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on google I have found www.1920-30.com/sports; Annual Sports highlights: * 1920 in sports - National Football League formed; baseball's Negro National League formed; Babe Ruth sold to New York Yankees and hits 54 home runs, signalling the arrival of the lively ball era in baseball; Cleveland Indians' shortstop Ray Chapman is killed by a Carl Mays pitch; the Grand Prix de Paris horse race changes its name to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe * 1921 in sports - The schooner Bluenose begins her undefeated career in racing, winning the International Fishermen's Trophy * 1922 in sports - First sub-one minute 100m freestyle swim * 1923 in sports - First 24 hours of Le Mans race; Ty Cobb breaks Honus Wagner's major league record for career hits * 1924 in sports - First Winter Olympic Games; in the Summer Olympics, Paavo Nurmi wins 5 golds in Athletics (Track and Field) * 1925 in sports - French Open in tennis opened to non-French players for the first time; first handball international between Germany and Belgium * 1926 in sports - Jack Dempsey loses his world heavyweight boxing title to Gene Tunney; Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English channel * 1927 in sports - First Ryder Cup of golf * 1928 in sports - Women's Olympic athletics and gymnastics are held for the first time at the 1928 Summer Olympics; "Dixie" Dean scores 60 league goals in 39 matches as Everton F.C. win the Football League * 1929 in sports - Wally Hammond scores 905 runs at an average of 113.12 as England defeat Australia in The Ashes

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