publication:New York Daily News - Ghosts Of The Diamond (Page 2)

1926 newspaper portrait of Babe Ruth smiling beneath the headline “Wotta Man!” after hitting two home runs for the Yankees against Cleveland.

player:Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth Roars and Giants Crush Cardinals — New York Daily News Baseball Coverage, May 14, 1926

Babe Ruth belts two more home runs in a Yankees slugfest with Cleveland while the Giants crush the Cardinals behind Virgil Barnes and lose Travis Jackson to another painful knee injury.

1926 newspaper photo of Brooklyn Robins pitcher Burleigh Grimes after defeating the Cubs 6–2 to keep Brooklyn in first place.

team:Brooklyn Robins

Burleigh Grimes Dominates Cubs While McGraw’s Giants Face Growing Pressure

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.

1926 New York Daily News feature on Pat Collins and the Yankees’ 7–6 extra-inning win over Detroit, highlighted by Babe Ruth’s sixth home run of the season.

team:New York Yankees

Pat Collins Saves the Yankees as Cubs Blank Giants and Robins Crush Cardinals — May 8, 1926

A noisy single snapped along the left foul line by the bat of Pat Collins in the eleventh inning yesterday was one of the most welcome blows of the season, for that hit defeated the Detroit Tygers by a score of 7 to 6 and terminated the four-game losing streak of the Yankees.

1926 newspaper portrait of Brooklyn Robins captain Jack Fournier accompanying his first-person Daily News account of a 3–1 loss to the Cardinals.

player:Flint Rhem

Jack Fournier Writes from the Press Box as Yankees Slide and Giants Win — New York Daily News Baseball Coverage, May 7, 1926

Playing a nineteen inning ball game is duck soup compared to this business of trying to tell the reading public in so many words how it happened and why.

player:Robert McGraw

Yankees’ Streak Ends, Giants Rout Phillies, Robins Roll On - May 4, 1926

HOMERUN BY FOURNIER STARTS SLUGGING FEST McGraw Holds Boston Team to Five Hits By JACK FARRELL. - NY Daily News May 4, 1926 Boston Braves by 4 to 1 yesterday at Ebbets Field, thereby solidifying their position in the upper berth of the National League. Robert McGraw outpitched Genevich in an

team:Washington Nationals

May 1, 1926: Yankees Win Seventh Straight, Robins Take NL Lead, Giants Fall Again

From the New York Daily News — a full snapshot of New York baseball. ROBINS TAKE NATIONAL LEAGUE LEAD PHILLIES ARE HIT BY 8 TO 4 SCORE AT EBBETS FIELD By CHARLES HOERTER. The Dodgers accomplished three big things at Ebbets Field yesterday afternoon. They defeated Art Fletcher’s despised Phillies

Headshots of baseball players Frank Snyder, George Kelly, Fred Fitzsimmons, and Heinie Groh.

publication:New York Daily News

GIANTS COME FROM BEHIND TO WIN 9-8

PHILLIES' 5 RUN LEAD VANISHES IN EIGHTH Succession of Pitchers Does Not Stop Boys By WILL MURPHY Philadelphia, Pa., April 27 The Giants broke their losing streak and the hearts of about 8,400 Philadelphia fans by overcoming the Phils' five-run lead in the eighth inning here

Caught off second in the first, the Bambino finds Sam Hale waiting at third with the ball and Umpire Nallin ready to call him out.

team:New York Yankees

YANK DYNAMITE BAMS ATHLETICS, 8-2

BOYS HIT BALL SOMETHING AWFUL; BABE DOUBLES WITH BASES FULL Shawkey Allows Only Five Hits in Game April 27, 1926 - New York Daily News By PAUL GALLICO The only question that agitates the minds of visitors to the Yankee stadium these brisk days is what manner of losing it is