player:Robert McGraw

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

Fast and daring base running carries Chick Fewster from first to third on Zack Wheat’s single in second, ball reaching Zach Taylor almost as soon as he did, giving Umpire Bill Klem a close one to call.

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.

Portrait of Robert Emmet McGraw from a 1926 newspaper, Brooklyn pitcher in Robins win over Boston Braves. — Robert Emmet McGraw pictured in 1926 as the Brooklyn pitcher outduels Boston in Robins victory at Ebbets Field.

Robert McGraw outpitched Genevich in an interesting mound duel. Robert allowed but five hits. Two of these came in the eighth inning and were instrumental in saving the Braves from a shutout.

1926 newspaper portrait of Jack Fournier, Brooklyn Robins first baseman, noted for hitting his fifth home run of the season. — Jack Fournier featured after hitting his fifth home run of the 1926 season to power the Brooklyn Robins offense.

Fournier Swats Fifth

Jack Fournier’s fifth circuit clout of the season in the second inning gave the Robins the upper hand, and they never stopped until they had the game safely in hand.

The Robins bagged another run through the medium of Mike O’Neil’s single, McGraw’s sacrifice and a two bagger by Chick Fewster.

Score Pair in Fifth

In the sixth the Robins were presented with two more runs. Genevich started the fun by walking Fournier. Gus Felix singled and when both runners attempted a double steal Zach Taylor threw the ball to catch Felix, but nobody was there to receive it.

Then Genevich uncorked a wild heave and Fournier scored, while Felix pulled up at third. After Johnny Butler fanned Felix scored on Rabbit Maranville’s infield out.

It required the combined efforts of a half dozen batters in the eighth to bring in the only Brave run. After Zach Taylor walked he was forced by Jimmy Johnston, who batted for Genevich, Andy High hit for Gautreau and singled, and Banny put Johnston across with another single.

Manager Dave Bancroft played a sensational field game.

Box Score May 3, 1926 - Boston Braves vs Brooklyn Dodgers

Robins Hand Milt Stock Unconditional Release

Vintage 1926 portrait of Milton Stock, veteran Brooklyn infielder released by the Robins after ten years in Major League Baseball. — Milton Stock shown in 1926 following his unconditional release by the Brooklyn Robins after a decade in the majors.

Milt Stock, veteran Brooklyn infielder, received his unconditional release yesterday. Stock refused to report to the Brooklyn spring training camp at Clearwater, Fla., because of salary differences.

After compromising with the Brooklyn officials, Stock was slow in getting in condition. With a surplus of infielders, Uncle Robbie yesterday decided to give Stock his release. As a ten-year man, Stock could not be sent to the minors.

GIANTS DRUB PHILS; ROBINS WIN AGAIN

WISNER HURLS M’GRAW MEN TO 11–2 VICTORY

By Will Murphy. - NY Daily News May 4, 1926

“Somebody,” said one of the Giant veterans the other day, “is going to take one helluva beating whenever we get to playing ball again.”

Yesterday it happened.

The Giants did get to playing ball and the Phillies took a helluva beating. The score was 11 to 2, and it gave an accurate measure of the comparative abilities of the combatants at the Polo Grounds yesterday afternoon. The Giants losing streak was thus broken after four games.

1926 newspaper portraits of Jack Wisner and Bill Terry, New York Giants players highlighted in victory over the Phillies. — Jack Wisner and Bill Terry pictured in 1926 as Wisner’s pitching and Terry’s hitting lead the Giants past Philadelphia.

The McGraw workers not only hit the little stitched onion hard and happily, but they had splendid pitching from Big Jack Wisner. John permitted but six hits, and if one of them hadn’t been a Texas league fly ball that lit in the right field lower stand in the eighth inning John would have had a shutout.

Dean Starts on Mound

Wayland Dean, late playmate of the Giants, started to pitch for the Phils and was bothered considerably right at the start. He walked a couple and singles filled the bases. Bill Terry singled, scoring one run and Al Taylor’s clout brought in two more.

Large Bill played first base because George Kelly said his neck or something else needed attention. George had better cure the neck, for Mr. Terry drove in four runs and generally performed most excellently.

After the first round Dean went along nicely until the fifth, when our side blasted him loose from his moorings.

Terry Gets Double

Singles by Wisner and Freddie Lindstrom, Frisch’s out and Young’s hit produced one run. A walk to Ross Youngs filled the bases, whereupon Master Terry notified some of Mr. McGraw’s remarks about his hitting ability by batting a double to left that cleared the bases.

Left-hander Ray Pierce replaced Dean and Travis Jackson’s three-bagger scored the fifth run of the inning. It was all very enjoyable to eyes that have been pained by the recent maneuvers of the Giants.

Pierce was annoyed at the rate of one run per inning for the rest of the afternoon’s exercises.

Up to the eighth inning only five Phils reached first base, one of them on Jackson’s bobble. In the eighth Sandy got a hit and Al Nixon lifted one to the $110 seats in right.

Umpire Pete McLaughlin chased manager Art Fletcher off the Philly bench in the second inning. Fletcher said things Pete didn’t like.

Box Score May 3, 1926 - Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Giants

READ ’EM AND WEEP… YANKS, 3; A’S, 8

EIGHT GAME WINNING STREAK GOES BLOOIE

Lefty Grove Too Good for Murderers’ Row.
By Marshall Hunt. - NY Daily News May 4, 1926

Philadelphia, Pa., May 3.—Completely obliterated, entirely extinguished, totally erased, chucked into the limbo of Athletics or what have you, is that resplendent, yes, gleaming winning streak of the New York Yankees.

Illustration of Babe Ruth and Lefty Grove from a 1926 newspaper, highlighting Grove’s pitching performance against the Yankees. — Babe Ruth and Lefty Grove featured in 1926 newspaper art as Grove halts the Yankees’ eight-game winning streak in Philadelphia.

It was nourished and pampered and petted through eight games, but it came to an abrupt and ignominious termination this afternoon when the Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Yankees by a score of 8 to 3.

Murderers’ Row today had no conception of what constitutes a real, first class homicide, what with Lefty Grove pitching puzzlingly and what with Robert Shawkey and Urban Shocker submitting peacefully to an insurrection in the sixth and eighth innings.

Vintage 1926 newspaper portraits of Bob Shawkey and Urban Shocker, Yankees pitchers during a loss to the Philadelphia Athletics. — Bob Shawkey and Urban Shocker shown in 1926 newspaper portraits after Yankees pitchers falter in loss to the Athletics.

The Yanks were ahead at one time, certainly in the fourth inning, when Babe Ruth walked, Tony Lazzeri and Joe Dugan singled, Collins walked and Shawkey singled. And George Herman Ruth’s single in the fifth was of value in the extent that it produced the third and last Yankee run.

But the 12,000 in the galleries were yet to vent their throaty cheers, for in the sixth inning the A’s blasted Shawkey clean out of the contest and Urban Shocker was sent for. Five Athletic hits and an error by Lazzeri gave the A’s four runs before Shocker succeeded in subduing them.

There was nothing about the skill of Urban in the eighth to warrant the proclamation of a holiday in New York. He opened the inning with a pass and pretty soon Lefty Grove doubled, after Master Mark Koenig had erred, and pretty soon Max Bishop singled and there were three more Philadelphia runs.

Bill Lamar made the first hit off Shawkey in the fourth, when his combination play was all that could be asked for. He combined a hit and a run, the ball finding haven somewhere beyond the right field wall.

A beauteous thing it was, that winning streak, but now gone, yet not forgotten.