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American tennis champion Mary Browne

1912 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[edit] American football

College championship

College football national championship – Harvard Crimson and Penn State Nittany Lions (shared)

[edit] Association football

England

The Football League – Blackburn Rovers 49 points, Everton 46, Newcastle United 44, Bolton Wanderers 43, The Wednesday 41, Aston Villa 41
FA Cup final – Barnsley 1–0 West Bromwich Albion at Crystal Palace, London (replay following 0–0 draw at Crystal Palace)

Scotland

Scottish Football League – Glasgow Rangers
Scottish Cup final – Glasgow Celtic 2–0 Clyde at Ibrox Park

Iceland

Iceland's premier division, now known as Landsbankadeild, is established with KR winning the inaugural title.

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres

The first world record in the 100 metres for men is recognised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), after Don Lippincott (USA) runs a time of 10.6 at Stockholm.

Men's 1500 metres

The first world record in the 1500 metres for men is recognised by the IAAF after Abel Kiviat (USA) runs a time of 3:55.8 at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

[edit] Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

Essendon wins the 16th VFL Premiership: Essendon 5.17 (47) d South Melbourne 4.9 (33) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

[edit] Bandy

Sweden

Championship final – IFK Uppsala 1–1 Djurgårdens IF (declared a tie; no replay played)

[edit] Baseball

World Series

Boston Red Sox (AL) defeats New York Giants (NL) 4 games to 3 with one tie

Events

20 April — Boston Red Sox opens in the new Fenway Park with a 7–6 11-inning win over New York Yankees before 27,000. Minutes later, Detroit Tigers opens the remodelled Navin Park (later named Tiger Stadium) with a 6–5 11-inning win over Cleveland Indians before 24,384.
Winnipeg Maroons wins the Northern League championship

[edit] Boxing

Events

22 February — Johnny Kilbane wins the World Featherweight Championship when he defeats Abe Attell over 20 rounds at Vernon, California. Attell has held the title since 1903; Kilbane will hold it until 1923.
28 November — Ad Wolgast loses his World Lightweight Championship to Willie Ritchie following a 16th round foul at Colma, California. Ritchie holds the title until 1914.

Lineal world champions^[1]

World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
World Middleweight Championship – vacant
World Welterweight Championship – vacant
World Lightweight Championship – Ad Wolgast → Willie Ritchie
World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell → Johnny Kilbane
World Bantamweight Championship – Johnny Coulon

[edit] Canadian football

Grey Cup

4th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League – Hamilton Alerts 11–4 Toronto Argonauts

[edit] Cricket

Events

A triangular Test tournament is played in England between England, Australia and South Africa. England wins with Australia second.

Honours – England

County Championship – Yorkshire
Minor Counties Championship – in abeyance
Most runs – David Denton 2127 @ 42.54 (HS 221)
Most wickets – Colin Blythe 178 @ 12.26 (BB 8–36)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – no award

Honours – Australia

Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
Most runs – Wilfred Rhodes 1098 @ 54.90 (HS 179)
Most wickets – Frank Foster 62 @ 20.19 (BB 7–36)

Honours – South Africa

Currie Cup – not contested
Most runs – Gerald Hartigan 220 @ 220.00 (HS 128*)
Most wickets – Fred le Roux 15 @ 21.20 (BB 5–50)

Honours – India

Bombay Triangular – Parsees
Most runs – Francis Brooke 195 @ 48.75 (HS 115)
Most wickets – Jehangir Warden 21 @ 8.47 (BB 7–40)

Honours – New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Auckland
Most runs – William Gibbes 353 @ 58.83 (HS 81)
Most wickets – Dan Reese 29 @ 13.17 (BB 6–75)

Honours – West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – Barbados

[edit] Cycling

Tour de France

Odile Defraye (Belgium) wins the 10th Tour de France

[edit] Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion – Fritz Kachler (Austria)
World Women's Champion – Opika von Méray Horváth (Hungary)
World Pairs Champions – Phyllis Johnson / James H. Johnson (Great Britain)

[edit] Golf

Major tournaments

British Open – Ted Ray
US Open – John McDermott

Other tournaments

British Amateur – John Ball
US Amateur – Jerome Travers

[edit] Horse racing

England

Grand National – Jerry M
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Tagalie
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Sweeper II
Epsom Derby – Tagalie
Epsom Oaks – Mirska
St. Leger Stakes – Tracery

'Australia

Melbourne Cup – Piastre

Canada

Queen's Plate – Heresy

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Small Polly
Irish Derby Stakes – Civility

USA

Kentucky Derby – Worth
Preakness Stakes – Colonel Holloway
Belmont Stakes – not contested due to anti-betting legislation in New York State

[edit] Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

Quebec Bulldogs wins the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship and the Stanley Cup. Quebec then defeats Moncton in a Cup challenge.

Events

March — Winnipeg Victorias repeats as Allan Cup winners
March — New Westminster Royals wins the inaugural Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championship
December — Toronto NHA teams, the Blueshirts and Tecumsehs, join the NHA

[edit] Motor racing

Grand Prix racing

25/26 June — the 4th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Dieppe over 1535.76 km (76.788 km x 20 laps). The winner is Georges Boillot of France driving a Peugeot L76 in 13:58:02.6. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XII Grand Prix de l´ACF.

Indianapolis 500

30 May — 2nd running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Joe Dawson and Don Herr (USA) driving a National car.

Monte Carlo Rally

2nd running is won by Jules Beutler driving a Berliet. This is the last running of the rally until its revival in 1924.

Vanderbilt Cup

2 October — 8th running of the Vanderbilt Cup at the new Wauwatosa automobile course near Milwaukee is won by Ralph DePalma (Italy) driving a Mercedes.

American Grand Prize

5 October — 4th running of the American Grand Prize takes place at Wauwatosa, near Milwaukee over 659.44 km (12.682 km x 52 laps) and is won by Caleb Bragg (USA) driving a FIAT in 5:59:27.44. David Bruce-Brown, the defending champion, is killed during practice for the event.