Events in Sports History in April 1900

Jeffries vs Finnegan

Apr 6 James J. Jeffries KOs Jack Finnegan in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries

Apr 16 4th Boston Marathon won by Canadian Jim Caffrey in race record 2:39:44.4
Apr 19 Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10
Apr 26 Newly renamed American League opener in Cleveland draws 6,500 (still as a minor league, was Western League)

Fitzsimmons KOs Dunkhost

Apr 30 Weighing in at 170 lbs British former world heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons KOs 270 lb American Ed Dunkhost in round 2 of a lop-sided bout in Brooklyn, New York