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BASEBALL

World Series - Detroit NL defeats St Louis AA 10 games to 5.

BOAT RACE

Oxford And Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Carlton Football Club wins the Victorian Football Association premiership

Jack Worrall awarded the honor of Champion Of The Colony

Norwood Football Club wins the South Australian Football Association premiership

Unions Football Club wins the Western Australian Football Association premiership

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

FA Cup - Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0

BIRTHS

February 26 - Grover Cleveland Alexander , baseball player (d. 1950 )

March 9 - Phil Mead , English cricketer (d. 1958 )

April 15 - Mike Brady , American golfer (d. 1972 )

May 2 - Eddie Collins , baseball player (d. 1951 )

May 26 - Paul Lukas , Hungarian-born actor (d. 1971 )

May 28 - Jim Thorpe , American athlete (d. 1953 )

July 16 - Shoeless Joe Jackson , baseball player (d. 1951 )

August 24 - Harry Hooper , baseball player (d. 1974 )

September 28 - Avery Brundage , American sports official (d. 1975 )

November 6 - Walter Johnson , baseball player (d. 1946 )

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