player:Win Ballou

Vintage newspaper collage featuring the June 21, 1926 St. Louis Globe-Democrat masthead, Browns and Cardinals game stories, box scores, sports notes, and 1920s advertisements.

team:St. Louis Cardinals

Cards Keep Rolling, Browns Walk Off Senators as St. Louis Clubs Stay Hot

Bill Sherdel carried a near-perfect game into the ninth as the Cardinals blanked Brooklyn, 9–0, for their sixth straight win. Meanwhile, Ken Williams and Bob LaMotte fueled a Browns comeback that handed Walter Johnson his seventh consecutive defeat, 5–4.

team:St. Louis Browns

Four Runs in Ninth Give White Sox 6 to 5 Victory Over Browns

A three-run Browns rally in the eighth seemed enough, but the White Sox answered with four runs in the ninth to steal a 6-5 victory. Bob La Motte's late error proved costly, while Bibb Falk and Eddie Collins helped fuel Chicago's comeback in a dramatic American League finish.