ballpark:Shibe Park

May 9, 1926 St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports front page with headline about Babe Herman’s homer helping Brooklyn defeat the Cardinals 5–3 at Sportsman’s Park.

team:St. Louis Cardinals

Babe Herman Sinks Cardinals While Browns Collapse in Philadelphia — St. Louis Baseball Coverage from May 9, 1926

Babe Herman’s late homer sinks the Cardinals at Sportsman’s Park while the Browns are crushed 14–0 in Philadelphia. Plus: rumors swirl around George Sisler’s future, Brownie Notes, and a fascinating 1926 column on Ernie Nevers and baseball’s reserve clause system.

May 8, 1926 St. Louis Globe-Democrat headline announcing the Brooklyn Robins’ 7–1 win over the Cardinals as Burleigh Grimes allowed only five hits.

team:St. Louis Cardinals

Brooklyn Pounds Cardinals While Grove Silences Browns in Tough Day for St. Louis Baseball

Contents * Grimes Yields Five Hits and Robins Trounce Cardinals, 7 to 1 * Grove Holds Browns at Bay as Athletics Win Again, 5 to 1 Grimes Yields Five Hits and Robins Trounce Cardinals, 7 to 1 Dodgers’ Four Runs in First Leave Locals Flatfooted at Post Douthit’s Sacrifice Bunt with