- 1864 in sports
yearbox
in?=in sports
cp=18th century
c=19th century
cf=20th centuryyp1=1861
yp2=1862
yp3=1863
year=1864
ya1=1865
ya2=1866
ya3=1867
dp3=1830s
dp2=1840s
dp1=1850s
d=1860s
da=0
dn1=1870s
dn2=1880s
dn3=1890s|Baseball *The Atlantic club of
Brooklyn, New York suffers only one early tie. One match is at Rochester against the Young Canadian club ofWoodstock, Ontario , 75-11.
*New rules empower the umpire to "call" balls (bad pitches) and eventually award first base on balls, practically limiting the number of pitches and the length of each batsman's turn.Cricket *Overarm bowling is finally permitted.
Golf *British Open -
Tom Morris, Sr. Horse racing *First
Travers Stakes inSaratoga Springs, New York , won by Kentucky
=Rowing=*
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford
*TheHarvard-Yale Regatta resumes after three years and will continue annually.Births
*
August 24 —Hermann Weingärtner , German gymnast (d.1919 )
*November 3 —Karl Neukirch , German gymnast (d.1941 )
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