The sun., 1916-09-26
TWENTY-FIRST
VICTORY GIVES
GIANTS RECORD
New Mark for Consecutive
Successes Set in Double
Defeat of Cards.
SCHUPP'S MASTERFUL
HURL1NG FEATURES
~ rREDERrCl< q. LEE.

~ FNEDBWICh 0s AARDs
A record Of thirty-two years standing
toppled with q crash or the Polo Grounds
yesterday. The Giants again smsared
TIE helpless. sorrowful Cardinals all over
Hen Fabtan's green srass in both halves
q . double header. The Missourians
bowed their humble heads By scores Of
! 70 0 and 8 to .. 1t was . historic twin
: hi, and the 5000 fans present were
fans had ever before enjoyed.
There have been averal no-run. no-hit.
no-man-reaching first games. and At least
two unassisted triple plays are on record.
but yesterday the ans saw something
distinctly extraordinary. Tho Giants
created a new major league record by
scoring their twcnty-frst successive VIC
VT.
When Ferdie schupp biAnked the
Cards In the first game. making the Giant
run twenty straight. the McGraw band
matched tho major league record hung
up by the Providence National League
team in 1884. This record crumbled an
hour and a half later when Poll Perritt
won IN easy victory over his former st.
Louis mates. Arthur Irwin. the former
Yankee scout. who played shortstop on
the old Grays when they established their
record. saw It a ID from the press stand.
The newly created record, 10 . great
feather In the cap of the man who has
made The Giants such q factor in base
ball-John Joseph McGraw. In mid.
season man. thought John J. had lost his
"trip ~ . leader. and II was predicted he
Uould never win another pennant II
vas even pointed out that without
Mathew son McGraw would never have
won q pennant.
Again q Great General.
However. Mac said little. but he did
some trading and he did some buying
and to-day he possesses tho strongest
club he has ever commanded. With the
great Mathewson managing . rival team,
NcGraw has built up q new stan which
has proved strong enough to create q
sssv record for consecutive victories IN
sthe annals Of baseball.
The end Of the great winning streak II
not yet in sight. The Cardinals are here
far two more games. n Higgins has
exhausted all his leading boxmen-Ames
Watson and Meadows. In the eecono
zane yesterday. little Miller was forced
10 stick In q rookie. Joe Lotz. also known
~ "vacant' Lots. As Bill Doak. the
leading pitcher Of the club. 10 not In
shape to work.. that leaves Hu6gins only
two unreliable freshmen-Steele and
Williams. After that the Braves come
here for i've games.
Many fans refuse to believe the Giants
are out Of the race. and have II all hg-
ured how the McGraw entry MAJ
win out in the fifty-ninth minute OF the
eleventh hour. But II isn't much OF q
chance. with eleven moro games to
play the Giants are six and . hall
games behind the leading Dodgers. fve
and a half games behind the runner-up
Phillies and two and a half games be-
hind the third place Braves.
The Giants car finish second. however
They may clip OF two and . half gamei
from the Brooklyn lead before the week
is up, and then beat the Dodgers -four
straight next week. However. for them
to figure in a faint chance for the pen.
nant the Braves must do terrific execu.
ton to the Phillies in the last week OF
the season. But II really 10 a hopeless
case but some folks will dream.
schupp's Pitching Features.
The outstanding feature Of the double
victory was the grand pitching by Ferdie
Schupp and Poll Perritt. especially the
former. That Schupp boy 10 another
tribHte to McGraw's greatness. "Why
does McGraw hold on to this Schupp?'
the wise ones used to ask. and the ques.
tion now Is answered.
Ferdie has now turned In six straight
victories. fve Of which are entwined In
the great winning streak. During this
games. two three hit games and one slz
hit game. Three OF the ive victories
were shutouts, and during ive full nine
inning ganIes he has permitted only
three runs. two OF which were cared.
Yesterday Ferdie held the Cards to q
brace Of bingles. Jack Smith punching
out two doubles. Leo Meadows. the boy
With the Specs. was pretty near ~ good
A. Ferdie. az he permitted only 6ne more
blow han the young l%efthander. His
game was wrecked by tho Cards rookie
srounders over Snyders dome in the
fourth, and Robertson scored the lone
run OF the affair.
Tue fourth inning. in which R0bby
scored. was q warm round. With onl
ont Bohen scooped in Robertson's roller
and then pegged at . fellow with q
funny hat In the grand stand. That psG
put Demon Dave on second.
schupp Baaes Cards.
Zimm then slapped q ball over third
wnicn looked Hkc an honest to Go00nesG
double. but after giving the matter con.
siderable thought Uinpy Harrison sided
with Hornsby and called Il a foul. That
vexed McGraw quite a bit. and he did
most everything to Harrison but stand
On his corns. but Harrison would not be
convinced.
Jimmie then lifted a ny to Long and
McGraw looked more disguised. How
ever. young Bohen had another two base
Wild throw in his arm and he let Il out
trying 10 field F.etcher's roller. That
scored the big run. A pass to Kauff and
an infeld hit by Holke filled the bases,
but Meadows famed Rariden for the
third out.
Great support saved Schupp In the
seventh inning. when Smith opened with
his second double and took third on
Hornsby's infield out. Bescher hit a low
linsr between Zimm and Fletcher and II
looked like a sure hit. but Artie man.
aged to spear II on the fly and by q
quick toss to Zlmm doubled Smith on
third. Jimmie also made a rafting good
stop on Bescher in the nth inning. ,
In the second game Perritt was op.
posed to Lotz and Poll had a rather soft
time Of II. as the Giants soon blew him
to . fine leaa. Louisiana Polly whitfield
min OF the st. Looey lads, getting seven
: OF his victims in the first four innings
when he went at top speed.
Each team made six hits. but the
Giants were as economical with their
blows as a Dutch housewife with her
coin. They did not waste a crumb and
all six were used In the run getting,
Fou Of them were for extra base hits.
Tho Cards. or In" other hand. could
+ squeese only two runs out OF their haif