The signpost up ahead says 1999. So we respectfully submit for your consideration 1899. What did happen in sports the last time we started watching for the last three numbers on the chronometer to roll over? Well, the Knicks won the AAU basketball title (Knickerbocker Athletic Club), though somebody had to pull a cord underneath each peach basket to release successful shots. The Stanley Cup went to Montreal-the Shamrocks. Henry Ford and Alexander Winton staged the first stock car race in Detroit. On the South Side of Chicago, a neighborhood football team known as the Morgan Athletic Club was formed; after various reincarnations in Chicago, St. Louis and Phoenix, you now know them as the Arizona Cardinals. Jack Johnson fought for money for the first time. The American League was born. And, on the last day of the Cleveland...
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