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dn3=1920s|Baseball *The Brooklyn Superbas Finish 1st in the
National League with many of the original Baltimore Orioles stars including Ned Hanlon,Willie Keeler ,Hughie Jennings andJoe Kelley .*The
Cleveland Spiders finish last in the twelve-team NL and establish an all-time major league record with 134 losses in a season, 84 games behind the pennant winner and 35 games out of 11th place. The team played 113 games on the road, losing a record 102. They were dropped during the offseason when the National League contracted from twelve to eight teams.Boat race *
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - CambridgeCricket *
County Cricket Championship - Surrey
*The Ashes - Australia beat England 5–0Cycling *
Bordeaux-Paris road race won byConstant Huret Football (Australian rules football )*
Victorian Football League
** Fitzroy wins the 3rd VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 3.9 (27) d South Melbourne 3.8 (26))
** "See alsoVictorian Football League season 1899 "Football (soccer) England
* First Division - Aston Villa win the 1898-99 title.
*FA Cup - Sheffield United beat Derby County 4–1Germany
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Eintracht Frankfurt are founded.
*SV Werder Bremen are founded.Iceland
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Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur is founded,February 16 . The first football club inIceland .pain
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FC Barcelona is founded onNovember 29 .American football *The
1899 Sewanee Tigers football team goes undefeated, 12-0, including five road wins in six days over top teams.Golf *June 8 - British Open -
Harry Vardon
*September 15 - U.S. Open - Willie Smith
*British Amateur - John Ball
*U.S. Amateur -H. M. Harriman Horse racing *
May 4 -Manuel wins theKentucky Derby Ice hockey * February 15–18 -
Montreal Victorias win their fifthStanley Cup , defeating theWinnipeg Victorias in a Cup challenge.
* March 4 -Montreal Shamrocks win the inauguralCanadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) championship and take over the Stanley Cup.
* March 14 - The Shamrocks successfully defend the Cup title in a Cup challenge of Queen's College ofKingston, Ontario , winning 6–2.Tennis *On
September 18 , the Cincinnati Open is started. Today, it is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States still played in its original city, and is now known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters & Women's Open. The first singles champions areNat Emerson andMyrtle McAteer .Yacht racing *The
New York Yacht Club retains theAmerica's Cup as "Columbia" defeats British challenger "Shamrock", of theRoyal Ulster Yacht Club , 3 races to 0Births
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May 3 —Paulino Uzcudun , Spanish heavyweight boxer (d. 1985)
*May 24 —Suzanne Lenglen , French tennis player (d. 1938)
*August 3 —Louis Chiron , Monegasque racing driver (d. 1979)
*December 15 —Harold Abrahams , British athlete (d. 1978)Deaths
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