Events in Sport
- May 2 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker riding Judge Himes wins in 2:09
- May 3 AVC Heracles (SC Heracles '74) soccer team forms in Almelo
- May 6 Chicago White Sox commit 11 errors against Detroit Tigers but win 10-9 at South Side Park. Chicago
- May 17 Cleveland Indians beat NY Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio
- May 27 37th Belmont: John Bullman aboard Africander wins in 2:21.75
- May 30 28th Preakness: W Gannon aboard Flocarline wins in 1:44.8
Birthdays in Sport
- May 4 Elmer Layden, College Football Hall of Fame fullback (Notre Dame legendary 4-horsemen, 1st NFL Commissioner), born in Davenport, Iowa (d. 1973)
- May 11 Charlie Gehringer, American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (6 x MLB All Star; World Series 1935; AL MVP & batting champion 1937; Detroit Tigers), born in Fowlerville, Michigan (d. 1993)
- May 13 Jim Sims, English cricket spin bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets; Middlesex), born in Leyton, England (d. 1973)
Cool Papa Bell (1903-1991)
May 17 American Baseball HOF center fielder (NgL WorLd Series 1943, 44 Homestead Grays; 8 x NgL All Star; career BA .337), born in Starkville, Mississippi
- May 27 Walt Kiesling, American Pro Football Hall of Fame guard (NFL 1920s All-Decade Team; First-team All-Pro 1929, 30, 32; Chicago Cardinals, Chicago Bears) and coach (Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1962)
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