Team:New York Giants
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.
publication:The Sporting News
Part two of our July 1, 1926 Sporting News special edition collects editorials, columns, humor, reader questions, and baseball commentary—from praise of Grover Alexander to debates over pennant races and baseball strategy.
publication:The Sporting News
Part one of Diamond Ghosts' Sporting News Special Edition from July 1, 1926 features league-wide pennant reports, Grover Alexander's Cardinals debut, Ted Lyons' dominance, and club dispatches from every major league city.
team:New York Yankees
Lefty Grove struck out 10 to overpower the Yankees, while the Giants rallied past the Braves and the Phillies hammered the Robins in another action-packed day from the June 29, 1926 New York Daily News.
Team:New York Giants
Bill Terry and Frank Frisch powered an 18-hit Giants attack in a 10–3 win over Philadelphia, while Brooklyn split a doubleheader with Boston after a costly extra-inning error spoiled the opener.
publication:New York Daily News
The Giants edged Cincinnati behind Jimmy Ring, the Yankees beat St. Louis without Babe Ruth as Tony Lazzeri homered, Jim Bottomley powered the Cardinals past Brooklyn, and Grover Cleveland Alexander was suspended by the Cubs in a busy day across baseball on June 16, 1926.
player:George Kelly
George Kelly slugged two home runs and drove in five runs as the Giants defeated Philadelphia, while rain halted both the Yankees and Robins and Ebbets Field prepared for a massive outdoor boxing card.
publication:The Sporting News
Babe Ruth chases another home run record while the Reds, Cubs and Pirates reshape the National League race. The Sporting News from May 27, 1926 captures baseball at a turning point, with pennant contenders rising, dynasties wobbling and legends still commanding the spotlight.
team:New York Yankees
Babe Ruth blasted his fifteenth homer of the season as the Yankees stretched their winning streak to nine games, while the Reds dropped Brooklyn into third place and the Giants survived Pittsburgh behind the defensive brilliance of Frankie Frisch and Frank Snyder.
team:Detroit Tigers
Babe Ruth blasted his fifteenth homer as the Yankees stretched their winning streak to nine games, while the Tigers edged Washington in a chaotic finish and the Reds continued their surprising climb atop the National League standings in May 1926.
publication:Sporting News
Babe Ruth keeps hammering home runs, Rogers Hornsby prepares for “Hornsby Day” in St. Louis, and the Reds, Robins, Yankees, and Athletics all surge in the 1926 pennant races in this packed Sporting News special edition from May 20, 1926.
publication:New York Daily News
The Giants dropped their third straight in Cincinnati after a disastrous eighth inning, while Babe Ruth’s Yankees sat idle in the rain and Brooklyn lost a lucrative one-day stand to the weather. Baseball writers of May 1926 captured panic, frustration, and pennant-race tension coast to coast.