1913 in sports

1913 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

American football

College championship

College football national championship – Harvard Crimson

Association football

England

The Football League – Sunderland 54 points, Aston Villa 50, The Wednesday 49, Manchester United 46, Blackburn Rovers 45, Manchester City 44
FA Cup final – Aston Villa 1–0 Sunderland at Crystal Palace, London
Woolwich Arsenal, which has just been relegated to Division Two, moves across London from Manor Ground, Plumstead to the new Arsenal Stadium at Highbury in Islington. Soon afterwards, the club drops "Woolwich" from its name to be known as Arsenal F.C..

Germany

National Championship – VfB Leipzig 3–1 Duisburger SpV at München-Sendling

Netherlands

PSV Eindhoven founded in Eindhoven.^[1]

Scotland

Scottish Football League – Rangers
Scottish Cup – Falkirk 2–0 Raith Rovers^[2]

United States

United States Soccer Federation is formed.^[3]

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

Fitzroy wins the 17th VFL Premiership: Fitzroy 7.14 (56) d St Kilda 4.9 (33) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Bandy

International

Inaugural European Championship is held in Davos, Switzerland, and is won by England

Sweden

Championship final – IFK Uppsala 2–1 AIK

Baseball

World Series

7–11 October — Philadelphia Athletics (AL) defeats New York Giants (NL) to win the 1913 World Series by 4 games to 1. That is three wins in four years for the Athletics under Connie Mack, three losses in three years for the Giants under John McGraw.

Events

The Brooklyn Dodgers move into their new stadium, Ebbets Field.

Boxing

Events

14 May — Jack Johnson is convicted in Chicago of violating the 1910 Mann Act and is subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one year and one day plus a fine of $1,000. In June, while still free with an appeal pending, Johnson flees the United States and does not return until July 1920. Johnson is the first person to be prosecuted under the Act, which prohibits so-called white slavery including the interstate transport of females for "immoral purposes". Johnson has had affairs with white prostitutes who have travelled with him to other states. In Johnson's case, it is held that the authorities are using the Act's ambiguous language to justify a selective prosecution which amounts to harassment, based on their desire to deprive him of his title for racist reasons. Johnson retains the title for another two years.
Following victories in France against Georges Carpentier and Billy Papke, German-American boxer Frank Klaus re-establishes the lineage of the World Middleweight Championship, broken since the death of Stanley Ketchel in 1910.
11 October — Klaus is himself beaten by George Chip with a 6th-round knockout at Pittsburgh. Chip holds the middleweight title until 1914.

Lineal world champions^[4]

World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
World Middleweight Championship – vacant → Frank Klaus → George Chip
World Welterweight Championship – vacant
World Lightweight Championship – Willie Ritchie
World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane
World Bantamweight Championship – Johnny Coulon

Canadian football

Grey Cup

29 November — 5th Grey Cup – Hamilton Tigers 44–2 Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club

Cricket

England

County Championship – Kent
Minor Counties Championship – Norfolk
Most runs – Phil Mead 2627 @ 50.51 (HS 171*)
Most wickets – Major Booth 181 @ 18.46 (BB 8–86)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Major Booth, George Gunn, Bill Hitch, Albert Relf, Lionel Tennyson

Australia

Sheffield Shield – South Australia
Most runs – Victor Trumper 843 @ 84.30 (HS 201*)
Most wickets – Jack Massie 59 @ 18.66 (BB 7–110)

India

Bombay Quadrangular – Parsees

New Zealand

Plunket Shield – Canterbury

South Africa

Currie Cup – Natal

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested

Cycling

Tour de France

Philippe Thys (Belgium) wins the 11th Tour de France^[5]

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 – Helene Engelmann / Karl Mejstrik (Austria)

Golf

Major tournaments

British Open – John Henry Taylor^[6]
US Open – Francis Ouimet is the first amateur to win the US Open in a surprise playoff victory over Harry Vardon and Ted Ray

Other tournaments

British Amateur – Harold Hilton
US Amateur – Jerome Travers

Horse racing

England

Australia

Melbourne Cup – Posinatus

Canada

King's Plate – Hearts of Oak

Ireland

Irish Grand National – Little Hack II (second win, having previously won in 1909)
Irish Derby Stakes – Bachelor's Wedding

USA

Kentucky Derby – Donerail
Preakness Stakes – Buskin
Belmont Stakes – Prince Eugene

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

Quebec Bulldogs wins the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship and the Stanley Cup for both the second time and second year in succession. The Bulldogs then defeat the Sydney Minors two games to none in a Stanley Cup challenge series.

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