manager:Art Fletcher

1926 St. Louis Globe-Democrat sports page featuring Howard Ehmke beating the Browns, Yankees over White Sox, Tigers over Athletics, and rain halting Pirates-Robins game.

team:St. Louis Cardinals

Rogers Hornsby Day Nears as Cardinals Battle Back Toward .500

The Cardinals return home riding a hot streak as Rogers Hornsby prepares for a citywide celebration and St. Louis opens a critical five-game series against the struggling Philadelphia Phillies.

Front page of The St. Louis Star Baseball Racing Extra from May 18, 1926, featuring the headline “Shower at Game Time Halts Birds.”

team:St. Louis Cardinals

Rain Halts Cardinals as Howard Ehmke Silences Sisler’s Browns in Boston

Rain washed out the Cardinals at Sportsman’s Park while Howard Ehmke dominated George Sisler’s Browns in Boston. Elsewhere, Irish Meusel found himself benched by John McGraw and Bucky Harris prepared for a high-society wedding.