The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-28
FRANK SCHULTZ NOT
TO RECEIVE AUTO
EXPERTS WILL VOTE MACHINE
10 SOME OTHER PLAYER
THIS YEAR.
MAKES BIG r E c O f y
SOLE SURVIVING MEMBER OF CuR
MACHINE HOLDS ONE THAT
MAY NEVER BE
SHATTERED.
MAKES BIG r E c O r D

Frank Wildhr, Schultz. sole sur
viving member Of the once powerful
Cub machine, is not eoing to he voted
an auto by the Chalmers jury CT news
paper experts this fall but he holds
one record that may never be shat
tered-not made this year. however.
The record in question is in the line
of consecutive hitting and was made
in series for the chan pionship Of the
world F. Widf1re. the records show.
missed connections With the shpers
only in two of tne twenty-one conn.,
bats for baseball greatest honors In
which he took part. He got one or
more safe wal!ops in each of the con-
tests played In 1907 and 1908. missed
once in 1906 and missed once in 1910.
The engagements in which Schultz
went hitiess were with the Soy on
October IL. 1905. and with the White
Elephants on October Is, 1910. the
pitchers who placed Zeroes in Wild
fires basehit column being Nick AL
trock and Jack Coombs. Schultz is
the only player who has ever hit
safely in every game through two
successive worlds series.
The lone athlete who has bingled
in every contest of a sixgame series
is CHIEF Meyers. of the Giants, He
did this in 1911 against the Athletics.
Players who save hit safely In each
game OF a five contest series are
Schultz. who has done so twice and
Eddie Collins and Danny Murphy. OF
the White Elephants. They have per-
formed the stunt once.
+ The best .roc0rd for a Ssyen- game
series in the consecutive hitting line
is to get sa feties in six contests. Tom
and DaYy Jones. of the Tigers, and
, Hans Wagner. Of the Pirates, hold n
record of this kind. For an eigft-game
series the best exploit has been to
get binglea in seven games. In 1908
the trick was turned by four players
--Stahl and Collins, of Boston and
Sebriug and Clarke, of Pittshnrg-
and IN 1912 Yerkes and Speaker. Of
Boston. accomplished the feat In
1903 Stahl got one or more hits IN
every game eXcAot the last, Collins
In every game except the first, The
men who annually have made ne
best records in the consecutive hitting
line in games for the worlds title are
named below:
Series of 1908.
Chick" stahl and Jimmy Collins.
of Red Sox. and Fred Clarke and
Jimmy Sehrtng. of Pirates, each hit
, safely In seven of the eight games.
Stahl missed connections in the first
game Stahl in the eighca, Clarke in
the fifth and Sehring in the fourth
Series OF 1905.
Roger Bresnahan ard Arthur Dew
ILL. of Giants. each hit safely in four
of the five games. Bresnahan missed
connections in the third game, Devlin
in the fiftl.
Series of 1905.
Frank Schultz of Cubs, hit safely
! in five of tho six games, missing con-
I nections in the fourth.
Series of 1907.
Frank Schultz, of Cubs. hit safely
In all five games.
Series OF 1898.
Frank Schultz. of Cubs, hit safely
in all FIVE games
Series of 1909.
I. Jones and ID. Jones, of Tigers.
and Hans Wagner. of Pirates, hit
safely in six of the seven ga mes. Il.
Jones missed connections in the first
game, u. Jones in the sixth and
Wagner in the fouraa.
Series of 1910.
f. Collins and D. Murphy, of White
I Elephants, hit safely in all five games.
Series Of 1911.
( CHER Meyers. of the Giants, hit
safely in all six games
Series of 1912.
( Steve Yerkes and iris Speaker, OF
! Red Sox hit safely in seven OF the
eight games. Yerkes missing con-
nection in the seventh game. and the
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Series of 1918.
"Rube' Oldring, Eddie Collins,
Frank Baker and Jack Barry, Of
White Elephants hit safely in four
Of the Ave games, Oldring missing
/ connections in the fifth game. Collins
! and Baker in the fourth and Barry
in the fifth.
Taking the men who have played
! in fifteen or more games for the
i championship of the world. one finds
/ that next to Schultz, Frank Baker
| hit most steadily.
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