1903 in sports Totally Explained

Everything about 1903 In Sports totally explained

Baseball

In the winter Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the defunct Baltimore franchise of the American League for $18,000 and open for business in New York City, the birth of the New York Yankees.
World Series - Boston AL beats Pittsburgh NL, 5 games to 3 ť The two pennant winners resume the World Series Championship, sometimes called the first or first modern World Series. Bill Dineen of Boston (later the "Red Sox") and Deacon Phillippe of the Pirates win three games each, Cy Young winning the other two.

Minor leagues
The Winnipeg Maroons win the second Northern League championship, two in a row

Cycling

First Tour de France won by Maurice Garin

Football (Australian rules football)

Victorian Football League

Collingwood wins the 7th VFL Premiership (Collingwood 4.7 (31) d Fitzroy 3.11 (29))
See also Victorian Football League season 1903

Football (soccer)

England

First Division - The Wednesday win the 1902-03 title.

FA Cup - Bury beat Derby County 6-0, a record scoreline for an FA Cup final.

Golf

June 8-11 - British Open - Harry Vardon

June 26-29 - U.S. Open - Willie Anderson : Anderson becomes the first golfer to win the U.S. Open twice in the playoffs beating David Brown in this year's edition.

Horse Racing

May 2 - Judge Himes wins the Kentucky Derby

Montreal HC win their 4th Stanley Cup challenge, defeating the Winnipeg Victorias 3 games to 1. The Ottawa Senators defeat Montreal for the CAHL championship and win their first Stanley Cup. In a second Stanley Cup Challenge, the Ottawa Senators beat the Rat Portage Thistles 2 games to 0.

The first ice hockey league in Europe begins, contested by five teams from Princes Skating Club and Hengler's Ice Rink, both in London.

Yacht racing

The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Reliance defeats British challenger Shamrock III, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, 3 races to 0 (Shamrock III abandoned the third race)

Births

February 9 — Teofilo Yldefonso, Filipino swimmer (d. ??)

April 22 — Daphne Akhurst, Australian tennis player (d. 1933)

June 19 — Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (d. 1941)

September 6 — Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxing champion and film actor (d. 1976)

September 17 — Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984)

October 18 — Lina Radke, German athlete (d. 1983)

November 23 — Kornelia Bouman, Dutch female tennis player (d. 1998)

Deaths

Further Information

Get more info on '1903 In Sports'.

External Link Exchanges

Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:

<a href="http://1903_in_sports.totallyexplained.com">1903 in sports Totally Explained</a>

Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned.