- Jan 10 Norwegian speed skater Oscar Mathisen skates world 500m record in 43.7s in Oslo, Norway
- Jan 28 1st Millrose Games (athletics) held (NYC)
- Feb 1 Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play a 10-inning, 3-3 tie in Cairo, Egypt in an exhibition MLB game; part of special 56-game world tour
Event of Interest
Feb 7 Charlie Chaplin debuts silent film character The Tramp in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"
Charlie Chaplin
- Mar 19 Stanley Cup, Arena Gardens, Toronto ON: Toronto HC (NHA) defeat Victoria Aristocrats (PCHA), 2-1 for a 3-0 series sweep; final series of the "challenge" era
- Mar 20 1st international figure-skating tournament held in US, New Haven
- Mar 27 76th Grand National: Bill Smith aboard Sunloch wins by 8 lengths from Trianon III
- Apr 20 18th Boston Marathon won by Canadian James Duffy in 2:25:01.2
- May 9 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4
- May 16 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
- May 16 Ewing Field baseball park opens near Masonic Street, San Francisco. Relocated a year later.
- May 21 39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8
- May 30 Indianapolis 500: René Thomas wins in 6:03:45.060 (132.729 km/h)
- May 31 Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1
Baseball Record
Jun 9 Honus Wagner is 2nd to get 3,000 hits
Honus Wagner
- Jun 13 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Mary Browne wins her 3rd consecutive US title beating fellow American Marie Wagner 6–2, 1–6, 6–1; event moves to Forest Hills 1915
- Jun 19 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins a record 6th Open Championship, 3 strokes ahead of defending champion J.H. Taylor
- Jun 20 46th Belmont: Merritt Buxton aboard Luke McLuke wins in 2:20
- Jun 27 Defending champion Jack Johnson beats fellow American Frank Moran on points in 20 rounds in Paris, France to retain his lineal heavyweight boxing title
- Jul 4 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers wins her 7th and last Wimbledon singles title beating Ethel Larcombe 7-5, 6-4
- Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Norman Brookes beats 4-time defending champion Anthony Wilding of New Zealand 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
- Jul 5 MLB Boston Braves (26-40) are 15 games back in NL, go on to win World Series 4-0 vs Philadelphia A's
Event of Interest
Jul 7 Baltimore Orioles owner Jack Dunn offers future baseball legend Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore & Ben Egan for $10k to Connie Mack (Philadelphia A's); refuses pleading lack of finance
Connie Mack
- Jul 9 Boston Red Sox purchase future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth's contract from minor league Baltimore Orioles
- Jul 11 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox; earns 4-3 win against the Cleveland Naps at Fenway Park
- Jul 14 NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep
- Jul 17 Giants outfielder Red Murray is knocked unconscious by lightning after catching a flyball, ending 21 inning game, Giants win 3-1
- Jul 19 Boston Braves begin drive from last to the NL pennant with a 3-2 win against the 2nd placed Cincinnati Reds
Event of Interest
Jul 25 Last day of club cricket for English legend W. G. Grace at age 66: makes unbeaten 69 runs for Eltham against Grove Park
W. G. Grace
- Jul 26 12th Tour de France won by Philippe Thys of Belgium
- Jul 27 Roda JC soccer team forms in Kerkrade
- Aug 3 NY Yankees catcher Les Nunamaker throws out 3 Tigers' runners to 2nd base during the 1st innings, only time in 20th Century
- Aug 15 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, NYC, New York: Norman Brookes beats American Dick Norris Williams 6-1, 6-2, 8-10, 6-3 to give Australasia unassailable 3-1 lead; win 3-2
- Aug 18 Swiss track and road bicycle racer Oscar Egg sets new hour world record of 44.247 km at the outdoor Vélodrome Buffalo in Paris; record stands until 1933
US Golf Open
Aug 21 US Open Men's Golf, Midlothian CC: 21-year old Walter Hagen holds off amateur Chick Evans by 1 stroke to win the first of his 2 Open titles; first of 11 major championships
Walter Hagen
- Sep 1 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, R.I.: R. Norris Williams wins his first major title beating defending champion Maurice McLoughlin 6-3, 8-6, 10-8; final event at Newport Casino, moves to Forest Hills, NY
- Sep 9 Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0
- Sep 12 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager
- Sep 23 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
- Sep 27 Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit
- Sep 29 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
- Oct 13 Boston Braves sweep Philadelphia A's, 1st sweep in World Series history
- Nov 28 Australasian Championships Men's Tennis, Melbourne: All-Australian final; Arthur O'Hara Wood beats Gerald Patterson 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
Event of Interest
Dec 4 Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales; Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court
Walter Johnson
- Dec 5 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Toronto Argonauts win first Championship; beat U of Toronto Blues, 14-2