Events in Sport
- Aug 1 Tour de France: François Faber of Luxembourg becomes the first foreigner to win the cycling classic
Event of Interest
Aug 4 MLB umpire Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting in the face of A's 2nd baseman Eddie Collins who had questioned a call; 2 weeks later Hurst banned for life
Eddie Collins
- Aug 19 Indianapolis 500 race track opens
- Aug 26 Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 & 13-67 for Middlesex v Gloucs
- Aug 27 29th U.S. Men's National Championship: William Larned beats William Clothier (6-1, 6-2, 5-7, 1-6, 6-1)
- Aug 31 A J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball
- Aug 31 Swedish runner Thure Johansson runs world record marathon (2:40:34.2) in Stockholm
Birthdays in Sport
- Aug 4 Glenn Cunningham, American middle distance runner (1930's), born in Atlanta, Kansas (d. 1988)
- Aug 8 Bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler)
- Aug 13 Wilhelmina Von Bremen, American 4X100 relay sprinter (Olympic gold 1932), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1976)
- Aug 14 Len Darling, cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's)
- Aug 20 Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1978)
- Aug 23 Syd Buller, English first-class cricketer and cricket umpire, born in Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire (d. 1970)
- Aug 24 Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1998)
- Aug 26 Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for South Africa 1935-39)
- Aug 26 Gene Moore, baseball player (d. 1978)
- Aug 27 Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (Tour de France 1936, 39), born in Gistel, Belgium (d. 1966)