1918 in sports
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1918 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s |
| Years: | 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 |
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[edit] Australian rules football
- Victorian Football League – South Melbourne wins the 22nd VFL Premiership (South Melbourne 9.8 (62) d Collingwood 7.15 (57))
[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] Golf
- British Open – not played due to World War I
- U.S. Open – not played due to World War I
- PGA Championship – not played due to World War I
- British Amateur – not played due to World War I
- U.S. Amateur – not played due to World War I
[edit] Horse racing
- May 11 – Exterminator wins the Kentucky Derby
[edit] Ice hockey
- January 2 – Montreal Wanderers' arena burns down leading to the team's disbandment.
- 11-13 March – in a two–game total–goals series, the temporary Torontos team defeats the Montreal Canadiens 10–7 to win the inaugural National Hockey League (NHL) championship.
- 11-13 March – in a two–game total–goals series, the Vancouver Millionaires defeat the Seattle Metropolitans 3–2 to win the Pacific Coast Hockey Association championship.
- 20-30 March – in a best–of–five series, the Torontos defeat the Millionaires to win the Stanley Cup.
- March – Kitchener Greenshirts win the Allan Cup.
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