Events in Sport
Event of Interest
- May 21 Col Ruppert buys out Col Huston interest in NY Yankees for $1,500,000
- May 23 Harry Greb gives Gene Tunney his only professional boxing defeat
- May 25 Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an umpire
- May 29 US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws
- May 30 Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day
- May 30 Indianapolis 500: Jimmy Murphy wins in 5:17:30.845 (152.057 km/h)
Birthdays in Sport
- May 3 Len Shackleton, English former footballer, born in Bradford, England (d. 2000)
- May 6 Pat Harder, NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- May 11 Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (d. 1992)
- May 13 Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer (d. 1978)
- May 28 Lou Duva, American boxing trainer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
- May 29 Joe Weatherly, American auto racer (NASCAR Sprint Cup champion 1962-63), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1964)