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World Series - Boston Braves defeatPhiladelphia Athletics , 4 games to 0. This "Miracle Braves" upset will be the onlyNational League win in nine seasons, 1910-1918.
*The "Federal League War"
**The Federal League leavesMinor League Baseball and competes with the two established major leagues. Retaining clubs in Kansas City, Indianapolis, and three western major league cities (St Louis, Chicago, and Pittsburgh), it moves into Buffalo, Baltimore, and Brooklyn.
**TheBaltimore Terrapins are a great popular success, driving the minor Orioles out of business, and laying groundwork for the baseball anti-trust case*
April 22 -Babe Ruth pitches his first professional game for the Baltimore Orioles at age 19Football (Australian rules football )*
Victorian Football League
** Carlton wins the 18th VFL Premiership (Carlton 6.9 (45) d South Melbourne 4.15 (39))
** University withdraws from the league at the end of the seasonFootball (soccer) England
*Ireland win their first home championship outright
*First Division - Blackburn Rovers win the 1913-14 title.
*FA Cup : Burnley beat Liverpool 1–0.Figure Skating *
March 20 - First internationalfigure skating championship, inNew Haven, Connecticut Golf *June 16-19 - British Open -
Harry Vardon
*August 19-21 - U.S. Open -Walter Hagen
*British Amateur -J.L.C. Jenkins
*U.S. Amateur -Francis Ouimet Horse Racing *
May 9 -Old Rosebud wins theKentucky Derby Ice hockey * March - The
Victoria Aristocrats win thePacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championship.
* March -Toronto Blueshirts win theNational Hockey Association (NHA) championship and their firstStanley Cup . The Blueshirts play the Aristocrats in a challenge series and defeat Victoria three games to none. The NHA and PCHA agree to start an annual playoff in 1915 to decide the Stanley Cup winner.
* March -Regina Victorias win theAllan Cup .Births
*
January 1 —Jackie Callura , Canadian featherweight boxer (d.1993 )
*March 1 —Viljo Heino , Finnish athlete (d.1998 )
*March 25 —Daan Kagchelland , Dutch sailboat racer (d.1998 )
*June 26 -Babe Didrikson , American Olympic gold medalist and golfer (d.1956 )
*October 10 —Mario Lanzi , Italian middle distance runner (d.1980 )
*October 10 —Agostino Straulino , Italian sailor and sailboat racer (d.2004 )
*Mike Tresh , American baseball player (d.1966 )Deaths
*Frederick Smith, cricketer (b.
1866 )
*Harry Steinfeldt , baseball player (b.1877 )
*Lord Minto, donor of theMinto Cup (b.1845 )
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