1910's Sports | Important Events in Sports, 1910

1910

On March 16, Barney Oldfield driving a Benz automobile sets a new land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona Beach, Florida.
On April 14, William Howard Taft becomes the first president to throw out the first ball of the baseball season at a game between the Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics.
On April 7, Jack Johnson successfully defends his world heavyweight boxing title against Jim Jeffries in a fifteenth-round technical knockout.
On April 19, Fred L. Cameron of Amherst, Nova Scotia, wins the fourteenth Boston Marathon in 2:28:52.
On May 7, Jockey R. Estep rides Layminster to victory in the thirty-fifth annual Preakness Stakes.
On May 10, Robert Herbert rides Donau to victory in the thirty-sixth annual Kentucky Derby.
On May 19, Cy Young earns his 500th career victory, beating the Washington Senators 5–4 in eleven innings.
On May 30, Jimmy...