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BASEBALL

The Brooklyn Superbas Finish 1st in the National League with many of the original Baltimore Orioles stars including Ned Hanlon , Willie Keeler , Hughie Jennings and Joe Kelley .

The Cleveland Spiders finish last in the twelve-team NL and establish an all-time major league record with 134 losses in a season, 84 games behind the pennant winner and 35 games out of 11th place. The team played 113 games on the road, losing a record 102. They were dropped during the offseason when the National League contracted from twelve to eight teams.

BOAT RACE

Oxford And Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge

CRICKET

County Cricket Championship - Surrey

The Ashes - Australia beat England 1–0

CYCLING

Bordeaux-Paris road race won by Constant Huret

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- Fitzroy wins the 3rd VFL Premiership (Fitzroy 3.9 (27) d South Melbourne 3.8 (26))

--- ''See also Victorian Football League Season 1899 ''

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

England

First Division - Aston Villa win the 1898-99 title.

FA Cup - Sheffield United beat Derby County 4–1

Germany

Eintracht Frankfurt are founded.

Spain

FC Barcelona is founded.

GOLF

US Open - Willie Smith wins the men's tournament.

ICE HOCKEY

Montreal Victorias win their 5th Stanley Cup, defeating the Winnipeg Victorias . In a 2nd Stanley Cup challenge, the Montreal Shamrocks win their 1st ever championship, defeating Queen's University .

TENNIS

On September 18, the Cincinnati Open is started. Today, it is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States still played in its original city, and is now known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters & Women's Open .

BIRTHS

May 24 — Suzanne Lenglen , French tennis great (d. 1938 )

August 3 — Louis Chiron , French Grand Prix motor racing champion (d. 1979 )

DEATHS