1916 in sports

1916 in sports

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Baseball

*The Federal League goes out of business in a settlement with Organized Baseball that leaves out one club; the Baltimore Terrapins pursue legal remedy
*World Series - Boston Red Sox defeat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 1


= minor leagues=

*The Winnipeg Maroons win the Northern League Championship

Football (Australian rules football)

* Victorian Football League - Fitzroy wins the 20th VFL Premiership (12.13 (85) d Carlton 8.8 (56)), despite finishing last at the conclusion of the regular season.

Golf

*British Open - not played due to World War I
*June 28-30 - U.S. Open - Chick Evans
*October 14 - PGA Championship - Jim Barnes
*British Amateur - not played due to World War I
*U.S. Amateur - Chick Evans

Horse Racing

* May 13 - George Smith wins the Kentucky Derby

Ice hockey

* March 18 - Montreal Canadiens win the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship.
* March - Portland Rosebuds win the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championship, the first United States-based team to do so.
* March 20–30 - In a best-of-five series held in Montreal, the Canadiens defeat the Rosebuds three games to two to win their first Stanley Cup title.
* March - Winnipeg 61st Battalion win the Allan Cup.

Births

* January 7 — Al Hostak, American-born middleweight boxer (d. 2006)
* March 7 — Clare Dennis, Australian breaststroke swimmer (d. 1971)
* May 20 — Trebisonda Valla, Italian track and field athlete
* May 21 — Tinus Osendarp, Dutch athlete (d. 2002)
* July 22 — Marcel Cerdan, Algerian-born French world boxing champion (d. 1949)
* September 25 — Phil Rizzuto, American baseball hall of famer. (d. 2007)

Deaths

*April 21 - Georges Boillot, Grand Prix motor racing driver
*August 23 - John Robinson, British field hockey player (b. 1885)
*October 7 - Leigh Richmond Roose, Welsh footballer (born 1877)


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