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AUTO RACING

First real Autorace , from Paris to Bordeaux .

BOAT RACE

Oxford And Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

CHESS

The Grand International Chess Congress was held in the summer at Hastings , England.

CRICKET

County Cricket Championship - Surrey

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

England

First Division - Sunderland win the 1894-95 title.

FA Cup - Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0.

ICE HOCKEY

Montreal Victorias win their 1st Stanley Cup.

EVENTS

February 9 - W.G. Morgan invents Volleyball .

October 4 - first US Open golf tournament played, Horace Rawlings was its first champion.

Twenty-one Rugby Union clubs in northern England split to form the Northern Rugby Union, forerunner of Rugby League

BIRTHS

February 2 — George Halas , American football coach (d. 1983 )

February 6 — Babe Ruth , American baseball player (d. 1948 )

May 11 — Jacques Brugnon , French tennis player (d. 1978 )

DEATHS