Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-01
TORONTO HAS WON
SIXTEEN STRAIGHT
Canadian Team Making a
Great Squirt for Lead in
the Eastern League.

NEW YORK. August Establishing a
seasons record Of sixteen consecutive
victories, the Toronto club of the Eastern
League has for the second time this sea-
son come within reaching distance OF the
top rung in the pennant ladder. The po-
sition occupied by the team is nearer first
place than It has been at any time this
year. and II its victorious tramp continues
much longer it may GUST Rochester from
tho lead.
For some reason there seems to be trou-
BILE connected with first place in the East
ern League. Rochester, for three sue
cessive seasons. has managed to hold the
position through thick and thin through
out a greater part of the season. 1t is
true that in 1909 and in 1910 the team
played far superior base ball 10, any
other team and was entitled to a COM
Portable lead. but how the two-time cham
plons have held first place so successfully
this season while apparently playing q
game that has not been stronger than
that Of either Toronto or Baltimore puz-
zles many fans of the circuit
Did Fairly Well.
Last week. as has been the case for
over two months. Rochester lost a fair
proportion of games. and by no means
played pennant-winning ball. However.
the team held first place because the other
nine which had been giving it such a
tussle fell into a bad slump, while To-
ronto, the team which has been doing all
the squirting, was too far away to replace
the leaders In SO short a space of time.
One thing to the advantage of the Roch-
ester club is the fact that the team plays
an even game. seldom making any sensa-
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frequently suffering many disasters.
The case Of the Toronto team is inter
esting in more than one way At the
very start Of the season the Maple Leafs
a weeks time before they began to meet
reverses. For time they PLAYED ordi-
nary ball. but in May started sensa-
tional rally. which netted them a. long
list of victories. At the end of May the
team was very close to Rochester and ap-
peared to be ready to jump out ard take
the lead. June came. and with II long
string OF defeats. In the early part of
the month ten consecutive games were
lost, and as result Toronto fell tack into
the doubtful pennant-chasing class.
Became Better.
July brought, another change for the
better. One game after another has
been won this month, leaders as we'll as
tailenders having been turned back al
most as fast as they appeared on the
scene of action. Out of the last twenty
seven games which have been played
Toronto won twenty-four, certainly a
pennant-winning clip. Yesterdays double
victory in Newark gave the Maple Leafs
their fifteenth and sixteenth successive
victories. There Is a possibility that To-
ronto may add some more to the list be-
fore another defeat is met
This success is being enjoyed at home
by Toronto and is boosting base ball
stock in the home of lacrosse and hockey.
The fans" of the Canadian city have
become "het up over the splendid show
ing Of the team, and it is getting the sup
port that pennant fighting club de-
serves
Baltimore's Tumble.
Baltimores experiences Of the last week
have been far from pleasant. In both
Toronto and Montreal the team which a
week ago threatened to keep Rochester
from first place has been defeated, for
six days tasting nothing but bitters. The
Orioles have fallen back to third place.
but are not so far behind that few days
of success will not materially assist them
to get back into the thick of the fight.
1t is within the possibilities for Balti-
moro to both knock Rochester from the
lead and to get back close to the top In
the games played this week. On the
other hand Rochester may nave a thing
or two to say about the way the games
will be won. and If that is the case the
race between Toronto and the Broncos
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