Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-06
GREAT WORK BY PITCHERS.
ReuIhach Equals chesbro's Record for Consecutive Victories - Mathewson, krause, MuIlin and Brown Also in Top Ranks. A


 Chief among the individual perform ances that have made the present sea- son notable one on the diamond are the number of strings of consecutive victories of twirlerc in both the Ma tional and American leagues, while the triple play made by Neil Ball in Cleve- land a month or so ago is another re- markable diamond performance of the year.
 In the matter of consecutive pitch ing victories, Id Reu'bach. the tall Ger man slab artist of the Chicago Ma tionals, has been the star of the sea- son. He has won fourteen straight games and equalled the record for con- secutive victories made by Jack Ches- bro of the Highlanders, in 1904, at the longer pitching distance.
 Christy Mathewson, the unmatchable twirler of the Giants, came within two games of sharing the houors this year, when he also succumbed after taking twelve victories in row.
 Illness. brought on by overwork, caused George Mullin of the Tigers to fall down. after his powerful arm had brought eleven consecutive successes t. IIuslley Jennings table.
 On par with the best of the show ings is the work of young Harry Krause, Connie Mack's crack Califor- mia left handler, who won the first ten games he twirled in the big league, and then came to grief against the low ly Browns.
 Mordecai Brown, another Chicago Cub pitcher, famous as the triJigital twirler, won nine games in row which is also rather meritorious feat. :,
 When Ed Reubach was finally checked in his flight of consecutive wins it seemed tha the was headed not only to top Jack Chesbro's re- markable performance, but to SUD- plant the figures set by James McCor- mick If tW, ntV-four straight victories, when member of the Chicago Ma tionals in 1886, as the shorter pitching distance.
 Still the work of Reulbach will live as an individual tribute to the pitcher who for three of q, e four complete seasons he has pitched has led the National league twirlers for the sea son.
 This is his fifth season. and with the exception of his first year in fast com pany he has been the premier slab man ever since. The first year he won IS games and lost 14.
 Tn 1908 he. exceHed. with 19 games won and but 4 lost, a percentage of .S26. Tn 1907 he again led the field with 17 won and again 4 lost. giving him the percentage of .S10. In 1908, for the third year in succession. he again led tie pitchers with "A won and ' lost a percentage of .774.
 Reulhach co-nmencedi his remarkable run on Decoration Day this year by taking the afternoon game from Gin cinn2ti by the score of 3 to 2 or the If games he won his opponents never got more than three runs and IA runs was the total tallies scored while he was in the box. an average of one run a game. which in itself is a record.
 In five games he shut out the oppos- ing side, and five of the occasions he allowed but single run to the com peting team. In his runs Reulbach beat Brooklyn five times. and Cincin- nati Pittsburg and the Phillies were his victims twice. St. Louis. Boston and New York. the other teams in the league, bowed befo-e him on one occa- sion