1912 in sports

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Baseball

*World Series - Chicago Cubs defeat New York Giants, 4 games to 3 with one tie
* April 20: The Boston Red Sox open in the new Fenway Park with a 7-6, 11-inning win over the New York Yankees before 27,000. Minutes later the Detroit Tigers open remodeled Navin Park (later named Tiger Stadium) with a 6-5, 11-inning win over the Cleveland Indians 24,384.

= minor leagues=

* The Winnipeg Maroons win the Northern League championship

Cricket

* Triangular Test tournament played between England, Australia, and South Africa in England. England won, Australia second.

Football (Australian rules football)

* Victorian Football League - Essendon wins the 16th VFL Premiership (Essendon 5.17 (47) d South Melbourne 4.9 (33))

Football (soccer)

England

*First Division - Blackburn Rovers win the 1911-12 title.
* FA Cup - Barnsley beat West Bromwich Albion 1–0 (aet) in a replay. The first match finished 0–0 (aet).

Iceland

*Iceland's premier division, now known as Landsbankadeild, was established.
*KR won the first ever title.

Golf

*June 22-25 - British Open - Ted Ray
*July 31-August 2 - U.S. Open - John McDermott
*British Amateur - John Ball
*U.S. Amateur - Jerome Travers

Horse racing

* May 11 - Worth wins the Kentucky Derby

Ice hockey

* March 2 - Quebec Bulldogs win the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship and the Stanley Cup. Quebec then defeats Moncton in a Cup challenge.
* March - Winnipeg Victorias repeat as Allan Cup champions.
* March -- New Westminster Royals win the inaugural Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championship.
* December - Toronto NHA teams (Blueshirts, Tecumsehs) start play in NHA.

Multi-sport events

*1912 Summer Olympics takes place in Stockholm, Sweden
**First usage of electronic timing and public address systems.
**Sweden wins the most medals (65), and United States wins the most gold medals (25).

Births

* February 3 — Jack Metcalfe, Australian athlete (d. 1994)
* February 4 — Byron Nelson, American golfer (d. 2006
* March 26 — Fritz Bondroit, German canoer (d. 1974)
* May 27 — Sam Snead, American golfer (d. 2002)
* June 23 — Flory Van Donck, Belgian golfer
* July 16 — Ben Bril, Dutch Jewish boxer (d. 2003)
* July 17 — Pál Kovács, Hungarian fencer (d. 1995)
* August 13 — Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)

Deaths

*February 13 — Edgar Dey, professional ice hockey player (b. 1888)
*April 18 — Walter Clopton Wingfield, lawn tennis inventor (b. 1833)
*July 2 — Tom Richardson, cricketer (b. 1870)