Rain washed out the Pirates and Cubs in Pittsburgh, but the pennant race tightened as Kiki Cuyler claimed the National League batting lead, the Cardinals swept Philadelphia, and Babe Ruth continued his historic home run pace.
The Yankees' 16-game winning streak came to an abrupt end as Lefty Grove and the Athletics swept a Philadelphia doubleheader. Plus, Paul Gallico reflects on the glory and heartbreak of life on the pitching mound.
Babe Ruth predicts another Yankees pennant as New York pushes its winning streak to sixteen games, while John McGraw prepares for Christy Mathewson Day and the Robins split a doubleheader in Philadelphia during a packed day of baseball news from May 1926.
Babe Ruth chases another home run record while the Reds, Cubs and Pirates reshape the National League race. The Sporting News from May 27, 1926 captures baseball at a turning point, with pennant contenders rising, dynasties wobbling and legends still commanding the spotlight.
Babe Ruth keeps hammering home runs, Rogers Hornsby prepares for “Hornsby Day” in St. Louis, and the Reds, Robins, Yankees, and Athletics all surge in the 1926 pennant races in this packed Sporting News special edition from May 20, 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.
All the Pirates had to do yesterday in order to break a deadlock which existed between them and their Philadelphia opponents was to take a few pokes at the pellet, lean back and idle along to an 11-1 victory.
In this Edition
- Groves Triumphs in Battle of Southpaws
- Ninth-Inning Rally Overcomes Quakers
- Phulbits
- Macaroons
- Baseball at a Glance
- Ten Leading Hitters
Groves Triumphs in Battle of Southpaws
Lefty Comes Through to Third Victory of Season While Macks Pound Old Tom Zachary to Rush Through to Another for Climbing House of Mack
By: S.O. Grauley - Philadelphia Inquirer,…
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