- 1898 in sports
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Ted Breitenstein pitches ano-hitter against thePittsburg Pirates on April 22.
*Boston wins again: five championships in eight years under managerFrank Selee , twelve in the club's 28 seasons. There will be one more before the move to Milwaukee in 1953.Cricket *
County Cricket Championship - YorkshireFootball (American football )* The Morgan Athletic Club, which would eventually become what are now the
Arizona Cardinals , was founded inChicago .Football (Australian rules football )*
Victorian Football League
** Fitzroy wins the 2nd VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 5.8 (38) d Essendon 3.5 (23))
** "See alsoVictorian Football League season 1898 "Football (soccer) England
* First Division - Sheffield United win the 1897-98 title.
*FA Cup - Nottingham Forest beat Derby County 3-1.
* Both the First and Second divisions are expanded from sixteen to eighteen teams, bringing the total number of League sides to 36. Additionally, the test match system was abandoned in favour of automatic relegation and promotion.Golf *June 9 - British Open -
Harry Vardon
*June 18 - U.S. Open -Fred Herd
*British Amateur -Freddie Tait
*U.S. Amateur -Findlay S. Douglas Horse racing *
May 4 -Plaudit wins theKentucky Derby
*June 11 : JockeyWillie Simms became the onlyAfrican-American jockey to win all three races of theTriple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing after he rodeSly Fox to victory in thePreakness Stakes .Ice hockey * March 5 -
Montreal Victorias win theAmateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) championship and theStanley Cup . It was their fourth AHAC championship in a row and second straight Cup title.
* December 10 - The first championship ice hockey league, theAmateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) disbands over a dispute to allow a new member in its senior league. TheCanadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) is formed to replace it, from the clubs seceding from AHAC.
=Rowing=*
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - OxfordBirths
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April 11 —Frans de Vreng , Dutch track cyclist (d.1974 )
*May 18 —Tom Heeney , New Zealand heavyweight boxer (d.1984 )
*May 25 —Harry Broos , Dutch athlete (d.1954 )
*June 9 —Luigi Fagioli , Italian racing driver (d.1952 )
*September 28 —Baconin Borzacchini , Italian racing driver (d.1933 )
*November 12 —Leon Štukelj , Slovene gymnast, Olympic gold medalist and athlete (d.1999 )
*December 30 —Väinö Muinonen , Finnish long-distance runner (d.1978 )Deaths
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