New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24
M Trail of a New Record,
McGraw's Men Beat
Cards Twice.
nsITORS BUMPED
IN DOUBLE-HEADER
rio Crowd Sees Home
Guard Mace St. Louis
at Polo Grounds.
Bv W. J. MACBETH.

-, Giants took both games OF yes
..s,v,s double-header from the st.
,,,i, Cardinals BY way Of welcome TO
rrr Hugg.ns's team in its last ap-
.,,,n,e Of the year. If McGraw's men
I, DO so well Monday afternoon, when
,,,opd double-header is planned, it
y have established E new record for
..,.,u,iye victories in major league
ssbal.
u. double triumph before holiday
.,za Of more than twenty thousand
I, ,,ores Of { 10 l and 3 TO 0, re-
'..,.iyely. tied the record for modern
-m. set a. nineteen straight by
FslSsr Jones's White SoX HitleSs Won
i,r, Of 1906.
10 biz Saturday crowd, unusually
,..lSsisstic and demonstrative, saw
~ o,ly two Of New York'S most i'm
,,,,siv, games OF the season. but as
r,-y SEPARATE and distinct feats for
s,Is, Of which most any manager
nd be content in the loss OF a pen.
al When JEFF Tesreau subdued
sVvleT Watson in the opening engage
-... NeGraw's earlier season record of
.,rsn,een straight was beaten and his
ig4 record Of eighteen straight tied.
When q heavy dOwnpOur of rain in
.--sp;ed the second contest al the con-
,gon Of the seventh inning "Rube'
3,r,on was leading Leon Ames by
30 That gave the nineteenth straight
r3stie with the brilliant accomplish
-s,t Of the old White SoX. Also II
finished the home team with a dis
,,.ion never before borne by any
-sior league club-twO separate runs
one season totalling thirty-hve vic
ares.
Need Just One More.
y,Craw needs Just one more victory
. match the greatest triumph Of any
I'd since baseball became a profess
g.ral sport. Back in 1884 the old
Providence championship first worlds
CHAMPIONS, by the way-won twenty
sasseuiiye victories. That mark has
tod tor thirty-twO years. Il McGraw
.an :hsusr u his new record is likely
10 stand esite as long.
Baseball is far 200 uncertain 70 JUS
,ty Sly prediction. But the cold fact
lands out clearly that the Giants have
lysn no evidence of nervous strain.
rs truly phenomenal aggregation
iysd far more aggressively, smartly
e: detsrm nedly than at any time
re It started It's second dazzling
az Of victories. St. Louis did not
2 sp the tight OF any Of its Western
r.sees ors. An accident just prior
..s beginning Of the trst game
.Mi.ated . big shake-up IN the Hug
/ = array.
| L preliminary practice Bethel, the
and baseman Of the Cardinals. was
O. the jugular vein by a swift line
re batted by Poll Perritt. He was
,eied completely out. For a time II
u feared his neck had been broken.
ally. be was revived so that he was
aa 70 walk. supported, of the field,
rHs call had been put in for an am
.Tee lie was too weak and dis
.'tsd 70 take part in either fray.
i,ts Miller was switched from short
seond 90 replace Bethel, and Bahen
~ 20 short field. A change such as
g often throws q champion team out
gar ]. could scarcely wreck such
r,sft aggregation as the Cards, but
s-a.lly 10 did them no good.
ne trst game was over as quickly
~ Giants could take one crack at
t..t' Watson. Things began 70 hap
e IL the very first inning, after
rs famed and Herzog lined 90
@. Robertson wOrmed a pass out
Vale and stole second cleverly.
--smGn singled % centre. scoring
"r, while He.nie prsnced on 20
.a,s when Smith threw home.
sxter singled 90 right, scoring Zim-
'rzin. KsuH doubled of the right
val, sending Fletcher all the way
.i5n Grst.
2 lolis's Only run came in the sec
Sn,n, frs' Up, III for the circui.
rather peculiar way. One OF the
4 Nssted pa. hands opened the gate
aght centre field for glimpse al
4 p4s,lme just a. Smiths drive over
t1son's head arrived. The ball
80 through the crack. Il would
ne been a triple a. best had the gate
= shut, but DO all probability st.
Z" would have pushed the rnn
i.is n any cycat.
Il 1esrcau Is Steady.
.i.fsaf.er Tesrcau was very good,
faa.y in the p.nches. He allowed
40 hits 500 any inning save the
~. A couple were punched then,
N.y after two were out. Outside
lsttnc a,d eighth, only one runner
iar a. second. and none further.
iofEs defen i've play, however,