publication:St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Ghosts Of The Diamond

player:George Sisler

Browns Need a Traffic Cop as Tigers Capitalize on Costly Mix-Up

A costly outfield miscommunication between Harry Rice and Baby Doll Jacobson helps sink the Browns in a chaotic doubleheader with Detroit, while Rogers Hornsby answers readers' baseball rules questions in the latest St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage.

Rogers Hornsby accepts the 1925 National League MVP trophy at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis on May 22, 1926, surrounded by Cardinals and Phillies players during the Hornsby Day celebration.

player:Rogers Hornsby

Rogers Hornsby Day: A 1926 St. Louis Newspaper Special Edition

On May 22, 1926, St. Louis celebrated Rogers Hornsby as National League MVP. This special edition follows Hornsby Day through the Globe-Democrat, Star and Post-Dispatch, capturing the atmosphere surrounding one of the city’s great baseball tributes.

May 9, 1926 St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports front page with headline about Babe Herman’s homer helping Brooklyn defeat the Cardinals 5–3 at Sportsman’s Park.

team:St. Louis Cardinals

Babe Herman Sinks Cardinals While Browns Collapse in Philadelphia — St. Louis Baseball Coverage from May 9, 1926

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.

1926 newspaper photo of St. Louis Browns pitcher Chester Falk in a pitching pose during his first major league start against Cleveland.

team:St. Louis Cardinals

Dodgers Roll Into St. Louis While Hornsby’s Bats Fall Silent

## 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

Bells Deliver for Cardinals; Hornsby Explains the Game — Twin St. Louis Accounts of a 3–2 Victory

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

Portrait illustration of Ed Wray, St. Louis sportswriter behind “Wray’s Column,” shown in a vintage newspaper feature with his name stylized along the border.

publication:St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Wray's Column May 4, 1926

By: Ed Wray. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Milton’s Stock Falls. MILTON Stock is away below par. His release by the Brooklyn club shows that. And it’s Milton’s own fault. Milton is afflicted with a spring training complex and it finally brought him low. Stock, it will be

team:St. Louis Cardinals

Browns Win on Late Homer; Cardinals Open Home Stand Against Cincinnati May 3, 1926

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:St. Louis Cardinals

Cardinals Will Be Hard Team to Beat, Foster Says; White Sox Also Dangerous

By John B. Foster. (Copyright, 1926.) NEW YORK, April 19.—The St. Louis Nationals, perched proudly today at the top of the heap, thus early have proved that they have a legitimate right to sign their baseball correspondence: "Please give us your respectful attention." It is a long