- 1915 in sports
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c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1912
yp2=1913
yp3=1914
year=1915
ya1=1916
ya2=1917
ya3=1918
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dn3=1940s|Baseball *
1915 World Series -Boston Red Sox defeatPhiladelphia Phillies , 4 games to 1Football (Australian rules football )*
Victorian Football League - Carlton wins the 19th VFL Premiership (Carlton 11.12 (78) d Collingwood 6.9 (45))Football (soccer) England
*First Division - Everton win the 1914-15 title
*FA Cup - Sheffield United beat Chelsea 3-0.
*The outbreak ofWorld War I means that first-class football is suspended at the end of the 1914-15 season, with many footballers signing up to fight for their country. The FA Cup and Football League are not contested, although regional leagues and cups are set up in their place.Golf *British Open - not played due to
World War I
*June 16-18 - U.S. Open -Jerome Travers
*British Amateur - not played due toWorld War I
*U.S. Amateur - Robert A. GardnerHorse Racing *
May 8 -Regret wins theKentucky Derby Ice hockey * March - Ottawa Senators win the
National Hockey Association (NHA) championship.
* March -Vancouver Millionaires win thePacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championship.
* March - In the first NHA-PCHA series to determine theStanley Cup champion, the Vancouver Millionaires, led by former SenatorFred Taylor defeat the Ottawa Senators three games to none.
* March -Winnipeg Monarchs win theAllan Cup .Multi-sport event s* Second
Far Eastern Championship Games held inShanghai ,Republic of China .Running *First official running of the
Mount Marathon Race ,Seward, Alaska .Births
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January 23 –Herma Bauma , Austrian athlete (d.2003 )
*March 17 –Bill Roycroft , Australian equestrian champion
*July 19 —Moacyr Daiuto , Brazilian basketball coach
* November –Chick Hearn , American pro-basketball announcer (d.2002 )Deaths
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February 5 -Ross Barnes ,baseball player
*May 9 –Tony Wilding , champion tennis player and soldier
*September 9 -Albert Spalding ,baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer
*October 23 -W G Grace , England cricketer
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