Events in Sport
Boxing Title Fight
Apr 6 James J. Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
James J. Jeffries
- Apr 16 4th Boston Marathon won by Canadian Jim Caffrey in race record 2:39:44.4
- Apr 19 Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10
- Apr 26 Newly renamed American League opener in Cleveland draws 6,500 (still as a minor league, was Western League)
- Apr 30 165 lb English boxer Bob Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb American Ed Dunkhost in round 2 of a lop-sided bout in Brooklyn, New York
Birthdays in Sport
- Apr 1 Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (Olympic gold 10m platform 1920), born in Vesterbro, Denmark (d. 1981)
- Apr 2 Alfred Strange, English soccer right half (20 caps, 3 as captain; Sheffield Wednesday, 253 games), born in Ripley, England (d. 1978)
- Apr 7 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker (Olympic bronze 50k 1952; oldest Olympic medal-winning athlete; 48 years and 115 days), born in Melton Mowbray, England (d. 1984)
- Apr 23 Jim Bottomley, American baseball player, born in Oglesby, Illinois (d. 1959)
- Apr 26 Hack Wilson, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (MLB single season record 191 RBI 1930), born in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania (d. 1948)