player:Rube Bressler

Vintage-style June 16, 1926 Daily News baseball collage featuring Jimmy Ring, Heinie Mueller, Urban Shocker, Tony Lazzeri, and Dazzy Vance with period newspaper advertisements.

publication:New York Daily News

Giants, Yankees and Cardinals Roll as June Pennant Races Tighten

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.

Close-up 1926 newspaper portrait of Babe Ruth smiling in his New York Yankees cap beneath the headline “His Majesty” during his powerful 1926 season.

team:New York Yankees

Ruth Reaches Fifteen as Giants Turn Back Pirates and Reds Drop Robins

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.