There were seven different events that took place: an amateur championship, a college championship, a YMCA championship, two high school championships, and two elementary school championships.[1]
The Buffalo German YMCA dominated the men's championship while other teams frequently failed to field a complete team or show up for all their scheduled games, resulting in several lopsided scores and forfeited matches.[2]
^ Written at St. Louis. "Hurrah for Hiram — Little Ohio College Wins Basket-ball Championship of the World at St. Louis". The Kalamazoo Gazette. Kalamazoo, MI. Associated Press. July 14, 1904. The Hiram college basket-ball team won the college championship basket-ball contest open to the colleges of the world, today.
^ Written at St. Louis. "Hiram Gets the Banner — Basket Ball Team Wins the World's Intercollegiate Championship — Members Are Awarded Gold Medals". Cleveland, Ohio. July 14, 1904. The intercollegiate basket ball championship games were played in World's Fair gymnasium to-day, the world's championship banner going to Hiram College, of Hiram, O. Wheaton College, of Wheaton, Ill., was second, and the Latter Day Saints' College, of Salt Lake City, Utah, third.
