1904 in sports

1904 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Years in sports: 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
Years: 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907
Ulrich Salchow of Sweden won his fourth successive World Figure Skating Championhhip title in 1904

American football

College championship

Professional championships

Events

  • 15 November — Canton Athletic Club (later renamed the Canton Bulldogs) is first established.

Association football

International

  • World governing body FIFA is founded. The football associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland do not join at this time.

Austria

England

Germany

  • National Championship – competition is annulled by the DFB following a protest by Karlsruher FV that matches have not been played on neutral grounds as stipulated by the rules.

Portugal

  • Benfica founded in Lisbon as the Grupo Sport Lisboa. In 1908, it merges with SC de Benfica to form Sport Lisboa e Benfica (SL Benfica).

Scotland

Sweden

Athletics

Australian rules football

VFL Premiership

Baseball

World Series

Events

Boxing

Events

  • 29 April — Barbados Joe Walcott meets Dixie Kid to defend the World Welterweight Championship and, though well on top, is disqualified by the referee after 20 rounds for an alleged foul. Kid claims the title but it is subsequently discovered that the referee has bet on Kid to win and so Kid's claim is widely disregarded.
  • 30 September — Walcott meets World Lightweight Champion Joe Gans in a non-title fight which is scored a draw after 20 rounds.
  • 17 October — Joe Bowker (England) challenges Frankie Neil in London for the World Bantamweight Championship and wins over 20 rounds, the first non-American to hold this title.
  • 31 October — Joe Gans meets Jimmy Britt in San Francisco to defend the World Lightweight Championship. Britt knocks Gans down four times but, after the last one in the fifth round, he hits Gans again before he has stood up and is disqualified for the foul. Afterwards, Gans vacates the title which is awarded to Britt. Two years later, Gans will claim that the fight has been fixed by his and Britt's managers.
  • 31 December — during a New Year celebration, Walcott accidentally shoots himself in the hand to effectively ending his days as a top prizefighter. While he will return to the ring in 1906 (losing his welterweight title in the process), he never regains his old form and loses most of his subsequent fights.

Lineal world champions[2]

Cricket

England

Australia

India

South Africa

  • Currie Cup – Transvaal

West Indies

Cycling

Tour de France

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships

Golf

Major tournaments

Other tournaments

Horse racing

England

Australia

Canada

Ireland

USA

Ice hockey

Stanley Cup

  • January — Ottawa Hockey Club defeats Winnipeg Rowing Club to defend the Stanley Cup in a Cup challenge.
  • February — Stanley Cup champion Ottawa Hockey Club withdraws from the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) over a demand by the league to replay a game.
  • February — Ottawa defeats Toronto Marlboros in a Cup challenge.
  • 2 March — Ottawa plays Montreal Wanderers to a 5–5 tie in a Cup challenge, but Montreal refuses terms of continuation of series and defaults.
  • March — Quebec Bulldogs win the CAHL championship and demand the Stanley Cup, but the trustees rule the Cup stays with Ottawa. Quebec refuses to play Ottawa in a challenge.
  • March — Ottawa defeats the Brandon Wheat Kings 2 games to 0 in a Cup challenge.
  • 18 December — Dawson City Nuggets begin a 4,000 mile journey by dog sled to play the Ottawa Hockey Club in a Stanley Cup challenge scheduled for 13 January 1905.

Motor racing

Gordon Bennett Cup

Circuit des Ardennes

Vanderbilt Cup

  • William Kissam Vanderbilt II launches the Vanderbilt Cup at a course set out in Nassau County, New York on Long Island. It creates controversy in New York with numerous attempts made, including legal action, to try to prevent it taking place. The inaugural race is run over a 30.24 miles (48.7 km) course of winding dirt roads through Nassau County. Several European drivers with experience of the Gordon Bennett Cup take part and the event is a huge commercial success. The winner is George Heath (USA) driving a Panhard-Levassor 70 hp.

Olympic Games

1904 Summer Olympics

Rowing

The Boat Race

Rugby league

England

Rugby union

Home Nations Championship

Speed skating

Speed Skating World Championships

Tennis

England

France

  • French Men's Singles Championship – Max Decugis defeats André Vacherot 6–1 9–7 6–8 6–1
  • French Women's Singles Championship – Kate Gillou defeats Françoise Masson: details unknown

USA

Davis Cup

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References
  1. Boston Athletic Association (2011). "Boston Marathon History: 1901-1905". www.baa.org. Boston: Boston Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 2011-02-21. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  2. Cyber Boxing Zone
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