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The Cleveland Spiders finish last in the twelve-team NL and establish an all-time major league record with 134 losses in a season, 84 games behind the pennant winner and 35 games out of 11th place. The team played 113 games on the road, losing a record 102. They were dropped during the offseason when the National League contracted from twelve to eight teams.
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Cambridge
County Cricket Championship - Surrey
The Ashes - Australia beat England 5–0
Bordeaux-Paris road race won by Constant Huret
Victorian Football League
England
First Division - Aston Villa win the 1898-99 title.
FA Cup - Sheffield United beat Derby County 4–1
Germany
Eintracht Frankfurt are founded.
SV Werder Bremen are founded.
Iceland
Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur is founded, February 16. The first football club in Iceland.
Spain
FC Barcelona is founded on November 29.
The 1899 Sewanee Tigers football team goes undefeated, 12-0, including five road wins in six days over top teams.
US Open - Willie Smith wins the men's tournament.
May 4 - Manuel wins the Kentucky Derby
Montreal Victorias win their 5th Stanley Cup, defeating the Winnipeg Victorias. In a 2nd Stanley Cup challenge, the Montreal Shamrocks win their 1st ever championship, defeating Queen's University.
On September 18, the Cincinnati Open is started. Today, it's the oldest tennis tournament in the United States still played in its original city, and is now known as the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters & Women's Open. The first singles champions are Nat Emerson and Myrtle McAteer.
The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Columbia defeats British challenger Shamrock, of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, 3 races to 0
Births
May 3 — Paulino Uzcudun, Spanish heavyweight boxer (d. 1985)
May 24 — Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (d. 1938)
August 3 — Louis Chiron, Monegasque racing driver (d. 1979)
December 15 — Harold Abrahams, British athlete (d. 1978)
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