Events in Sport
- Sep 2 New Zealand beats Australia 14-3 in cold, wet conditions in the first international Rugby Union match between the countries on New Zealand soil at Tahuna Park in Dunedin
- Sep 6 Chicago White Sox pitcher Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0
- Sep 8 Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base in 8-3 defeat to Cincinnati Reds at Exposition Park, Pittsburgh
- Sep 22 US Open Men's Golf, Myopia Hunt GC: Willie Anderson wins his 3rd consecutive Open title, and his record 4th overall, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Alex Smith
- Sep 27 Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0
Birthdays in Sport
- Sep 3 John Mills, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 241 runs, 1 x 100), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 1972)
- Sep 14 Herby Wade, South African cricket batsman & captain (10 Tests, 327 runs; Natal), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1980)
- Sep 21 Robert Lebel, French Canadian ice hockey executive, born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (d. 1999)
- Sep 25 Red Smith, American sportscaster and columnist (Pulitzer 1976, Fight Talk), born in Green Bay, Wisconsin (d. 1982)
- Sep 26 Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player, born in Patillas, Puerto Rico (d. 2011)
- Sep 27 Ernst Baier, German figure skater (Olympic gold 1936), born in Zittau, Saxony, Germany (d. 2001)
- Sep 28 Max Schmeling, German boxer (world heavyweight champion 1930-32), born in Klein Luckow, Germany (d. 2005)
- Sep 28 William Northam, Austrian yachtsman (Olympic gold 1964)
- Sep 29 Fidel LaBarba, American boxer (Olympic gold flyweight 1924; world flyweight title 1927), born in NYC, NY (d. 1981)
Deaths in Sport
- Sep 10 Pete Browning, American baseball player, dies at 44