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  Professional baseball players broke away from clubs to create their own league.
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  William Hulbert took over management of the NLPBP
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        The first Olympics too place in Athens Greece. - 
  
  Henderson created the AAAC
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  Bing Crosby orchestrated the first celebrity golf tournament.
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  The PGA guarantees payment for players.
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  Corcoran was hired as the PGA tournament director.
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  A European Court ruled in favor of Jean-Marc Bosman allowing him to transfer to another club.
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  Manly became the first and only women to go into the Baseball hall of Fame in Coopertown, NY.
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  French soccer players played for different international clubs for the first time.