author:Jack Ryder

1926 baseball cartoon depicting the Cincinnati Reds marching ahead of National League rivals while taunting the Giants, Robins, Phillies, and Braves.

team:Cincinnati Reds

Pirates Pound Reds as Emil Yde Silences Cincinnati’s League Leaders

The defending Pirates battered the first-place Reds, 7–2, behind Emil Yde, Glenn Wright, and Pie Traynor, while the Cincinnati Enquirer captured the mood of May 1926 with baseball notes, humor, and sports-page verse.

1926 Cincinnati Enquirer cartoon titled “Knock ’Em Dizzy, Red!” showing a giant Reds batter swinging rivals like the Giants, Pirates, Phillies, Cubs, and Braves out of first place.

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Red Lucas Lifts Reds Over Giants as Cincinnati Tightens Grip on First Place

Red Lucas crushed a game-winning triple, Adolfo Luque outpitched Jack Scott, and the Reds stretched their winning streak to six games before more than 30,000 fans at Redland Field. Meanwhile, Billy Evans explained why Lefty Grove finally looked worth Connie Mack’s $100,000 investment.