Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-02
i'm WINNING STREAKS
Stringing Seven Victories in a
Row Red Sox's Specially.
BARRY ACTED As MASCOT
Champions Speeded Up Just as Soon
as Jack Joined the
Team.
BY ERNEST ]. LANIGAN.

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The poet who long ago announced
that seven times one are seven" must
have had the Boston Red Sox in mind
Strtnging together seven victories In
row was one of the best things the
new title holders OF the base ball uni
verse did last season. On no less than
SIX occasions during the campaign did
the Carrigan combination in its prog
ress along Pennantville pike win seven
games In sequence. Once the powerful
and high-priced Boston machine land
ed eight contests in succession, but
there was a tie in between victory No. 7
and triumph No. 8. The Browns fig
ured in said draw.
That the acquisition Of Jack Barry
was a master stroke on the part of
Magnate Lannin and Manager CARR
gan Is shown by the fact that six OF
Boston's seven winning streaks eventu-
ated after he donned the livery of the
Red Sox. Jack of Holy Cross played
his first game with the Massachusetts
combination on July and it imme-
diately turned in and captured seven
combats in row. Before Barry Joined
the Red Sox they were playing at a
with them their speed hit up to a .712
gait Barry played IS games with the
new champs, their record when he was
in the lineup being 81 victories, %
defeats and one tie-a percentage of
.7o1.
1t mattered little to the Red Sox
whether they were playing before their
own clientele or on hostile fields when
they were staging their winning
streaks. Their first and biggest run of
81. Then they won seven, tied one and
won another one before the Nationals,
with Joe Boehling pitching. stopped
them on June 81 by score of to 5.
All except one of these contests were
played at home.
Coveleskie Checked Them.
The. Red sox pitchers were not work.
ing very well at that time. for they
yielded thirty-five runs in the nine
games. the tie included. However,, in
the next winning streak of tho Carri-
gans. July to z. Bills boxmen gave
only six runs in seven contests. four
Of their victories being shut-outs. The
Tigers, with Coveleskie and Cavet ope-
rating on the firing line, halted the
Red Sox on July 9, the score being
Is to 4.
Between July Is and "a the Rex Sox
won seven more in row. the Browns
frustrating them on the last named
date. when they tried to run their
string of victories up to eight. Carl
Weilman. Tiger nemesis. was st.
Louis pitcher. and he came through
with a to 2 triumph.
another drive that brought them seven
successes In sequence, Detroit having
the honor Of stopping this drive Au--
gust 2s. Dauss and coveleskie pitched
innings before the Red sox took the
count, on the basis of Z to s.
Between August % and September I.
September 8 and September IA, and
September IT and September 20. the
New York checking the first of these
streaks, Chicago the second and St.
Louis the third. The pitchers who put
stop orders on these three strings OF
successes were, respectively, Ray Fish
the scores Of their .red-letter victories
were 4 to 0. 3 to / and s to T..
One Losing Streak.
The Red Sox had only one extended
losing streak. That came while they
were making their first western trip.
one Of the sequels to this jaunt being
the indefinite suspension of Hubert
Leonard, later a world series hero. Be
tween May 10 and May "a they dropped
five games in row, Cleveland winning
over them, 5 to 2; Chicago being vic.
torious by scores Of to 2, IL to 3 and
to ., and st. Louis emerging trium-
plant on the basis of to 3. The Red
Sox got back to their winning ways in
Philadelphia May 2S. when they abated
the Mackmen, 8 to S. with Joe Wood
hurting against Bob shawkey. The
teams entered the ninth with the score
knotted, s to 5, Duffy Lewis making the
wallop that put Boston in possession OF
the winning run.
These were the winning streaks OF
the Red Sox last year:
Winning Streaks Of Red Sox.
June 10 to 81. Eight straight.
June dedicated Detroit. to 5. Shore
Leonard-wood against Coyeleskie- Boland- Cavet
Dauss.
June 11-Defeated Detroit. 4 to 3. Foster
against Dauss.
June 12-Defeated Cleveland. 8 to 4. Gregg
Mays against Coumbe- HaEerman-Jones.
June 14-Defeat ted Cleveland, to I. Wood
against Mitchell Harstad.
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