Events in Sport
Sports History
May 20 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: English amateur Harold Hilton wins 2nd Open title by 1 stroke from Scot James Braid
- May 29 31st Belmont: Joe Scherrer aboard Scottish Chieftain wins in 2:23.25
Birthdays in Sport
- May 7 Kitty McKane (Godfree), English tennis player (Olympic gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze-1920, 24), born in Bayswater, England (d. 1992)
- May 10 Dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1923)
- May 13 Babe Dye, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Stanley Cup 1922; NHL scoring champion 1922–23, 24-25; Toronto St. Patricks/Maple Leafs), born in Hamilton, Ontario (d. 1962)
- May 19 Jerome Travers, American golfer (US Open 1915), born in NYC, NY (d. 1951)
- May 25 Alan Kippax, Australian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 2 x 100, 8 x 50, HS 145; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1972)