1888 in sports

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Years in sports:	1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891
Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
Years:	1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

Contents 1 Baseball 2 Football (soccer) 2.1 England 2.2 Scotland 3 Golf 4 Horse Racing 5 Rowing 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Baseball

• World Series - New York NL defeats St Louis AA 6 games to 4.
• The last of many adjustments finally sets four balls and three strikes for a "walk" and a strikeout.

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] England

• The Football League is founded; twelve teams are organised in a single division.
• FA Cup - West Bromwich Albion beat Preston North End in the final by two goals to one.
• April 7 - Tinsley Lindley scores in his ninth consecutive England game, a record that still stands.
• Barnet Football Club founded.
• Walsall Town and Walsall Swifts merge to form Walsall Football Club. They originally played under the name of Walsall Town Swifts.

[edit] Scotland

• Celtic F.C. founded

[edit] Golf

• British Open - Jack Burns

[edit] Horse Racing

• Kentucky Derby - MacBeth II
• Preakness - Refund
• Belmont Stakes - Sir Dixon

[edit] Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

[edit] Births

• August 1 — Charles Winslow, South African tennis player (d. 1963)
• December 14 — Harold Hardwick, Australian freestyle swimmer (d. 1959)

[edit] Deaths

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