IN THE NEWS: Lou Gehrig agrees to $38,000, plus a $750 bonus for signing. He'll play his first game March 20 driving in two runs as the Yanks beat the Bees, 5–3.
IN THE NEWS: In an exhibition match, the Mexico City Agriculture team blanks the Athletics in the first inning before caving in and losing, 34–5. Ace Parker and Bob Johnson pole home runs.
IN THE NEWS: Josh Gibson and Judy Johnson, two future Hall of Famers, are traded to the Homestead Grays for two journeyman players and $2,500. The transaction is called the biggest deal in Negro baseball history.
IN THE NEWS: Trying to see if a new "dead ball" is better than the existing one, the new sphere is tried in a game between the Red Sox and the Senators. The Sox outslug the Nats, 13–12, as Cronin drives in six runs. Last week the ball was used in a game between the Giants and Bees with much the same result. On April 12, the White Sox and Pirates will test the new ball, with the Sox winning 9–6, though the longest hit is a double.
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