Though it was nominally the "foreign" demonstration sport of that Olympiad, Australia had a long history of baseball dating back to at least 1889.

Sutton made up for his error in the top half on the third inning, with a grand slam to send the score out to a commanding 6–1.

[5] The game was eventually called at 2:40 p.m., after six completed innings and a final score of 11–5, with the Americans batting first.

The stadium announcer claimed that it was the largest audience for a baseball game anywhere in the world up to that point.

[12] American outfielder Dick Greisser was a future Collegiate All-American, and would go on to be inducted into the University of Arizona Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003.