1873 Toronto Argonauts Football Club (CFL) forms as Argonaut Rowing Club rugby-football squad; oldest existing pro sports team in North America still using original name1873
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1884 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Jack Simpson wins in windy conditions by 4 strokes from fellow Scots Douglas Rolland and Willie Fernie1885 British
1876 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Bob Martin wins when fellow Scot Davie Strath refuses to take part in a playoff after pair finish
1879 Cincinnati Enquirer publishes first report on Baseball’s reserve clause; rights to players retained by team upon the contract’s expiration; replaced by free agency1889 Dutch
1659 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US)1882 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Bob
1793 Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine1880 1st pro baseball game at Polo Grounds, NY Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5
1911 NY Highlanders get 13 walk & steal 15 bases (including then record 6 in one inning), beating Browns 18-12; each team committed 6 errors1919
1879 British Open Men’s Golf, St Andrews: Scotsman Jamie Anderson wins by 3 shots from countrymen Jamie Allen & Andrew Kirkaldy; 3rd consecutive title1881 Chicago
1861 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris Sr. beats Willie Park Sr. by 4 strokes1867 British Open Men’s Golf, Prestwick GC: Tom Morris
1844 Canada defeats USA by 23 runs in the first cricket international match at the grounds of the St George’s Cricket Club in Manhattan, NYC1866