New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-26
SEVENTEEN IN A ROW
FOR RUBE MARQUARD
Great Pitcher Continues HIS Kun
when Giants Beat PhlIIIeS
by Narrow Margin.
CLOSE CALL THIS TIME
Alexander Holds New York 10
Five Hits. but Four Come
in One Inning for a
Brace of Runs.

r,uhc Marquard won his seventeenth con-
.o,utivs victory Yesterday afternoon when
the Giants defeated the Phillies at the Polo
Grounds by score Of > to 1. The wonder
IN, soutbpaw Is now only two games be-
hind tho record set by Tim Keefe, Of the
Giants i'm 1855. when he won nineteen games
in row. Marquard helped win his own
game at the bat. for II was his timely SIN
gle to right centre that started a rally IN
the third inning that ended only after the
Giants had made four solid hits and drove
home their two runs at the expense or
Grover Cleveland Alexander. the destroyer
of New York hopes i'm days past
For four innings Vanguard was invinci-
hle. Never the sign Of a hit dotted the
horizon. and in that time only one ball.
Az hv Kuifer. found its way to the out
field. only to fall into the mitt Of the wait
ING Fred Snodgrass. His battling curves
proke and darted TO cover in a way that
had his oppents breaking their backs going
after them He gave no free passes, and
with confidence in the men behind him laid
the ball over the plate However he de-
voted his time and attention to Paskert
Downey and Alexander TO such good erect
that they famed the air gloriously, but hit
nothing In the fifth inning, however, the
PhilHes began to find ways and means or
hitting the ball.
With two out in this frame Otto knabe
set himself with a determined air and wal
loped the first ball pitched to him into dis
tant left centre field for two bases. In
high dudgoou over the affrOnt Marquard
fairly burned the ether as he sent the ball
ND to Mike Doolan, and the veteran short
stop fouled out TO Meyers.
In the sixth inning Killifer. who caught
in place Of Charley Doom, picked out the
first ball pitched and sent it whistling 10
left field for home run. incidentally the
only score made by his team, and after
Alexander grounded out Paskert whaled the
ball to left for two bases. Downey fol-
lowed with a sailing fly, but Snodgrass was
under il when it dropped. Cravath was
passed as a possible trouble maker, ana
Rube ended the inning by inducing the hard
hitting Magee to pop out TO Merkle
Marquards greatest work Of the day'
however. was accomplished In the seventh
inning, at a time when things looked
souaUv Luderus opened by smashing a
long nv TO left field, on which SnodgrasS
made nice catch. but Knabe. Dooan and
Kilifer singled in rapid succession. The
crowd held its breath, for hit or any
kind meant two runs al least. Alexander
came up 10 the bat firm in the conviction
that he was the man fated TO make the hit
which would win his own game, and send
the mighty Vanguard groveling into the
dust Of his first defeat Of the year. The
latter had his own ideas on the defeat ques-
tion. and three fast balls shot into the
glove OF the smiling Meyers, telling the
fate Of Alexander. Then came Paskert. but
the speedy Honey Boys" best was long
fv 10 Snodgrass, and thereafter not a
Quaker City batter got 10 first with the OK
ception Of Magee, who was safe on an error
by Fletcher.
Alexander had only one bad inning. the
third, in which the Giants made four OF
their five hits and scored the runs neces-
sarv 10 win. After that he did not allow
hit. and was going stronger, If anything
than his opponent In fact the only man
10 reach first base after The third frame
WIS Fletcher. who walked in the seventh
inning and stole second. His ambition 10
surpass Tv Cobb ended in his unttmcly
death at the far turn. The only other hit
made bv the Giants was a single by Merde
IN the first inning. from which nothlhs
came Alexander struck out four men as
did Marquard, and he passed two.
Alexander pitched his best at time
when the clouds seemed darkest and when
! even his stanchest admirers were think
ing up excuses for him. No one expected
much trouble from Marquard when he
walked up to the plate 10 bat in the third
inning but Rube singled on line to CEN
Ire field Then came Snodgrass with a
eFeshing wallop that bounded off the right
field barrier for two bases and sent Mar
Guard to third. He soon scored, for Larry
DOYLE drove fly TO deep left held
while Snodgrass also moved 10 third on
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