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Encyclopedia > 1885 in sports

See also: 1884 in sports, other events of 1885, 1886 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... This page indexes the individual year in sports pages. ...

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Baseball

Picture of Fenway Park. ... In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. ... The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... The St. ...

Boat race

Boat Race Logo Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race The Boat Race is a rowing race between the rowing clubs of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. ... Boat Race Logo Exhausted crews at the finish of the 2002 Boat Race The Boat Race is a rowing race between the rowing clubs of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. ...

Football (Soccer)

Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). ... A professional works to receive payment for an activity (as a profession), which usually requires expertise and carries with it socially significant mores and folkways. ... The FA Cups trophy is also known as the FA Cup. ... Blackburn Rovers is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. ... Queens Park Football Club is a Scottish football team with much history and tradition, today it remains as the only amateur club in the Scottish League. ...

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INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS (126 words)
Originally, the front wheel was much larger than the rear wheel, and the rider was elevated a great deal, making them difficult to control and very dangerous.
In 1885, J.K. Starley of England devised the more modern bike with a chain and gearing to allow the wheels to be of equal size.
Although bicycle races had been held on the old "penny farthings", the new bikes stimulated the growth of bicycle racing as a sport.
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