1923 in sports in Encyclopedia

Rapid Bucure ti is founded under the name "Cultural and Sporting Association CFR" (in Romanian: Asociatia culturala si sportiva C.F.R.) by a group of workers at the Grivita workshops.

Spain

Celta de Vigo is founded after the merger of Real Vigo Sporting and Real Club Fortuna de Vigo.

Turkey

Formation of the Turkish Football Federation (T rkiye Futbol Federasyonu or TFF)

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

Essendon wins the 27th VFL Premiership: Essendon 8.15 (63) d Fitzroy 6.10 (46) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Bandy

Sweden

Championship final V ster s SK 2-1 IF Linn a

Baseball

World Series

10 15 October New York Yankees (AL) defeats New York Giants (NL) to win the 1923 World Series by 4 games to 2

Major League Baseball

18 April opening of the original Yankee Stadium in the Bronx

Negro League Baseball

The Eastern Colored League (ECL) plays its first season with six teams: Hilldale Daisies, Brooklyn Royal Giants, Cuban Stars (East), New York Lincoln Giants, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants, and Baltimore Black Sox. Hilldale wins the first pennant. Afterward the league votes for expansion to eight teams, accepting the Harrisburg Giants and the Washington Potomacs.
The Negro National League completes its fourth season with the Kansas City Monarchs winning their first pennant after three years of domination by Rube Foster's Chicago American Giants. The other teams in the league are Indianapolis ABC's, Detroit Stars, St. Louis Stars, Cuban Stars (West), Toledo Tigers, and Milwaukee Bears. The Tigers and Bears disband during the season and three teams play under "associate" status for the remainder of the season: Cleveland Tate Stars, Birmingham Black Barons, and Memphis Red Sox.
Oscar "Heavy" Johnson wins the NNL triple crown, leading in batting average, home runs, and RBI, while Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan leads in wins and strikeouts. Raleigh "Biz" Mackey is the batting leader in the ECL with Jesse "Nip" Winters leading in most pitching categories.
There is no World Series between the two champions this year, owing to enmity between Rube Foster and the ECL president Ed Bolden

Boxing

Events

18 June Jimmy Wilde's long reign as World Flyweight Champion ends when he is knocked out by Filipino Pancho Villa in the 7th round in New York City
31 August Harry Greb, arguably the greatest-ever middleweight, takes the world title when he defeats Johnny Wilson over 15 rounds in New York City
14 September Jack Dempsey knocks out Luis Firpo in the second round of a sensational fight at the Polo Grounds in New York City to retain his World Heavyweight Championship title.

Lineal world champions^[1]

Canadian football

Grey Cup

11th Grey Cup in the Canadian Football League Queen's University 54 0 Regina Roughriders

Cricket

Events

In a cold, damp English summer, a West Indian team is on tour, winning six and losing 7 first-class matches.

England

County Championship Yorkshire
Minor Counties Championship Buckinghamshire
Most runs Patsy Hendren 2934 @ 77.21 (HS 200*)
Most wickets Maurice Tate 219 @ 13.97 (BB 8 30)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year Arthur Gilligan, Roy Kilner, George Macaulay, Cec Parkin, Maurice Tate

Australia

Sheffield Shield New South Wales
Most runs Percy Chapman 782 @ 65.16 (HS 134*)
Most wickets Arthur Mailey 55 @ 21.58 (BB 6 45)

India

Bombay Quadrangular Parsees

New Zealand

Plunket Shield Canterbury

South Africa

Currie Cup not contested

West Indies

Inter-Colonial Tournament not contested

Cycling

Tour de France

Henri P lissier (France) wins the 17th Tour de France

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

World Men's Champion Fritz Kachler (Austria)
World Women's Champion Herma Szabo (Austria)
World Pairs Champions Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers and Walter Jakobsson (Finland)

Golf

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

Horse racing

England

Grand National Sergeant Murphy
1,000 Guineas Stakes Tranquil
2,000 Guineas Stakes Ellangowan
Epsom Derby Papyrus
Epsom Oaks Brownhylda
St. Leger Stakes Tranquil

Australia

Melbourne Cup Bitalli

Canada

Queen's Plate Flowerful

France

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Parth

Ireland

Irish Grand National Be Careful
Irish Derby Stakes Waygood

USA

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

29 31 March Ottawa Senators wins the Stanley Cup for the fifth time, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos by 2 games to 0 in the 1923 Stanley Cup Finals

Motor racing

Grand Prix racing

2 July the 9th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Tours over 799.07 km (22.83 km x 35 laps). The winner is Henry Segrave (Great Britain) driving a Sunbeam in 6:35:19.6. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XVII Grand Prix de l ACF.
9 September the 3rd Italian Grand Prix is run at Autodromo Nazionale Monza over 800.00 km (10.00 km x 80 laps). The winner is Carlo Salamano (Italy) driving a Fiat 805/405 in 5:27:38.4. The race is officially titled the III Gran Premio d'Italia and is also given the honorary designation of European Grand Prix.