1900

January 8

• Billy Bates cricketer (656 runs and 50 wickets in 15 Tests for England), dies. [1]

January 15

• SCNEC soccer team forms. [1]

January 24

• Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, formed in England. [1]

January 29

• American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee and Minneapolis. [1]

February 3

• Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Baltimore. [1]

February 9

• Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup. [1]

February 10

• Peter Ostlund skates world record 500 metre (45.2 seconds). [1]

February 16

• Stanley Cup: Montréal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, three games to 1. [1]

February 18

• Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam. [1]

March 7

• Stanley Cup: Montréal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in two games. [1]

March 8

• National League decides to go with eight teams; they exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee). [1]

March 11

• Edmund Peate cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies. [1]

March 16

• American League meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces that an American League teams will be in Chicago, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo. [1]

March 17

• Stanley Cup: Montréal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2. [1]

March 18

• Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms. [1]

March 31

• Frank Milligan cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests England versus South Africa 1898-99), dies. [1]

April 6

• James J Jeffries knocks out Jack Finnegan in one for heavyweight boxing title. [1]

April 19

• 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4. [1]

April 26

• American League opener in Cleveland draws 6,500. [1]

April 30

• 165-pound Robert Fitzsimmons knocks out 305-pound Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match. [1]

May 1

• Roermond soccer team forms in Roermond. [1]

May 3

• 26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06.25. [1]

May 8

• John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson sign with Saint Louis Cardinals. [1]

May 11

• James J Jeffries knocks out James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title. [1]

May 20

• (to October 28) The Games of the II Olympiad are held in Paris, France. [7]

May 24

• 34th Belmont Stakes: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21.25. [1]

May 25

• Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in the Olympics. [1]

May 28

• Fire in Cincinnati nearly destroys Cincinnati Reds' grandstand. [1]

May 29

• 25th Preakness: H Spencer aboard Hindus wins in 1:48.4. [1]

May 31

• Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074). [1]

June 21

• Brooklyn Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Philadelphia Phillies, 20-13, In. [1]

July 8

• First night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids). [1]

August 8

• First Davis Cup tennis matches, held in Boston. [1]

August 10

• First Davis Cup Tennis Tournament (Mass) US beats England. [1]

August 31

• Brooklyn Dodgers' Brickyard Kennedy walks six straight Philadelphia Phillies. [1]

October 28

• After over five months the Paris Olympic games close. [1]

November 13

• Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees) enter baseball's American League. [1]

1901

January 8

• New South Wales score 918 all out versus South Australia in 560 minutes. [1]

January 9

• New South Wales (918) defeat South Australia (157 and 156) by innings and 605. [1]

January 24

• First games played in baseball's American League. [1]

January 31

• Winnipeg Victorias sweep Montréal Shamrocks in two for the Stanley Cup. [1]

February 27

• National League Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes. [1]

March 11

• Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black second baseman Charlie Grant. [1]

March 12

• Ground is broken for Boston's first American League ballpark (Huntington Ave Grounds). [1]

April 19

• 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6. [1]

April 24

• First American League game, Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians 8-2, three other games rained out. [1]

April 25

• Erve Beck hit the first home run in the American League. [1]
• In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score ten runs to win one of the greatest comebacks in baseball (first game in Detroit). [1]

April 28

• First soccer game between Belgium (8) and Netherlands (0). [1]
• Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as Chicago White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1. [1]

April 29

• 27th Kentucky Derby Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75. [1]

May 1

• Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox. [1]
• Herb McFarland hit first grand slam in the American League. [1]

May 8

• In their long-delayed American League home opener, Boston defeats Philadelphia 12-4. [1]

May 9

• Cleveland's Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 innings but loses in 10th 4-2. [1]

May 23

• 35th Belmont Stakes: H Spencer aboard Commando wins in 2:21. [1]
• Cleveland Indians score 9 runs after two outs in 9th to beat Senators 14-13. [1]

May 28

• 26th Preakness: Fred Landry aboard The Parader wins in 1:47.2. [1]

June 9

• New York Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cincinnati Reds 25-13. [1]

July 15

• New York Giants Christy Mathewson no-hits Saint Louis, 5-0. [1]

August 5

• Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4". [1]

August 10

• Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners. [1]

August 21

• Joe McGinnity, suspended from National League for punching and spitting on an ump. [1]

September 5

• National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues formed. [1]

October 4

• Columbia (US) beats Shamrock II (England) in 12th America's Cup. [1]

December 1

• George Lohmann cricketer (in South Africa 18 Tests, 112 wickets), dies. [1]

December 3

• Milwaukee is dropped from the American League and replaced by Saint Louis Browns. [1]

December 13

• Test debut of S F Barnes versus Australia SCG, took 5-65 in first innings. [1]

December 14

• First table tennis tournament is held at the London Royal Aquarium. [1]

1902

January 1

• First Rose Bowl game (Pasadena CA) (University of Michigan-49, Stanford-0). [1]

January 3

• Reg Duff 104 on Test debut, versus England at Melbourne Cricket Ground. [1]

January 4

• Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick versus England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. [1]

January 8

• First National Bowling Championship held (Chicago Illinois). [1]

January 11

• Johnny Briggs cricketer (118 wickets for England), dies in an asylum. [1]

January 23

• Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in two for the Stanley Cup. [1]

March 2

• Jimmy Collins, leaves Boston Beaneaters (National League) club to manage American League's new Boston Somersets. [1]

March 17

• Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, two games to 1. [1]

April 2

• Soccer team MVV '02 forms in Maastricht. [1]

April 5

• Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25. [1]

April 19

• 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of New York in 2:43:12. [1]

April 25

• Erwin Harvey becomes first Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one game. [1]

May 3

• 28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75. [1]

May 16

• Two deaf-mutes face each other for first time as Dummy Hoy leads off for the Cincinnati Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants, Cincinnati Reds win 5-3. [1]

May 22

• 36th Belmont Stakes: John Bullman aboard Mastermam wins in 2:22.6. [1]

May 24

• Cleveland's Bill Bradley is first American League player to hit a homerun in four consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918. [1]

May 27

• 27th Preakness: L Jackson aboard Old England wins in 1:45.8. [1]

May 31

• Australia Cricket all out 36 versus England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever. [1]

June 15

• Justin Clark of Corsicana, Texas minors hits 8 home runs in one game. [1]

July 2

• John J McGraw becomes manager of New York Giants (stays for 30 years). [1]

July 17

• Baltimore (American League) didn't have enough men to field their team. [1]

September 20

• Chicago White Sox Jim Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0. [1]

November 21

• First night football game, Philadelphia Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0. [1]

December 2

• Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer. [1]

December 9

• American League announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in New York. [1]

December 28

• First indoor pro football game, Syracuse beats Philadelphia 6-0 (Madison Square Garden, New York City). [1]

1903

January 4

• W H M "Dicky" Richards cricketer (score 4 and 0 in Test for South Africa), dies. [1]

January 9

• Baseball's National and American Leagues make peace. [1]
• Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase American League Baltimore franchise for $18,000 and move it to New York City, New York (New York Yankees). [1]

January 19

• New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced. [1]

February 4

• Stanley Cup: Montréal AAA beat Winnipeg Victorias, two games to one and one tie. [1]

February 7

• VVV '03 Soccer team forms in Venlo. [1]

February 20

• Nick Young remains as National League president as AG Spalding ends challenge. [1]

March 10

• Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Montréal AAA in two games. [1]

March 12

• New York Highlanders (New York Yankees) approved as members of American League. [1]

March 14

• Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Rat Portage Thisles in two games. [1]

March 22

• New York Highlanders (New York Yankees) tickets first go on sale. [1]

April 20

• 7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Massachusetts in 2:41:29.8. [1]
• New York Highlanders play their first game, with Jack Chesbro losing 3-1 to Al Orth and Washington Nationals. [1]

April 23

• New York Highlanders (New York Yankees) win their first game beating Washington Senators 7-2. [1]

April 27

• First Highlander (Yankee) shut-out, Philadelphia Athletics win 6-0. [1]

April 30

• New York Highlanders (New York Yankees) first home game, (Hilltop Park-168th Steet and Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Washington Senators, 6-2. [1]

May 1

• Arthur Haygarth cricketer (compiler of "Scores and Biographies"), dies. [1]

May 2

• 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker aboard Judge Himes wins in 2:09. [1]

May 3

• AVC Heracles (SC Heracles '74) soccer team forms in Almelo. [1]

May 6

• Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers. [1]

May 17

• Cleveland Indians beat New York Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus, Ohio. [1]

May 19

• Arthur Shrewsbury cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies. [1]

May 27

• 37th Belmont Stakes: John Bullman aboard Africander wins in 2:21.75. [1]

May 30

• 28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8. [1]

June 2

• Pittsburgh Pirates win a triple header from the Brooklyn Dodgers. [1]

June 13

• Birth of Harold "Red" Grange "Galloping Ghost" of football (Illinois Bears). [1]

June 16

• First Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over Chicago White Sox. [1]

June 25

• New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18. [1]

August 16

• Tigers play a home game in Toledo Ohio, New York Yankees win 12-8. [1]

August 19

• Philadelphia Phillies suffer record 9th straight posponed game. [1]

August 26

• Philadelphia Phillies walk 17 Brooklyn Dodgers in a game. [1]

September 3

• Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup. [1]

September 11

• The first race is held at the oldest major speedway in the world, The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. [5]

September 14

• New York Giants Red Ames no-hits Saint Louis, 5-0 in a five inning game. [1]

October 1

• First baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates versus Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox). [1]

October 13

• Pittsburgh Pirates beats Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox) 5 games to 3 in first World Series. [1]

December 11

• Patrick McShane cricket player/umpire (1884-85 Ashes series), dies. [1]

December 14

• Reg Foster completes 287 England versus Australia on Test Cricket debut. [1]

1904

January 4

• Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club two games to one (Stanley Cup). [1]

January 9

• Alfred Richard cricketer (6 and 0 in only Test for South Africa 1895-96), dies. [1]

January 28

• First college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them. [1]

February 25

• Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in two games. [1]

March 1

• England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead versus Australia. [1]

March 2

• "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted. [1]

March 8

• Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match. [1]

March 9

• Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes first hockey defenseman to score a goal. [1]

March 11

• Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in two games. [1]

April 19

• 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of New York in 2:38:04.4. [1]

April 25

• New York Yankees Jack Chesbro's first of 41 wins this year. [1]

May 2

• 30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior aboard Elwood wins in 2:08.5. [1]

May 21

• Federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris France. [1]

May 25

• 38th Belmont Stakes: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6. [1]

May 27

• National League record of five stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, New York Giants). [1]

May 28

• 29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2. [1]

May 30

• Frank Chance gets hit by pitch five times in a doubleheader. [1]

June 11

• Cub's Bob Wicker no-hits New York Giants, wins in 12th on one hitter, 1-0. [1]

June 21

• Boston Herald tells of Boston Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," first. [1]

July 1

• (to November 23) The Games of the III Olympiad are held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [1] [7]

August 17

• Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0. [1]

August 25

• Jim Jefferies knocks out Jack Munroe and retains boxing heavyweight title. [1]

September 9

• Boston Herald again refers to New York baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," name not official till 1913. [1]

October 10

• New York Yankees two games out play first place Boston Red Sox on final day doubleheader game winner Chesbro loses the first game and chance at pennant. [1]

November 4

• First stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium). [1]

November 23

• Games of the III Olympiad close in Saint Louis. [1]

December 10

• James Cranston cricketer (scored 16 and 15 in Test for England), dies. [1]

December 19

• The Dawson City (Yukon) hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in the Stanley Cup on January 13 1905. [1]