1904 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
American football
College championship
College football national championship – Penn Quakers
Professional championships
Ohio League championship – Massillon Tigers
Western Pennsylvania Championship – Latrobe Athletic Association
Events
15 November — Canton Athletic Club (later renamed the Canton Bulldogs) is first established.
Association football
International
World governing body FIFA is founded. The football associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland do not join at this time. Austria Formation of the Austrian Football Association (Österreichischer Fußball-Bund or ÖFB) Brazil Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas was founded in Rio de Janeiro. England The Football League – The Wednesday 47 points, Manchester City 44, Everton 43, Newcastle United 42, Aston Villa 41, Sunderland 39 FA Cup final – Manchester City 1–0 Bolton Wanderers at Crystal Palace, London. Germany National Championship – competition is annulled by the DFB following a protest by Karlsruher FV that matches have not been played on neutral grounds as stipulated by the rules. Portugal Benfica founded in Lisbon as the Grupo Sport Lisboa. In 1908, it merges with SC de Benfica to form Sport Lisboa e Benfica (SL Benfica). Scotland Scottish Football League – Third Lanark Scottish Cup final – Celtic 3–2 Rangers at Hampden Park Sweden Formation of the Swedish Football Association (Svenska Fotbollförbundet or SvFF)
Athletics
Michael Spring wins the eighth running of the Boston Marathon.
Australian rules football
VFL Premiership
Fitzroy wins the 8th VFL Premiership – Fitzroy 9.7 (61) d Carlton 5.7 (37) at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
Baseball
World Series
NL champion New York Giants refuses to participate in the 1904 World Series. Boston Americans repeat as American League champions. Events 5 May — Cy Young of Boston Americans pitches a perfect game, the second of his three no-hitters. He goes on to complete 24 hitless innings, still the record, and 45 scoreless innings, a record broken by Jack Coombs in 1910 Duluth White Sox wins the Northern League championship
Boxing
Events
29 April — Barbados Joe Walcott meets Dixie Kid to defend the World Welterweight Championship and, though well on top, is disqualified by the referee after 20 rounds for an alleged foul. Kid claims the title but it is subsequently discovered that the referee has bet on Kid to win and so Kid's claim is widely disregarded. 30 September — Walcott meets World Lightweight Champion Joe Gans in a non-title fight which is scored a draw after 20 rounds. 17 October — Joe Bowker (England) challenges Frankie Neil in London for the World Bantamweight Championship and wins over 20 rounds, the first non-American to hold this title. 31 October — Joe Gans meets Jimmy Britt in San Francisco to defend the World Lightweight Championship. Britt knocks Gans down four times but, after the last one in the fifth round, he hits Gans again before he has stood up and is disqualified for the foul. Afterwards, Gans vacates the title which is awarded to Britt. Two years later, Gans will claim that the fight has been fixed by his and Britt's managers. 31 December — during a New Year celebration, Walcott accidentally shoots himself in the hand to effectively ending his days as a top prizefighter. While he will return to the ring in 1906 (losing his welterweight title in the process), he never regains his old form and loses most of his subsequent fights. Lineal world champions World Heavyweight Championship – James J. Jeffries World Light Heavyweight Championship – Bob Fitzsimmons World Middleweight Championship – Tommy Ryan World Welterweight Championship – Barbados Joe Walcott World Lightweight Championship – Joe Gans → Jimmy Britt World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell World Bantamweight Championship – Frankie Neil → Joe Bowker
Cricket
England
County Championship – Lancashire
Minor Counties Championship – Northamptonshire
Most runs – Tom Hayward 3170 @ 54.65 (HS 203) Most wickets – J T Hearne 145 @ 18.84 (BB 8–49) Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Bernard Bosanquet, Ernest Halliwell, James Hallows, Percy Perrin, Reggie Spooner Australia Sheffield Shield – New South Wales Most runs – Victor Trumper 990 @ 55.00 (HS 185*) Most wickets – Wilfred Rhodes 65 @ 16.23 (BB 8–68) India Bombay Presidency – Parsees South Africa Currie Cup – Western Province West Indies Inter-Colonial Tournament – Trinidad and Tobago