Major League Baseball World Series — no World Series held between New York Giants (National League) and Boston Red Sox (American League)

Kentucky Derby, Horse Racing — Elwood (Frankie Prior, jockey)

Collegiate Football National Champion — University of Pennsylvania 12-0

U.S.G.A. Amateur Championship — H. Chandler Egan

U.S.G.A. Open Championship — Willie Anderson

U.S.G.A. Women's Amateur Championship — Georgiana Bishop

U.S. Lawn Tennis Association Men's Singles Championship — Holcombe Ward

U.S. Lawn Tennis Association Women's Singles Championship — May G. Sutton