1878 in sports

1878 in sports

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Baseball

*Harry Wright leads Boston to another pennant, once again with brother George Wright at shortstop and Andy Leonard in the outfield --six in seven years for them all, and the three men were one-third of the 1869-1870 Cincinnati Red Stockings

Football (American)

*First match, Philips Andover versus Philips Exeter, the oldest high school rivalry in the U.S.

Football (soccer)

*March 23 - Wanderers FC beat Royal Engineers 3-1, its fifth and final FA Cup

Golf

*British Open - Jamie Anderson

Horse Racing

*May 21 - Day Star wins the Kentucky Derby

Rowing

*Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford
*The Harvard-Yale Regatta moves to its permanent location on the Thames River in New London. In the 26 preceding years with various course locations and lengths, Harvard has 12 wins and Yale 5.

Births

*March 27 - Miller Huggins, American baseball manager (d. 1929)
*June 15 - Wollmar Boström, Swedish tennis player (d. 1956)
*August 8 - Eric Green, British field hockey player (d. 1972)


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