In the 9th inning at Ebbets Field, pinch-hitter Clarence Mitchell, batting for starter Leon Cadore, hits a two-run homer, but the Dodgers come up short, losing to Boston, 5 – 4. Mitchell’s blast is the first pinch homer by a Dodgers pitcher.

Against Philadelphia‚ the Yankees plate 7 runs in the 7th to beat the Athletics‚ 7 – 4. Carl Mays is the winner‚ notching his 20th straight victory over the A’s.

The United States Supreme Court finds that baseball is primarily a sport and not a business in its ruling on the Federal Baseball Club v. National League case. In using this argument, the court rules that baseball is not subject to antitrust laws nor to standard interstate commerce regulations.