1885 in sports

[edit] Baseball

• World Series - Chicago NL ties St Louis A's, 3 games to 3 with one tie.
• The Cuban Giants, composed mainly of African-American players from Philadelphia, is the first black professional baseball team on a reasonably permanent basis. It will sometimes join a league and use a regular home park but more often tour independently.

[edit] Football (Soccer)

• July 20 - The Football Association legalises the paying of players.
• FA Cup - Blackburn Rovers beat Queen's Park (Glasgow) 2-0

[edit] Rowing

• Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

[edit] Yacht racing

• The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Puritan defeats British challenger Genesta, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, 2 races to 0

[edit] Births

• March 21 — Charles Daniels, American freestyle swimmer (d. 1973)
• April 10 — Harvey Wood, British field hockey player (d. ??)
• June 30 — Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player (d. 1965)
• August 5 — Bradley Domjan, Canadian hockey player (d. 1993)
• August 6 — John Robinson, British field hockey player (d. 1916)
• September 8 — Ernestus Greven, Dutch athlete (d. 1924)
• October 12 — Jacques Keyser, Dutch athlete (d. 1954)

[edit] Deaths