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in?=in sports
cp=18th century
c=19th century
cf=20th centuryyp1=1879
yp2=1880
yp3=1881
year=1882
ya1=1883
ya2=1884
ya3=1885
dp3=1850s
dp2=1860s
dp1=1870s
d=1880s
da=0
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dn2=1900s
dn3=1910s|Baseball *The American Association opens in six southerly cities from St. Louis to Philadelphia, a new professional baseball league that will rival the NL.
*TheNational League completes two years with one circuit, eight northerly cities from Chicago to Boston.Boxing *Last bareknuckle heavyweight boxing championship fight takes place in
Mississippi City Cricket *
England tourAustralia for a 4-Test series. Australia win 2-0.
*Australia tour England and play 1 Test. Australia wins by 7 runs.Sporting Times publishes obituary of English cricket, beginning legend ofthe Ashes . (The bails from a match betweenEngland andAustralia are burnt to createdThe Ashes .)Football (Soccer)*
FA Cup Old Etonians beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0
*Ireland make their international debutGolf Horse racing *Seaman, ridden by Lord John Manners beats 11 rivals to win the
Grand National
*May 16 -Kentucky Derby - Apollo
*Preakness - Vanguard
*Belmont Stakes - ForesterLacrosse *The first
high school lacrosse teams are formed:Phillips Academy ,Phillips Exeter Academy , and theLawrenceville School .
*Seven colleges form the first Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (ILA), which was later replaced by the Intercollegiate Lacrosse League in 1905 (which was renamed the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association in 1929).
=Rowing=*
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - OxfordBirths
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January 24 —Ödön Bodor , Hungarian athlete (d.1927 )
*February 18 —Harvey Sutton , Australian athlete (d.1963 )
*March 15 —Jim Lightbody , American middle distance runner (d.1953 )
*April 29 — Tom Richards, Australian rugby union player (d.1935 )
*May 5 —Maurice Peeters , Dutch track cyclist (d.1957 )
*June 10 —Arie Vosbergen , Dutch track and field athlete (d.1918 )
*September 24 —Max Décugis , French tennis player (d.1978 )Deaths
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