Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-25
NEW YORK BROKE 41-YEAR
RECORD BY WINNING EVERY
GAME IN WESTERN INVASION
McGraws Team First in History of National
League to Turn Trick, Washington Having
Accomplished Feat in American in 1912
INV CHANDLER D. R1CHrrR

.,r,,s ,be New York Giants won the
w. eame of the Western trip from
r,.o,nnati Reds yesterday, McGraw's
broke National League record by
s,rg every game played in the West
Fp lt.venr history Of the National
ro Eastern team has been able to
s.,.ro contest played in the West. nor
western team been able to make
s,eeep of four series in the East. The
,..,s bv winning yesterday, completed n
~ ~ 1s consecutive victories, all Of
I'm we're won in the West.
ropes were won in Pittsburgh, two
fVua s~a,aso four in St Louis and three in
Y s-,nnoti When one considers that the
saAls had lost 13 out of the first Is
v.ss s.s.ss n layed at home and in other Eastern
lss ,,.s the record is all the moro remark.
s,s This feat has been accomplished only
wv ~. IN the American League, Washington
.s.r,ng the trick In 1912, when 1t won 16
..s.nsscntiye games against Western teams
\ ,be west, while the nearest any other
ee.iional League teams have come to the
astt was the Giants 10 victories out of IL
e.nss IN 1905, and the Phillies' string of
Y straight and IL out of IL, in 1906.
washlngton's sensational streak was
..,nsv,bat similar to that of the Giants.
M Senator's had been trailing along at the
,.ll.end of the American League standing
xhen they suddenly struck their stride.
IA Washington winning streak was
ttnurht TO an end in this city, when with
IN, Hughes holding n 1 to 0 lead over
radA Plank and two men retired in the
stnth inning Frank Baker tied the score
-h n terrific hOme-run drive over the
,lgbt.held fence. The Mackmen won out
II the 10th inning, and also took the second
samh. double-header having been sched-
sied and made it four out OF five in the
feries.
,Asir American League record of 10 CON
ssottlye victories, they won II straight
sames at home,, and took the first eight
sayed in the East, finally falling before the
psd Sox when Manager Mack had the
famous Rube Waddell primed to break the
fresk the following day.
Giants Lead in Records
The Giants always have been great
snb for consecutive winning streaks. hav-
III passed an even dozen five times in Al
Years the feat having been accomplished
Snly 13 times in the history of the league
The majority of the winning streaks of the
Giants have been staged late in the season,
sM three of them were responsible for
ne winning of the pennant.
McGraws team is still seven games be-
And the major league record of 90, made
ty Providence in 1884, and as the Giants
are scheduled to play their next six games
tgalnst Boston and the Phillies in Boston
snd in this city, there appears to be little
chance for McGraw's team to equal that
bng-standing record.
The Philles and Brooklyn are the lead
Ing teams of the league, and have been
49, hon Nod oh.
fail to stop the Giants. Manager Moran
bslleyes that Alexander the Great, who has
Aaten the Giants three times this sea-
SA will be able to turn the trick in this
sV next Tuesday.
ihe record for consecutive victories made
lya team in an organized league is held
.hy the Corsicana team, of the Texas League,