Sidelights April 22, 1926

SIDELIGHTS OF YESTERDAY’S GAMES

FIVE LEADING BATTERS

(Both Leagues)

Player	Team	G	AB	R	H	Pct.
Flagstead	Red Sox	7	31	6	16	.516
Dykes	Athletics	8	33	4	16	.485
Spurgeon	Indians	7	31	6	15	.484
Hornsby	Cards	8	32	5	14	.438
Johnston	Braves	8	23	1	10	.435

Idle for a day, the New York Giants, held first place in the National League. The Detroit Tygers fell out of a triple tie for the lead in the American League leaving the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians setting the pace.

Tom Zachary - MLB Pitcher — Tom Zachary - Traded to the St. Louis Browns

Tom Zachary, traded by Bucky Harris to St. Louis for Joe Bush, beat Bush into the win column. He allowed only four hits to the Chicago White Sox, besting Urban Faber.

Gus Johns, rookie Detroit pitcher fooled the Indians last week but they found him out and blasted him out of the box.

For the second time in four days, Waite Hoyt rushed into the relief of Sam Jones and saved the day for the Yanks. The Babe got a hit and stole a base. Combs hit a homer with two on and Bob Meusel rapped one for four bases. The other Yanks were rather peaceful.

A homer by Joe Harris was the only hit the Nats were able to get off Eddie Rommel in eight innings, but singles by Ruether, a pinch hitter, and Goslin in the ninth scored another run.

Heathcote, cub outfielder, hit two doubles in three times up, scored two runs and made three circus catches.

Jimmy Dykes, Athletic infielder, got four singles in four times up and became the second American League hitter.

Rogers Hornsby didn’t get a chance to hit but was pushed up into first place in the National League with an average of .438.

Tavener and Fothergill, Ty Cobb's star hitters, joined the first five American League batters holding fourth and fifth place with .409 and .407.

1926 newspaper photo of St. Louis Browns pitcher Chester Falk in a pitching pose during his first major league start against Cleveland.

Dodgers Roll Into St. Louis While Hornsby’s Bats Fall Silent

## Contents of this Evenings Publication - Grimes Likely to Face Cards in First Game - Hornsby’s Answers - Who's Who In Baseball -Batting And Pitching records of the Two St. Louis Teams Grimes Likely to Face Cards in First Game Robinson’s Team Out in Front With

1926 Pittsburgh Post cartoon celebrating the Pirates’ 3-2 win over the Braves at Forbes Field, featuring Hazen Cuyler, Hal Rhyne, Dave Bancroft and comic game scenes.

Champtown Chatter, Cuyler’s Homer and Four Double Plays — Pittsburgh Post Coverage From May 1926

## Featured in This Morning’s Edition - Pirates Vanquish Tailenders 3-2 - Reflections of a Happy Day at Forbes Field - Champtown Chatter - The Post — Most News — Keep Post-Ed Pirates Vanquish Tailenders 3-2 and Ascend to Sixth Position Swat by Meadows Decides Own Game and Beats Braves Bespectacled Hurler

Champtown Chatter May 5, 1926

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Bells Deliver for Cardinals; Hornsby Explains the Game — Twin St. Louis Accounts of a 3–2 Victory

Herman Bell Pitches Cardinals to 3-to-2 Victory Over Reds Lester Bell Drives In 2 Runs in 8th By J. Roy Stockton - St. Louis Post-Dispatch May 5, 1926 Herman Bell, big-fisted, raw-boned and with a deep love for rough and tumble, is sergeant-at-arms of the Cardinal baseball club. His office