1918 in sports
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See also: 1917 in sports, other events of 1918, 1919 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
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[edit] Baseball
- The United States curtails professional baseball September 2 in order to accelerate mobilization for war
- World Series - Boston Red Sox defeat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2; Boston will not repeat for 86 years, until 2004. Chicago uses three lefty pitchers in rotation so Boston lefty batter Babe Ruth is benched during the four games he does not pitch himself; Ruth pitches brilliantly and George Whiteman stars as a full-time outfielder.
- Babe Ruth leads the American League in home runs for the first time, hitting 11
[edit] Football (Australian rules football)
- Victorian Football League - South Melbourne wins the 22nd VFL Premiership (South Melbourne 9.8 (62) d Collingwood 7.15 (57))
[edit] Hockey (Ice)
- January 2 - The Montreal Wanderers' arena burns down leading to the team's disbandment.
- March 30 - The Toronto Arenas defeat the Vancouver Millionaires to win the Stanley Cup. It is the first time the trophy is awarded by the newly formed National Hockey League.
[edit] Births
- January 26 — Al Bummy Davis, American lightweight and welterweight boxer (d. 1945)
- February 3 — Helen Stephens, American athlete (d. 1994)
- March 10 — Fernando Peyroteo, Angola-born Portuguese football player (d. 1978)
- May 16 — Wilf Mannion, English football (soccer) player (d. 2000)
- June 18 — Reinaldo Gorno, Argentine long-distance runner(d. 1994)
- June 27 — Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer
- November 9 — Florence Chadwick, American long distance swimmer (d. 1995)
- December 7 — Max Merkel, Austrian football (soccer) player and coach (d. 2006)
- December 31 — Gunder Hägg, Swedish runner (d. 2004)
[edit] Deaths
- March 13 — Reggie Pridmore, British field hockey and cricket player (b. 1886)
- March 27 – Martin Sheridan (36), Irish-born athlete from the US (b. 1881)fr:1918 en sport
