IN THE NEWS: National League secretary John Heydler is formally elected president of the league. He had been acting president since John Tener stepped down last August.
IN THE NEWS: Duffy Lewis returns from the military, and is traded by the Red Sox to the Yankees. He goes along with front-line pitchers Ernie Shore and Dutch Leonard for P Ray "Slim" Caldwell, Slim Love, Roxy Walters, Frank Gilhooley, and $15,000. The Tigers had turned down a deal for Leonard on the 16th. The Boston Post reports that "it will take a lot to convince Boston fans that they got the best of this one."
IN THE NEWS: Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager following the team's skid to 5th.
Giants pitcher Fred Toney is sentenced to four months in jail after he pleads guilty to violating the Mann Act, which prohibits taking a woman across state lines for immoral purposes.
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