The men's edition was held at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it took place 3–4 July.

At the men's championships, Percy Beard set the 110 m hurdles world record.

As the event fell out of favor after 1957, the mark is presumed by Track & Field News to be the world record for the farthest baseball throw by a woman as of 2021[update].

One of her return throws struck James McBride, a spectator, and Walsh was subsequently arrested.

Walsh was eventually set free, though she soon after moved to Poland and did not compete again at the USA Outdoor Championships until 1939.