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BASEBALL (MAJOR LEAGUE)

Pittsburgh Pirates def. Washington Senators in the World Series

FOOTBALL ( AMERICAN )

The , Detroit Panthers , Providence Steam Roller , a new Canton Bulldogs team, and the Pottsville Maroons

Chicago Cardinals win National Football League title

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Victorian Football League

--- Footscray , Hawthorn and North Melbourne join the league from the VFA

--- Geelong wins the 29th VFL Premiership (Geelong 10.19 (79) d Collingwood 9.15 (69))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Colin Watson ( St Kilda )

FOOTBALL (SOCCER)

The IFAB reform the Offside Law , reducing the number of opposing players required to be in front of the attacker for him to be onside from three to two.

England

First Division - Huddersfield Town win the 1924-25 title.

FA Cup - Sheffield United beat Cardiff City 1-0.

defeat the Montreal Canadiens

GENERAL SPORTING EVENTS

7th Far Eastern Championship Games held in Manila , Philippine Islands

BIRTHS

February 19 — Leslie Laing , Jamaican athlete

June 2 — Wally Pipp , first baseman of the New York Yankees , asks for a day off due to a headache. He is replaced in the lineup by Lou Gehrig , who also starts the next 2,128 consecutive games.

June 10 — Lennart Bergelin , Swedish tennis player

July 18 — - Shirley Strickland , Australian athlete and triple Olympic gold medallist (d. 2004 )

July 28 — Juan Alberto Schiaffino , Uruguayan football (soccer) player (d. 2002 )

July 29 — Ted Lindsay , ice hockey Hall of Fame player

November 4 — Teodor Anioła , Polish footballer (d. 1993 )

DEATHS