1914 in sports
1914 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
American football
- College football national championship – Army Cadets
- Professional championships
- Events
- 15 November — Harry Turner, of the Canton Professionals, becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
Association football
- Brazil
- Formation of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol or CBF)
- Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras officially founded in São Paulo on August 26.[citation needed]
- England
- Bolton Wanderers42
- Burnley 1–0 Liverpool at Crystal Palace, London
- Germany
- VfB Leipzigat Magdeburg
- Portugal
- Formation in Lisbon of the Portuguese Football Federation (Federação Portuguesa de Futebol or FPF)
- Scotland
Australian rules football
- 26 September – 1914 VFL Grand Final
- 19 September – Port Adelaide 13.15 (93) defeats North Adelaide1.8 (14) for their second successive SAFL flag and eighth overall
- Jack Ashley(Port Adelaide)
- 10 October – East Fremantle 5.13 (43) defeats South Fremantle 3.6 (24) for its ninth WAFL premiership.
- Events
- University withdraws from the VFL at the end of the season
- Port Adelaide become the only SAFA/SAFL/SANFL team to finish with a perfect season, overall winning thirty consecutive matches including one against a combined team from the other six SAFL clubs and one against Carlton.[2]
Bandy
- Sweden
Baseball
- World Series
- 9–13 October — Boston Braves (NL) defeats Philadelphia Athletics (AL) to win the 1914 World Seriesby 4 games to 0
- Events
- The "Federal League War" ensues when the Federal League leaves Minor League Baseball and competes with the two established major leagues. Retaining clubs in Kansas City, Indianapolis, St Louis, Chicago and Pittsburgh, the Federal League sets up additional clubs in Buffalo, Baltimore and Brooklyn.
- Baltimore Terrapins are a great popular success and drive the minor Orioles out of business, so creating the basis of the baseball anti–trust case
- 22 April — Babe Ruth pitches his first professional game for the Baltimore Orioles at age 19
Boxing
- Events
- Jack Johnson spends the year moving from one country to another but stages exhibition fights as far afield as Gothenburg and Buenos Aires. In June, he defends his world heavyweight title against Frank Moran in Paris and wins over 20 rounds.
- 1 to 24 January — Danish boxer Waldemar Holberg defeats Ray Bronson over 20 rounds in World Welterweight Championship. Just 23 days later, Holberg loses the title to Tom McCormick after a sixth round foul, also at Melbourne.
- 21 March — McCormick loses the welterweight title to Matt Wells over 20 rounds at Sydney.
- 30 March — a World Flyweight Championship (108 lb to 112 lb) is proposed for the first time after Jimmy Wildedefeats Eugene Husson in London. Wilde, subsequently ranked by most experts as the greatest-ever flyweight, holds the title until 1923.
- 7 April — World Middleweight Championship. McCoy holds the title until 1917.
- With a series of wins from April to November, World Light Heavyweight Championship in his favour. He defeats Battling Levinsky, Bob Moha, Frank Mantell and Charley Weinert to claim the title, which he holds until 1916.
- 3 June — World Bantamweight Championship. Williams holds the title until 1917.
- 7 July — World Lightweight Championship. Welsh holds the title until 1917.
- Lineal world champions[3]
- World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
- World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant → Jack Dillon
- World Middleweight Championship – George Chip → Al McCoy
- World Lightweight Championship – Willie Ritchie → Freddie Welsh
- World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane
- World Bantamweight Championship – Johnny Coulon → Kid Williams
- World Flyweight Championship – Jimmy Wilde
Canadian football
- Grey Cup
- University of Toronto Varsity Blues
Cricket
- Events
- The First World War. The last four matches to be played all finish on 2 September and the remaining five scheduled fixtures are cancelled.
- England
- Surrey
- Minor Counties Championship– undecided
- Most runs – Jack Hobbs 2697 @ 58.63 (HS 226)
- Most wickets – Colin Blythe 170 @ 15.19 (BB 9–97)
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Johnny Douglas, Percy Fender, Wally Hardinge, Donald Knight, Sydney Smith
- Australia
- Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
- Most runs – Charlie Macartney 892 @ 111.50 (HS 201)
- Most wickets – Charles Kelleway45 @ 12.68 (BB 7–35)
- India
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- West Indies
- Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested
Cycling
- Tour de France
- Philippe Thys (Belgium) wins the 12th Tour de France[4]
Figure skating
- World Figure Skating Championships
- Gosta Sandahl(Sweden)
- World Women's Champion – Opika von Méray Horváth (Hungary)
- Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers / Walter Jakobsson(Finland)
Golf
- Major tournaments
- Other tournaments
- British Amateur – J L C Jenkins
- US Amateur – Francis Ouimet
Horse racing
- England
- Grand National – Sunloch
- 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Princess Dorrie
- 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Kennymore
- The Derby – Durbar[5]
- The Oaks – Princess Dorrie
- St. Leger Stakes – Black Jester
Australia
- Melbourne Cup – Kingsburgh
- Canada
- King's Plate – Beehive
- Ireland
- Irish Grand National – Civil War
- Irish Derby Stakes– Land of Song
- USA
- Kentucky Derby – Old Rosebud
- Preakness Stakes – Holiday
- Belmont Stakes – Luke McLuke
Ice hockey
- Stanley Cup
- Toronto Blueshirts wins the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship and their first Stanley Cup.
- Events
- Victoria Aristocrats wins the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championship
- Blueshirts play Aristocrats in a challenge series with Blueshirts winning by three games to nil. The NHA and PCHA agree to start an annual playoff in 1915 to decide the Stanley Cup winner.
- Regina Victorias wins the Allan Cup
Motorsport
Rowing
- The Boat Race
- 28 March — Cambridge wins the 71st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race[6]
Rugby league
- International
- England
- Championship – Salford
- Challenge Cup final – Hull F.C. 6–0 Wakefield Trinity at Thrum Hall, Halifax
- Lancashire League Championship – Wigan
- Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
- Lancashire County Cup – Oldham 5–0 Wigan
- Yorkshire County Cup – Huddersfield 19–3 Bradford Northern
- Australia
- NSW Premiership – South Sydney (outright winner)
- New Zealand
Rugby union
- Five Nations Championship
- 32nd Five Nations Championship series is won by England who complete the Grand Slam
Speed skating
- Speed Skating World Championships
- Men's All-round Champion – Oscar Mathisen (Norway)
Tennis
- Australia
- Australian Men's Singles Championship – Arthur O'Hara Wood (Australia) defeats Gerald Patterson (Australia) 6–4 6–3 5–7 6–1
- England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Norman Brookes (Australia) defeats Anthony Wilding (New Zealand) 6–4 6–4 7–5
- Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (GB) defeats Ethel Thomson Larcombe(GB) 7–5 6–4
- France
- Jean Samazeuilh(France) 3–6 6–1 6–4 6–4
- French Women's Singles Championship – Marguerite Broquedis (France) defeats Suzanne Lenglen(France) 5–7 6–4 6–3
- USA
- Richard Norris Williams (USA) defeats Maurice McLoughlin(USA) 6–3 8–6 10–8
- American Women's Singles Championship – Mary Browne (USA) defeats Marie Wagner (USA) 6–2 1–6 6–1
- Davis Cup
- 1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge –
Australasia 3–2 
United States at West Side Tennis Club (grass) New York City, United States
Yacht racing
- 1914 America's Cup – Resolute competes against the Vanitie but the race is cancelled due to the onset of World War I.[7]
References
- ^ "Scottish Cup Past Winners | Scottish Cup | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Devaney, John; ‘The Invincibles at Play’
- ^ Cyber Boxing Zone
- ^ "Cycling-Tour de France list of winners". Eurosport UK. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "WW1 boat race medal sold at auction". BBC News. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Resolute Beats All Cup Course Records. Shamrock Will Have to Hustle to Better Yesterday's Time. 30 Miles in 3:16:41". The New York Times. June 11, 1914. Retrieved 2010-10-15.