The Year in Sports: 1892 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Yale Bulldogs

The championship was one of 15 won by the Bulldogs during the 19th century. Coach Walter Camp led the team to a 13-0 record for the season. The team outscored its opponents 429-0. Highlights of the season included a 6-0 away win against Harvard University on November 19. From 1884 to 1914, the team played home games at Yale Field.

Answer: Pennsylvania

Guard William "Pudge" Heffelfinger (1867-1954) played his college career at Yale University. The game in question took place on November 12, 1892 in Recreation Park in Pittsburgh, PA. Heffelfinger was paid five hundred dollars by the Allegheny Athletic Association for their game against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.

The next week Allegheny also paid Ben Donnelly to play alongside Heffelfinger. Heffelfinger later coached at several colleges in the 1890s before entering the world of business.

Answer: Long jump

C. B. Fry (1872-1956) was also a skilled cricket and football (soccer) player. His long jump of 23 feet, 5 inches would stand as the English record until 1913. In 1893, he would equal the WORLD long jump record of 23 feet 6 1/2 inches. That record, however, would be broken 1894.

He also spent some time working for the League of Nations and stood several times for election to Parliament, although he was unsuccessful.

Answer: 12

Four teams shifted from the defunct American Association joined the National League in 1892: Baltimore Orioles, Louisville Colonels, St. Louis Browns (Cardinals), and Washington Senators. Four other teams had previously switched: Pittsburgh Alleghenies (Pirates), Cleveland Spiders, Cincinnati Reds, and Brooklyn Greys (Dodgers).

The other four teams -- Boston, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia, originated in the National League. Since there were no divisions in the National League at this time, the winner of the first half of season (Boston) played the winner of the second half of the season (Cleveland).

Answer: Massachusetts

The game was held on March 11, 1892 at the Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association). The first basketball game had only been played a few months previously at the same location. Played between students and faculty members of the YMCA, the students won the game 5-1 (at the time, baskets were only worth one point each). Amos A. Stagg (1862-1965) scored the single faculty basket.

Answer: James J. Corbett

James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (1866-1933) won the title in a 21 round match that took place in New Orleans, LA. He would remain champion until 1897, though he had only successful title defense during that time. Out of his 20 professional fights, he won 11 (5 by knockout). He would lose the title to Bob Fitzsimmons.

Answer: Governor-General of Canada

Frederick Stanley, Earl of Derby (1841-1908) was Governor-General of Canada from 1888 until 1893. An avid sportsman, Lord Stanley (and his family) became avid fans of hockey during his service in Canada. First awarded to an amateur team in 1893, the trophy began to be open to professional teams in 1906. Beginning in 1926, the Stanley Cup was awarded to the champion of the National Hockey League.

Answer: Netherlands

The ISU is the governing body for several sports including figure skating and speed skating. After a few years, the ISU began to focus only on amateur competition. The first championships under the direction of the ISU took place in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1896. The headquarters of the ISU would later move to Switzerland.

Answer: England

The six matches of the championship were played between January and March. England would win all three matches in which it played, outscoring its opponents 29 to 0 (the first time this occured in the Home Nations Championship). Scotland was the next most successful, winning two matches and outscoring its opponents, 9 to 7. Leading scorer R. E. Lockwood of England scored nine points, equal to or greater than each of the other three teams.

Answer: US Open women's singles championship

At the time, the US Open was held in Newport, RI. Mabel Cahill (1863-1905), representing Great Britain, defeated Elisabeth Moore of the United States (1876-1959) in five sets (5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2). Cahill had previously won the US Open Women's Championship in 1891. Elisabeth Moore would later win the Championship four times, the first in 1896.