American Decades

Important Events in Sports, 1900–1909

On January 29, Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson regroups the former minor Western League into the American League in Chicago. It consists of Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis. The new league quickly becomes a threat to the dominant National League.
On April 19, James J. Caffrey of Hamilton, Ontario, wins the fourth annual Boston Marathon with a time of 2:39:44.0.
On May 3, Jimmy Boland rides Lieutenant Gibson to victory in the twenty-sixth annual Kentucky Derby.
From May 20 to October 28, Paris hosts the Summer Olympic Games, called the International Meeting of Physical Training and Sport, as an adjunct to the Paris Exhibition. The United States wins twenty gold medals and France wins twenty-nine gold metals.
From June 12 to June 15, the first Grand American Championship for trap shooting is held in New York. Rollo O. "Pop" Heikes of Dayton,...

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