its senior league. The Canadian Amateur
West Indies Hockey League (CAHL) is formed to replace it, from
• Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested the clubs seceding from AHAC.
Figure skating Motor racing
World Figure Skating Championships Paris-Amsterdam-Paris Trail
• World Men’s Champion – Henning Grenander • The Paris-Amsterdam-Paris Trail is run on 7–13 July
(Sweden) over 1431 km and won by Fernand Charron driving a
Panhard-Levassor in a time of 33:04:34. The race is in
Golf retrospect sometimes referred to as the III Grand Prix
de l’ACF.[3]
Major tournaments
• British Open – Harry Vardon
• US Open – Fred Herd
Rowing
Other tournaments The Boat Race
• British Amateur – Freddie Tait • 26 March — Oxford wins the 55th Oxford and
• US Amateur – Findlay S. Douglas Cambridge Boat Race
Horse racing Rugby league
Events Events
• 11 June — Willie Simms becomes the only African- • Dewsbury RLFC founded
American jockey to win all three races of the United England
States Triple Crown Races when he rides Sly Fox to • Championship – not contested
victory in the Preakness Stakes. • Challenge Cup final – Batley 7–0 Bradford FC at
England Headingley Stadium, Leeds
• Grand National – Drogheda • Lancashire League Championship – Oldham
• 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Nun Nicer • Yorkshire League Championship – Hunslet
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Disraeli
• Epsom Derby – Jeddah
• Epsom Oaks – Airs and Graces
Rugby union
• St. Leger Stakes – Wildflower Home Nations Championship
Australia • 16th Home Nations Championship series is not
• Melbourne Cup – The Grafter completed
Canada Events
• Queen’s Plate – Bon Ino • London Irish founded
Ireland
• Irish Grand National – Porridge
• Irish Derby Stakes – Noble Howard
Speed skating
USA Speed Skating World Championships
• Kentucky Derby – Plaudit • Men’s All-round Champion – Peder Østlund (Norway)
• Preakness Stakes – Sly Fox
• Belmont Stakes – Bowling Brook Tennis
England
Ice hockey • Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship – Reginald
Stanley Cup Doherty (GB) defeats Lawrence Doherty (GB) 6–3 6–3
• 5 March — Montreal Victorias wins the Amateur 2–6 5–7 6–1
Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) championship • Wimbledon Women’s Singles Championship –
and the Stanley Cup. It is the club’s fourth AHAC Charlotte Cooper Sterry (GB) defeats Louise Martin
championship in a row and second straight Cup title. (GB) 6–4 6–4
Events France
• 10 December — first championship ice hockey • French Men’s Singles Championship – Paul Aymé
league, the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada defeats Paul Lebreton: details unknown
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• French Women’s Singles Championship – Françoise http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/
Masson wins: details unknown boston-marathon-history/race-summaries/
USA 1897-1900.aspx. Retrieved March 2, 2011
• American Men’s Singles Championship – Malcolm [2] "Cyber Boxing Zone". Archived from the original
Whitman defeats Dwight F. Davis 3–6 6–2 6–2 6–1 on 2009-06-20. http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/
• American Women’s Singles Championship – Juliette boxing/pastchp.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
Atkinson defeats Marion Jones 6–3 5–7 6–4 2–6 7–5 [3] 1898 Grand Prix and Paris Races. Retrieved on 7
September 2009.
References
[1] "Boston Marathon History: 1897-1900" www.baa.org
Boston: Boston Athletic Association 2011
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