1923 | Sports
Sports
William M. Johnston wins in men's singles at Wimbledon, Suzanne Lenglen in women's singles; Bill Tilden wins in U.S. men's singles, Helen (Newington) Wills, 17, in women's singles.
The Wightman Cup donated by Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman for the winner of a U.S.-British women's tennis tournament will do for women's tennis what the Davis Cup is doing for men's.
Former Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees, and New York Giants outfielder William H. "Wee Willie" Keeler dies at his native Brooklyn, N.Y., January 1 at age 50.
New York's Yankee Stadium opens April 18, draws a sell-out crowd of more than 60,000, and turns away thousands for lack of seats. Col. Jacob Ruppert has built the $2.5 million stadium with help from Tillinghast I'Hommedieu Houston (who will soon sell his share in the club to brewer Ruppert), Babe Ruth hits a three-run homer in the third inning of the inaugural game, and the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4 to 1.
The New York Yankees win their first World Series, defeating the New York Giants 4 games to 2.
The Dempsey-Firpo fight at the New York Polo Grounds September 14 sees Argentine fighter Luis Angel Firpo, 29, knock Jack Dempsey out of the ring and into the laps of ringside sportswriters, but Dempsey knocks the "Wild Bull of the Pampas" down nine times, wins in two rounds, and retains his title.