1914 in sports
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1914 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
[edit] American football
College championship
- College football national championship –Auburn Tigers, Army Black Knights, Illinois Fighting Illini and Texas Longhorns (shared)
[edit] Association football
Brazil
- Formation of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol or CBF)
England
- The Football League – Blackburn Rovers 51 points, Aston Villa 44, Middlesbrough 43, Oldham Athletic 43, West Bromwich Albion 43, Bolton Wanderers 42
- FA Cup final – Burnley 1–0 Liverpool at Crystal Palace, London
Germany
- National Championship – SpVgg Fürth (2–2) 3–2 VfB Leipzig at Magdeburg
Portugal
- Formation in Lisbon of the Portuguese Football Federation (Federação Portuguesa de Futebol or FPF)
Scotland
- Scottish Football League – Celtic
- Scottish Cup final – Celtic 4–1 Hibernian at Ibrox Park (replay following 0–0 draw)
[edit] Australian rules football
VFL Premiership
- Carlton wins the 18th VFL Premiership: Carlton 6.9 (45) d South Melbourne 4.15 (39) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
Events
- University withdraws from the league at the end of the season
[edit] Bandy
Sweden
[edit] Baseball
World Series
- 9–13 October — Boston Braves (NL) defeats Philadelphia Athletics (AL) to win the 1914 World Series by 4 games to 0
Events
- The "Federal League War" ensues when the Federal League leaves Minor League Baseball and competes with the two established major leagues. Retaining clubs in Kansas City, Indianapolis, St Louis, Chicago and Pittsburgh, the Federal League sets up additional clubs in Buffalo, Baltimore and Brooklyn.
- Baltimore Terrapins are a great popular success and drive the minor Orioles out of business, so creating the basis of the baseball anti–trust case
- 22 April — Babe Ruth pitches his first professional game for the Baltimore Orioles at age 19
[edit] Boxing
Events
- Jack Johnson spends the year moving from one country to another but stages exhibition fights as far afield as Gothenburg and Buenos Aires. In June, he defends his world heavyweight title against Frank Moran in Paris and wins over 20 rounds.
- 1 to 24 January — Danish boxer Waldemar Holberg defeats Ray Bronson over 20 rounds in Melbourne and claims the vacant World Welterweight Championship. Just 23 days later, Holberg loses the title to Tom McCormick after a sixth round foul, also at Melbourne.
- 21 March — McCormick loses the welterweight title to Matt Wells over 20 rounds at Sydney.
- 30 March — a World Flyweight Championship (108lb to 112lb) is proposed for the first time after Jimmy Wilde defeats Eugene Husson in London. Wilde, subsequently ranked by most experts as the greatest-ever flyweight, holds the title until 1923.
- 7 April — Al McCoy defeats George Chip with a surprise first round knockout in Brooklyn, New York, to take the World Middleweight Championship. McCoy holds the title until 1917.
- With a series of wins from April to November, Jack Dillon resolves the long-standing issue of the vacant World Light Heavyweight Championship in his favour. He defeats Battling Levinsky, Bob Moha, Frank Mantell and Charley Weinert to claim the title, which he holds until 1916.
- 3 June — Kid Williams defeats Johnny Coulon by a third round knockout at Vernon, California, to win the World Bantamweight Championship. Williams holds the title until 1917.
- 7 July — Freddie Welsh defeats Willie Ritchie over 20 rounds in London to win the World Lightweight Championship. Welsh holds the title until 1917.
Lineal world champions[1]
- World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
- World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant → Jack Dillon
- World Middleweight Championship – George Chip → Al McCoy
- World Welterweight Championship – vacant → Waldemar Holberg → Tom McCormick → Matt Wells
- World Lightweight Championship – Willie Ritchie → Freddie Welsh
- World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane
- World Bantamweight Championship – Johnny Coulon → Kid Williams
- World Flyweight Championship – Jimmy Wilde
[edit] Canadian football
Grey Cup
[edit] Cricket
Events
- The 1914 English cricket season is cancelled at the end of August because of the outbreak of the First World War. The last four matches to be played all finish on 2 September and the remaining five scheduled fixtures are cancelled.
England
- County Championship – Surrey
- Minor Counties Championship – undecided
- Most runs – Jack Hobbs 2697 @ 58.63 (HS 226)
- Most wickets – Colin Blythe 170 @ 15.19 (BB 9–97)
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Johnny Douglas, Percy Fender, Wally Hardinge, Donald Knight, Sydney Smith
Australia
- Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
- Most runs – Charlie Macartney 892 @ 111.50 (HS 201)
- Most wickets – Charles Kelleway 45 @ 12.68 (BB 7–35)
India
- Bombay Quadrangular – Hindus shared with Muslims
New Zealand
South Africa
- Currie Cup – not contested
West Indies
- Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested
[edit] Cycling
Tour de France
- Philippe Thys (Belgium) wins the 12th Tour de France
[edit] Figure skating
World Figure Skating Championships
- World Men's Champion – Gosta Sandahl (Sweden)
- World Women's Champion – Opika von Méray Horváth (Hungary)
- World Pairs Champions – Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers / Walter Jakobsson (Finland)
[edit] Golf
Major tournaments
Other tournaments
- British Amateur – J L C Jenkins
- US Amateur – Francis Ouimet
[edit] Horse racing
England
- Grand National – Sunloch
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Princess Dorrie
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Kennymore
- Epsom Derby – Durbar
- Epsom Oaks – Princess Dorrie
- St. Leger Stakes – Black Jester
Australia
- Melbourne Cup – Kingsburgh
Canada
- Queen's Plate – Beehive
Ireland
- Irish Grand National – Civil War
- Irish Derby Stakes – Land of Song
USA
- Kentucky Derby – Old Rosebud
- Preakness Stakes – Holiday
- Belmont Stakes – Luke Mcluke
[edit] Ice hockey
Stanley Cup
- Toronto Blueshirts wins the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship and their first Stanley Cup.
Events
- Victoria Aristocrats wins the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championship
- Blueshirts play Aristocrats in a challenge series with Blueshirts winning by three games to nil. The NHA and PCHA agree to start an annual playoff in 1915 to decide the Stanley Cup winner.
- Regina Victorias wins the Allan Cup
[edit] Motor racing
Grand Prix racing
- 4 July — the 6th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Lyon over 752.58 km (37.629 km x 20 laps). The winner is Christian Lautenschlager of Germany driving a Mercedes 18/100 in 7:08:18.4. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XIV Grand Prix de l´ACF.
Indianapolis 500
- 30 May — 4th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by René Thomas (France) in a Delage Type Y.
Vanderbilt Cup
- 26 February — 9th running of the Vanderbilt Cup at Santa Monica is won by Ralph DePalma (Italy) driving a Mercedes GP.
American Grand Prize
- 28 February — 5th running of the American Grand Prize takes place at Santa Monica over 648.934 km (13.519 km x 48 laps) and is won by Eddie Pullen (USA) driving a Mercer 35-R in 5:13:30.
[edit] Rowing
The Boat Race
- 28 March — Cambridge wins the 71st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
[edit] Rugby league
International
England
- Championship – Salford
- Challenge Cup final – Hull 6–0 Wakefield Trinity at Thrum Hall, Halifax
- Lancashire League Championship – Wigan
- Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
- Lancashire Cup – Oldham 5–0 Wigan
- Yorkshire Cup – Huddersfield 19–3 Bradford Northern
Australia
- NSW Premiership – South Sydney (outright winner)
New Zealand
[edit] Rugby union
Five Nations Championship
- 32nd Five Nations Championship series is won by England who complete the Grand Slam
[edit] Speed skating
Speed Skating World Championships
- Men's All-round Champion – Oscar Mathisen (Norway)
[edit] Tennis
Australia
- Australian Men's Singles Championship – Arthur O'Hara Wood (Australia) defeats Gerald Patterson (Australia) 6–4 6–3 5–7 6–1
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Norman Brookes (Australia) defeats Anthony Wilding (New Zealand) 6–4 6–4 7–5
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers defeats Ethel Thomson Larcombe 7–5 6–4
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – Max Decugis defeats Jean Samazeuilh 3–6 6–1 6–4 6–4
- French Women's Singles Championship – Marguerite Broquedis defeats Suzanne Lenglen 5–7 6–4 6–3
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – Richard Norris Williams defeats Maurice McLoughlin 6–3 8–6 10–8
- American Women's Singles Championship – Mary Browne defeats Marie Wagner 6–2 1–6 6–1
Davis Cup
- 1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge –
Australasia 3–2 
United States at West Side Tennis Club (grass) New York City, United States
[edit] Yachting
- 1914 America's Cup - Resolute competed against the Vanitie but race was cancelled by onset of World War I [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Cyber Boxing Zone
- ^ "Resolute Beats All Cup Course Records. Shamrock Will Have to Hustle to Better Yesterday's Time. 30 Miles in 3:16:41". New York Times. June 11, 1914. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60F12F73C5E13738DDDA80994DE405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2010-10-15. "The flag officers' sloop Resolute covered herself with much seafoam and more glory in her first race over the America's Cup course off Sandy Hook yesterday. She not only left her chief rival, Vanitie, far astern, but set such a hot pace in the fifteen-mile thrash to windward and back that she broke all previous records for the thirty-mile cup course. ... Selah B. Howell, her professional sailing master, Resolute's rig consisted of mainsail, , and single headsail, and each canvas fitted smooth as a glove. ..."
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