1860 in sports
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The Sport 1860 is in Germany a year of Turner. A decade after most gymnastic clubs were banned because of " revolutionary tendencies " (new ) founded in Germany, many of these clubs. The first German Gymnastics Festival in Coburg this development are an additional impulse.
In Switzerland, it comes in this year establishing the probably first football club in continental Europe and in the English Prestwick is the first Open Championship held in the Gulf.
Events
Gymnastics
In Coburg, the first German Gymnastics Festival will open on June 16, a meeting of all German Turner, which lasts until June 19. This event will be held at irregular intervals at different locations until today. A month later, on July 15, will once again held a festival on the Great Feldberg Feldberg in Taunus. This oldest mountain Gymnastics Festival in Germany has been banned in 1849 by the authorities. The Turnfeste originally not only a sporting background. In the spirit of the late 1852 "Turn Father" Friedrich Ludwig Jahn all Turner should always strive for the unity of Germany. In this sense, the gymnastics festivals are also political events.
After the set up on July 15, 1848 in Munich gymnastics club has already banned a year later because of " republican activities", it is founded on May 17 by Ludwig Schitler, Max Deiglmaier, Franz Pfeifer, Joseph kid and Johann According hammer new, officially under the name "Association for physical training " to take the Turnverein its political flavor to the authorities. Today's TSV 1860 München is primarily known for its football section, founded in 1899. Already on May 1, has been founded in Travemünde Travemünde MTV. And in many other German cities (new ) founded in the course of gymnastics clubs, a development that is exacerbated by the holding of the first German Gymnastics Festival. The physical training in gymnastics clubs, however, is accessible at this time exclusively for men.
In Prussia it comes to the so-called " bullion controversy ". The Royal Institute Central -turn under director Hugo Rothstein creates the gymnastics from the schools and replaced it by the Swedish gymnastics designed by Pehr Henrik Ling. The followers of Jahn, led by Carl Philipp Euler, a member of the Institute will turn this year, this measure vehemently fight and demand in particular the re-introduction of bar and parallel bars. Both sides are supported by numerous medical and academic reports.
Cricket, hockey and football
English students studying in private schools in Lausanne, Switzerland, found the probably the first football club in continental Europe, the Lausanne Football and Cricket Club. Since the rules will be created for association football until 1863, it is unclear what form of football is played at this time in Lausanne.
In Sheffield in England a second football club is organized by the Sheffield FC in 1857, Hallam FC. On December 26, it comes between these two teams for the first match after the 1858 developed Sheffield Rules, which is obtained from the Sheffield FC 2-0.
In Welsh Oswestry United is founded, one of the oldest football clubs in the world.
In the English Blackheath is founded on the basis of 1852 laid down rules of the first hockey club.
Golf
In Prestwick, Scotland, The Open Championship is called the oldest, still played golf tournament to life. The idea of an open championship on annually changing courses is first appeared in 1856. Lack support from other clubs dares Prestwick under the influence of Tom Morris, the Green Keeper of the square, however, the start alone. On October 17, the first conducted by the Earl of Eglinton and Colonel James Fairlie title fights are held. The eight leading players of the time, only Scots, to one day play three rounds of 12 -hole course at Prestwick in South West Scotland. Willie Park Sr. won with 174 strokes to the first track and so defeated the favored Tom Morris by two strokes. He may keep the championship belt for a year, prize money will be paid none.
Australian Football
In a club meeting, founded the year before Melbourne Football Club rules of Australian Football are further elaborated and refined.
Badminton
- Isaac Spratt describes in detail the current situation in badminton sport in his nonfiction badminton battledore.
Baseball
The Excelsior Base Ball Club of Brooklyn makes, led by Jim Creighton, a famous tour of the U.S. state of New York and the larger cities of the neighboring states.
Boxing
On April 17, it comes in Farnborough, Hampshire, to a sensational, illegal boxing match after the London Prize Ring Rules with bare fists between the 33 -year-old, unofficial English heavyweight champion Thomas Sayers and seven years his junior, to larger and heavier American John Carmel Heenan. After a total of 37 laps in about 140 minutes storm viewers the ring, the fight is considered a tie - both get a belt, but only Heenan called in the sequence boxing champion and British heavyweight champion. In the following year, shall be adopted in response to this fight in the UK, the anti Prize Fight Act, which virtually ended this events, much to the regret of even higher English society.
Sayers said a short time after the battle his retirement from boxing. On November 5, there will be a fight for the vacant title of the English heavyweight champions between Tom Paddock and Sam Hurst, the latter in only five rounds decides for himself.
Athletics / Rasenkraftsport
- The valid to date dimensions and weights for the shot put group are defined.
- At the German Gymnastics Festival in Coburg, the putting the stone is presented as a sport.
Horse racing
Queen's Plate, Canada's oldest horse race for thoroughbreds, is performed for the first time on 27 June. The prize of 50 guineas is awarded by Queen Victoria personally.
Rowing
Cambridge wins on March 31, the 17th Boat Race against Oxford in 26'05 ".
On 24 July, the Harvard - Yale Regatta is held on the model of Boat Race in Worcester for the fourth time. Harvard won the event with a time of 18'53 " for the fourth time against the team from Yale.
The First Trinity Boat Club won the Grand Challenge Cup Henley Royal Regatta in London.
Skiing
Norwegian Sondre Norheim from The Morgedal in Telemark province allegedly jumping 30.5 meters at a regional skiing event. He used to ski jumping competition, a specially designed by him bond, which reduces the risk of the loss of a ski while driving, and jumping into a technology developed by him. The width that remains unconfirmed, however, is not surpassed in the following 33 years.
Mountaineering
List of first ascents in 1860
Born
- FEBRUARY 4: Jackson Whipps Showalter, American chess player († 1935)
- March 4: Giuseppe Loretz, Italian cyclist († 1944)
- OCTOBER 13: Montagu Allan, Canadian banker, ship owner and sponsor of sports († 1951)
- OCTOBER 28: Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of the martial art Judo ( † 1938)