1912 in sports

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American tennis champion Mary Browne

1912 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[edit] American football

College championship

College football national championship – Harvard Crimson and Penn State Nittany Lions (shared)

[edit] Association football

England

The Football League – Blackburn Rovers 49 points, Everton 46, Newcastle United 44, Bolton Wanderers 43, The Wednesday 41, Aston Villa 41
FA Cup final – Barnsley 1–0 West Bromwich Albion at Crystal Palace, London (replay following 0–0 draw at Crystal Palace)

Germany

National Championship – Holstein Kiel 1–0 Karlsruher FV at Hamburg-Hoheluft

Iceland

Iceland's premier division, now known as Landsbankadeild, is established with KR winning the inaugural title.

Russia

19 January — formation of the All-Russian Football Union (VRS) which is now the Russian Football Union; from 1935 to 1992 it is subsumed by the Football Federation of USSR.

Scotland

Scottish Football League – Rangers
Scottish Cup – Celtic 2–0 Clyde at Ibrox Park

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres

The first world record in the 100 metres for men is recognised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), after Donald Lippincott (USA) runs a time of 10.6 at Stockholm.

Men's 1500 metres

The first world record in the 1500 metres for men is recognised by the IAAF after Abel Kiviat (USA) runs a time of 3:55.8 at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

[edit] Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

Essendon wins the 16th VFL Premiership: Essendon 5.17 (47) d South Melbourne 4.9 (33) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

[edit] Bandy

Sweden

Championship final – IFK Uppsala 1–1 Djurgårdens IF (declared a tie; no replay played)

[edit] Baseball

World Series

8–16 October — The Boston Red Sox (AL) defeat the New York Giants (NL) to win the 1912 World Series by 4 games to 3 with one tie

Events

20 April — The Boston Red Sox open the new Fenway Park with a 7–6 11-inning win over New York Yankees before 27,000. Minutes later, the Detroit Tigers open the remodelled Navin Park (later named Tiger Stadium) with a 6–5 11-inning win over Cleveland Indians before 24,384.
The Winnipeg Maroons win the Northern League championship

[edit] Boxing

Events

22 February — Johnny Kilbane wins the World Featherweight Championship when he defeats Abe Attell over 20 rounds at Vernon, California. Attell has held the title since 1903; Kilbane will hold it until 1923.
28 November — Ad Wolgast loses his World Lightweight Championship to Willie Ritchie following a 16th round foul at Colma, California. Ritchie holds the title until 1914.

Lineal world champions^[1]

World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
World Middleweight Championship – vacant
World Welterweight Championship – vacant
World Lightweight Championship – Ad Wolgast → Willie Ritchie
World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell → Johnny Kilbane
World Bantamweight Championship – Johnny Coulon

[edit] Canadian football

Grey Cup

30 November — 4th Grey Cup – Hamilton Alerts 11–4 Toronto Argonauts

[edit] Cricket

Events

A triangular Test tournament is played in England between England, Australia and South Africa. England wins with Australia second.

England

County Championship – Yorkshire
Minor Counties Championship – in abeyance
Most runs – David Denton 2127 @ 42.54 (HS 221)
Most wickets – Colin Blythe 178 @ 12.26 (BB 8–36)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – no award

Australia

Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
Most runs – Wilfred Rhodes 1098 @ 54.90 (HS 179)
Most wickets – Frank Foster 62 @ 20.19 (BB 7–36)

India

Bombay Triangular – Parsees

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Auckland

South Africa

Currie Cup – not contested

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Barbados

[edit] Cycling

Tour de France

Odile Defraye (Belgium) wins the 10th Tour de France

[edit] Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Fritz Kachler (Austria)
World Women's Champion – Opika von Méray Horváth (Hungary)
World Pairs Champions – Phyllis Johnson / James H. Johnson (Great Britain)

[edit] Golf

Major tournaments

British Open – Ted Ray
US Open – John McDermott

Other tournaments

British Amateur – John Ball
US Amateur – Jerome Travers

[edit] Horse racing

England

Grand National – Jerry M
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Tagalie
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Sweeper II
Epsom Derby – Tagalie
Epsom Oaks – Mirska
St. Leger Stakes – Tracery

'Australia

Melbourne Cup – Piastre

Canada

Queen's Plate – Heresy

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Small Polly
Irish Derby Stakes – Civility

USA

Kentucky Derby – Worth
Preakness Stakes – Colonel Holloway
Belmont Stakes – not contested due to anti-betting legislation in New York State

[edit] Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

Quebec Bulldogs wins the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship and the Stanley Cup. Quebec then defeats Moncton in a Cup challenge.

Events

March — Winnipeg Victorias repeats as Allan Cup winners
March — New Westminster Royals wins the inaugural Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championship
December — Toronto NHA teams, the Blueshirts and Tecumsehs, join the NHA

[edit] Motor racing

Grand Prix racing

25/26 June — the 4th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Dieppe over 1535.76 km (76.788 km x 20 laps). The winner is Georges Boillot of France driving a Peugeot L76 in 13:58:02.6. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XII Grand Prix de l´ACF.

Indianapolis 500

30 May — 2nd running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Joe Dawson and Don Herr (USA) driving a National car.

Monte Carlo Rally

2nd running is won by Jules Beutler driving a Berliet. This is the last running of the rally until its revival in 1924.

Vanderbilt Cup

2 October — 8th running of the Vanderbilt Cup at the new Wauwatosa automobile course near Milwaukee is won by Ralph DePalma (Italy) driving a Mercedes.

American Grand Prize

5 October — 4th running of the American Grand Prize takes place at Wauwatosa, near Milwaukee over 659.44 km (12.682 km x 52 laps) and is won by Caleb Bragg (USA) driving a FIAT in 5:59:27.44. David Bruce-Brown, the defending champion, is killed during practice for the event.