1894 IN SPORTS

==Auto racing==

★ First contest organised in Paris.
==Baseball==

★ Baltimore wins the first of three championships following three by Boston

★ Major League Baseball's highest scoring season, 1876-2005

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★ The Boston Beaneaters set the current record for the most runs scored in a season (1220) and sets another standing record with seven players scoring 100 or more runs

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★ The Philadelphia Phillies bat .349 for the season with all four outfielders above .400, but finish fourth despite the feat
==Cricket==

★ County Cricket Championship - Surrey
==Football (soccer)

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England

★ First Division - Aston Villa win the 1893-94 title.

★ FA Cup - Notts County beat Bolton Wanderers 4-1.

★ The Second Division is expanded from fifteen teams to sixteen for the 1894-95 season, bringing the total number of League clubs to 32.
==Ice Hockey==

★ Montreal HC wins their 2nd Stanley Cup in a row, defeating the Ottawa HC.
==Boat race==

★ Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race - Oxford

Births

★ January 12 — Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975)

★ June 1 — Dušan Milošević, Serbian athlete and footballer (d. 1967)

★ August 25 — Nick Winter, Australian athlete (d. 1955)

★ October 5 — Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (d. 1948)

Deaths