Ty Cobb's Tigers prepare for a key showdown with the Athletics as Babe Ruth's home run pace cools, Grantland Rice debates baseball's greatest manager, and pennant races tighten across both major leagues.
Flint Rhem returned to dominant form as the Cardinals battered Philadelphia, Babe Ruth predicted a Cardinals-Yankees World Series, the Yankees defeated the Browns, and the St. Louis Stars extended their winning streak to eleven games.
The Yankees erased a late deficit to beat Detroit 4–3 behind Tony Lazzeri and Earle Combs, while Brooklyn suspended Jess Petty for violating training rules and the Giants defeated Toledo in exhibition play.
Rube Curry authored a brilliant no-hitter as the American Giants swept Dayton, while the Kansas City Monarchs and Detroit Stars also opened the Negro National League's second half with impressive victories.
The Homestead Grays erupted for 102 hits and 78 runs across five games, Oscar Owens threw 16 brilliant innings in a doubleheader sweep, and the Pittsburgh Courier debated whether Cum Posey's club could challenge the major league Pirates.
Content from the St. Louis Argus - Friday July 16, 1926 In This Edition * St. Louis Stars Start New Schedule With Clean Sweep * Saturday's Game * Sunday's Game * Monday's Game * Tuesday's Game * Wednesday's Game * The Box Scores * Stars Open A. B. C.
Three of baseball's biggest stories from the July 16, 1926 New York Daily News: the Cardinals rout Brooklyn, the Pirates blank the Giants behind Ray Kremer, and Detroit hands the Yankees another defeat, plus vintage advertisements from the era.
The Cardinals survived Jack Fournier's three-home-run barrage and 16 Brooklyn hits, erupting for a seven-run fifth inning behind Taylor Douthit's four-hit day to claim a wild 12–10 victory at Sportsmans Park.
Three pennant contenders made headlines on July 13, 1926: the Pirates capitalized on a Giants miscue, George Uhle mastered the Yankees, and Brooklyn won despite losing ace Dazzy Vance to injury.
Walter Johnson and the Washington Senators continue their midsummer surge while Louis A. Dougher details the club's renewed confidence, Goose Goslin's struggles, Joe Judge's suspension, and the tightening American League pennant race.
Lou Gehrig's twelfth-inning single lifted the Yankees over Cleveland, while the Cubs swept a doubleheader from Brooklyn and the Giants pounded Cincinnati for their third straight victory on July 10, 1926.
Arthur Reinhart scattered seven hits while the Cardinals erupted for 15 of their own, chasing Adolfo Luque with a six-run fifth inning to salvage the series finale against Cincinnati, 11–2.