From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1913 in sports
1913 in sports
1913 in sports describes the year’s events in world sport. • 7–11 October — Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeats
New York Giants (NL) to win the 1913 World Series
American football by 4 games to 1. That is three wins in four years for
the Athletics under Connie Mack, three losses in
College championship three years for the Giants under John McGraw.
• College football national championship – Auburn Events
Tigers, Chicago Maroons and Harvard Crimson • The Brooklyn Dodgers move into their new stadium,
(shared) Ebbets Field.
Association football Boxing
England Events
• The Football League – Sunderland 54 points, Aston • 14 May — Jack Johnson is convicted in Chicago of
Villa 50, The Wednesday 49, Manchester United 46, violating the 1910 Mann Act and is subsequently
Blackburn Rovers 45, Manchester City 44 sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one year and
• FA Cup final – Aston Villa 1–0 Sunderland at Crystal one day plus a fine of $1,000. In June, while still free
Palace, London with an appeal pending, Johnson flees the United
• Woolwich Arsenal, which has just been relegated to States and does not return until July 1920. Johnson is
Division Two, moves across London from Manor the first person to be prosecuted under the Act,
Ground, Plumstead to the new Arsenal Stadium at which prohibits so-called white slavery including the
Highbury in Islington. Soon afterwards, the club interstate transport of females for "immoral
drops "Woolwich" from its name to be known as purposes". Johnson has had affairs with white
Arsenal FC. prostitutes who have travelled with him to other
Germany states. In Johnson’s case, it is held that the
• National Championship – VfB Leipzig 3–1 Duisburger authorities are using the Act’s ambiguous language
SpV at München-Sendling to justify a selective prosecution which amounts to
Scotland harassment, based on their desire to deprive him of
• Scottish Football League – Rangers his title for racist reasons. Johnson retains the title
• Scottish Cup – Falkirk 2–0 Raith Rovers for another two years.
United States • Following victories in France against Georges
• United States Soccer Federation is formed Carpentier and Billy Papke, German-American boxer
Frank Klaus re-establishes the lineage of the World
Australian rules football Middleweight Championship, broken since the death
of Stanley Ketchel in 1910.
VFL Premiership • 11 October — Klaus is himself beaten by George Chip
• Fitzroy wins the 17th VFL Premiership: Fitzroy 7.14 with a 6th round knockout at Pittsburgh. Chip holds
(56) d St Kilda 4.9 (33) at Melbourne Cricket Ground the middleweight title until 1914.
(MCG) Lineal world champions[1]
• World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
Bandy • World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
• World Middleweight Championship – vacant →
International Frank Klaus → George Chip
• Inaugural European Championship is held in Davos, • World Welterweight Championship – vacant
Switzerland, and is won by England • World Lightweight Championship – Willie Ritchie
Sweden • World Featherweight Championship – Johnny
• Championship final – IFK Uppsala 2–1 AIK Kilbane
• World Bantamweight Championship – Johnny
Baseball Coulon
World Series
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Canadian football Horse racing
Grey Cup England
• 29 November — 5th Grey Cup – Hamilton Tigers 44–2 • Grand National – Covertcoat
Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club • 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Jest
• 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Louvois
Cricket • Epsom Derby – Aboyeur
• Epsom Oaks – Jest
England • St. Leger Stakes – Night Hawk
• County Championship – Kent Australia
• Minor Counties Championship – Norfolk • Melbourne Cup – Posinatus
• Most runs – Phil Mead 2627 @ 50.51 (HS 171*) Canada
• Most wickets – Major Booth 181 @ 18.46 (BB 8–86) • Queen’s Plate – Hearts of Oak
• Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Major Booth, George Ireland
Gunn, Bill Hitch, Albert Relf, Lionel Tennyson • Irish Grand National – Little Hack II (second win,
Australia having previously won in 1909)
• Sheffield Shield – South Australia • Irish Derby Stakes – Bachelor’s Wedding
• Most runs – Victor Trumper 843 @ 84.30 (HS 201*) USA
• Most wickets – Jack Massie 59 @ 18.66 (BB 7–110) • Kentucky Derby – Donerail
India • Preakness Stakes – Buskin
• Bombay Quadrangular – Parsees • Belmont Stakes – Prince Eugene
New Zealand
• Plunket Shield – Canterbury
South Africa
Ice hockey
• Currie Cup – Natal Stanley Cup
West Indies • Quebec Bulldogs wins the National Hockey
• Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested Association (NHA) championship and the Stanley
Cup for both the second time and second year in
Cycling succession. Bulldogs then defeats Sydney Minors 2
games to 0 in a Stanley Cup challenge.
Tour de France Events
• Philippe Thys (Belgium) wins the 11th Tour de • Winnipeg Hockey Club wins the Allan Cup
France • Victoria Aristocrats wins the Pacific Coast Hockey
Association championship before playing an
Figure skating exhibition series with the Bulldogs, which is won by
the Aristocrats
World Figure Skating Championships
• World Men’s Champion – Fritz Kachler (Austria)
• World Women’s Champion – Opika von Méray Motor racing
Horváth (Hungary) Grand Prix racing
• World Pairs Champions – Helene Engelmann / Karl • 12 July — the 5th French Grand Prix, organised by
Mejstrik (Austria) the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at
Amiens over 916.98 km (31.62 km x 29 laps). The
Golf winner is Georges Boillot of France driving a Peugeot
L5 in 7:53:56.8. The race is retrospectively referred to
Major tournaments as the XIII Grand Prix de l´ACF.
• British Open – John Henry Taylor Indianapolis 500
• US Open – Francis Ouimet is the first amateur to win • 30 May — 3rd running of the Indianapolis 500 at the
the US Open in a surprise playoff victory over Harry Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Jules Goux
Vardon and Ted Ray (France) in a Peugeot L76
Other tournaments
• British Amateur – Harold Hilton
• US Amateur – Jerome Travers Multi-sport events
Far Eastern Championship Games
• First Far Eastern Championship Games held in
Manila, Philippine Islands
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Rowing Tennis
The Boat Race Australia
• 13 March — Oxford wins the 70th Oxford and • Australian Men’s Singles Championship – Ernie
Cambridge Boat Race Parker (Australia) defeats Harry Parker (Australia)
2–6 6–1 6–3 6–2
Rugby league England
• Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship – Anthony
England Wilding (New Zealand) defeats Maurice McLoughlin
• Championship – Huddersfield (USA) 8–6 6–3 10–8
• Challenge Cup final – Huddersfield 9–5 Warrington • Wimbledon Women’s Singles Championship –
at Headingley Stadium, Leeds Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers defeats
• Lancashire League Championship – Wigan Winifred Slocock McNair 6–0 6–4
• Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield France
• Lancashire Cup – Wigan 21–5 Rochdale Hornets • French Men’s Singles Championship – Max Decugis
• Yorkshire Cup – Batley 17–3 Hull defeats Georges Gault: details unknown
Australia • French Women’s Singles Championship – Marguerite
• NSW Premiership – Eastern Suburbs (outright Broquedis defeats Jeanne Matthey
winner) USA
• American Men’s Singles Championship – Maurice
Rugby union McLoughlin defeats Richard Norris Williams 6–4 5–7
6–3 6–1
Five Nations Championship • American Women’s Singles Championship – Mary
• 31st Five Nations Championship series is won by Browne defeats Dorothy Green 6–2 7–5
England who complete the Grand Slam Davis Cup
• 1913 International Lawn Tennis Challenge –
Speed skating United States 3–2 Great Britain at Worple Road
(grass) London, United Kingdom
Speed Skating World Championships
• Men’s All-round Champion – Oscar Mathisen
(Norway) References
[1] Cyber Boxing Zone
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