Two baseball teams played a night match at White Sox Party using three 100-foot towers lit with 12 electric lamps.
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American baseball player Joe McGinnity was suspended after a brawl in which he punched and spat at umpire Tom Connolly.
New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio, made his major-league debut.
Jackie Robinson signed the first Major League Baseball contract for a Black ballplayer.
Baseballer Nolan Ryan became the first pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters.
Babe Ruth's baseball jersey became the most expensive sports memorabilia when it sold for $5.6 million.
