May 1922 in Sports History

Events in Sport

May 20 Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, previously suspended by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, return to the NY lineup and go hitless

May 21 Col Ruppert buys out Col Huston interest in NY Yankees for $1,500,000
May 21 Ruppert buys out Huston interest in Yankees for $15 million
May 23 Future World Heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney suffers his only professional defeat in 15-round unanimous points decision against Harry Greb at Madison Square Garden, NY
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)

May 3 Len Shackleton, English former footballer, born in Bradford, England (d. 2000)
May 6 Pat Harder, American NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1992)
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)