player:Willie Kamm

Collage of July 4, 1926 St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Globe-Democrat sports pages featuring Cardinals, Browns, Babe Ruth, Oscar Melillo, Flint Rhem and vintage baseball advertisements.

team:St. Louis Cardinals

Cardinals Routed in Pittsburgh as Oscar Melillo and Flint Rhem Earn the Spotlight

The Cardinals fell into third place after a lopsided loss in Pittsburgh, while Oscar Melillo and Flint Rhem emerged as two of baseball's brightest young stars. Babe Ruth also weighed in on the best rookies of 1926.

publication:Sporting News

McGraw Re-Signs, Grove Silences Critics and the Pirates Eye Genewich — Inside The Sporting News, May 13, 1926

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.