publication:Sporting News
John McGraw signs a new Giants contract as The Sporting News dives into 1926 baseball rumors, pennant races, Ty Cobb’s Tigers, Lefty Grove’s rise, Red Lucas, and major league chatter coast to coast.
team:Pittsburgh Pirates
All the Pirates had to do yesterday in order to break a deadlock which existed between them and their Philadelphia opponents was to take a few pokes at the pellet, lean back and idle along to an 11-1 victory.
team:St. Louis Cardinals
Table of Contents 1. Pinch Hurling of Haines Enables Cards to Down Giants Again, 6–5 2. Browns Present Washington with Victory, 6–5, in Opening Contest 3. ATHLETICS WIN 8TH STRAIGHT, BEAT SOX, 6–2 4. BUCS POUND 3 PHIL PITCHERS TO WIN, 11 TO 1 Pinch Hurling of
team:Brooklyn Robins
Burleigh Grimes baffled the Cubs with his spitter as Brooklyn stayed in first place, while the Giants spiraled deeper into chaos — both on the field and inside the front office. The May 12, 1926 New York Daily News captured a National League race growing more dramatic by the day.
team:St. Louis Cardinals
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.
team:St. Louis Cardinals
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
team:St. Louis Cardinals
## Today's Edition - Cardinals Make Only Three Hits, but Win from Dodgers, 3 to 1 - Sylvester Johnson’s Toe Fractured by Line Drive Wednesday - Athletics Stage Ninth-Inning Rally to Win Over Browns, 5 to 4 - Big League Figures Cardinals Make Only Three Hits, but Win from Dodgers, 3
team:St. Louis Cardinals
## 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 12 Victories and
author:J. Roy Stockton
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
team:St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals, at Home After Losing 7 of 10 on Road, Tackle Cincinnati Today Hornsby and His Men Expect to Prosper at Sportsman’s Park Team Won Two of Three at Pittsburgh, 1 of 3 With Reds and Lost Four in Chicago. By Herman Wecke. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch May 3,
Team:New York Giants
The Sporting News Roundup: April 29, 1926 Two weeks into the 1926 major league season, the baseball world was already being turned upside down. Favorites stumbled, contenders emerged, and The Sporting News captured the early-season chaos from St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Boston and beyond. First Two Weeks Finds
team:St. Louis Cardinals
Team Gets Off to Fighting Start in National Race ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 22.—Something of the old fight and spirit that marked the Cardinals in their championship year appears to have returned to the club and the Redbirds are off to a fighting start in the National League race.