Events in Sport
- May 18 Philadelphia Athletics rout Detroit Tigers, 24-2 at Shibe Park; Tigers use amateurs in protest at Ty Cobbs suspension from the game
- May 19 AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball
- May 28 Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Australia v South Africa
- May 30 Indianapolis 500: Joe Dawson in the American-manufactured, 4-cylinder National, wins in race record 6:21:06; time is 21:02 faster than previous 1911 record
Birthdays in Sport
Sam Snead (1912-2002)
May 27 American golfer (7 PGA Tour major titles; US Masters 1949, 52, 54), born in Ashwood, Virginia
- May 27 Terry Moore, American baseball outfielder (World Series 1942, 46; 4 x MLB All Star; St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (Philadelphia Phillies 1954), born in Vernon, Alabama (d. 1995)
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