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World Series -Chicago White Sox defeatNew York Giants , 4 games to 2Football (Australian rules football )*
Victorian Football League - Collingwood wins the 21st VFL Premiership (Collingwood 9.20 (74) d Fitzroy 5.9 (39))Football (soccer) Norway
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Rosenborg BK is founded as OddGolf *British Open - not played due to
World War I
*U.S. Open - not played due toWorld War I
*PGA Championship - not played due toWorld War I
*British Amateur - not played due toWorld War I
*U.S. Amateur - not played due toWorld War I Horse Racing *
May 12 -Omar Khayyam wins theKentucky Derby Ice hockey * March 7–10 -
Montreal Canadiens defeat the Ottawa Senators in a play off to win theNational Hockey Association (NHA) championship.
* March 2 -Seattle Metropolitans win thePacific Coast Hockey Association championship.
* March -Toronto Dentals win theAllan Cup .
* March 17–26 - In a best-of-five series held inSeattle , the Metropolitans defeat the Canadiens three games to one to win their firstStanley Cup .
* November 10 - AfterEddie Livingston owner of the Toronto NHA team refuses to sell, the NHA votes to suspend operations.
* November 26 - In a secret meeting, several owners of the NHA form theNational Hockey League (NHL) to force out the owner of theToronto Blueshirts NHA team.Toronto 'sArena Gardens will operate a temporary franchise in Toronto. TheQuebec Bulldogs become members of the new NHL, but are suspended for the season.
* December 19 - The first NHL games are played, beginning the league's inaugural season.Multi-sport event s* Third
Far Eastern Championship Games held inTokyo ,Empire of Japan Births
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January 5 —Adolfo Consolini , Italian discus thrower (d.1969 )
*January 9 —Haydn Tanner , Welsh rugby player
*January 24 —Marcel Hansenne , French middle distance runner (d.2002 )
*February 2 —Kishan Lal , Indian field hockey player (d.1980 )
*March 22 —Ewald Cebula , Polish football (soccer) player (d.2004 )
*June 6 —George Newberry , British track cyclist
*September 11 —Daniel Wildenstein , French Thoroughbred racehorse breeder and owner (d.2001 )
*September 20 —Obdulio Varela , Uruguayan football (soccer) player (d.1996 )
*October 11 —Verné Lesche , Finnish ice speed skater (d.2002 )
*October 12 —Roque Máspoli , Uruguayan football (soccer) goalkeeper (d.2004 )Deaths
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May 24 —Les Darcy (21), Australian boxer (b.1895 )
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