1868 in sports

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yp2=1866
yp3=1867
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ya1=1869
ya2=1870
ya3=1871
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dn1=1870s
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Baseball

*A few clubs count base hits and total bases on hits for every player, beside the commonplace "official scoring" of runs and times put out (hands lost)
*In December the National Association permits full professionalism for 1869. The Cincinnati Red Stockings recruit with great success.

Golf

*British Open - Tom Morris, Jr.

Lacrosse

*White players in Upstate New York begin playing lacrosse and it spreads through the New York City metropolitan area, where teams are soon organized. [cite web
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=Rowing=

*Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford
*The world champion "Paris Crew" from Saint John, New Brunswick wins the Championship of America in Springfield, Massachusetts

Births

* January 2 — Arthur Gore, British tennis player (d. 1928)
* April 25 — Ernst Linder, Swedish horse rider (d. 1943)
* July 22 — Jim Hall, Australian middleweight boxer (d. 1913)
*November 18 — Driekske van Bussel, Dutch archer (d. 1951)

References