The sun., 1916-09-24
GIANTS Equal
VICTORY MARK
SET BY CHICAGO
Double Defeat Of Cards
Gives New York 10Th Con-
secutive Triumph.
TESREAU AND BENTON
WINNERS, 81 AND 80
~ FREDERICK g. LIEB. y


History Is being written or the Polo
Grounds these days. TIL bleacher boys
had better clip out last weeks Giant box
scores and paste them In the family al
bum for future reference. They may
come In handy some forty years from
now. when sceptlc grandchildren may be
inclined to poke fun at the 1915 winning
streak and argue that the drive had no
more foundation than an old fellows
mind.
pep and enthusiasm. swarmed through
the portals OF the Brush Stadium yester-
day. They helped put some balm on Ski
Britton's baseball wounds. SIX got a
nice check for his divvy. but there were
no two buck bleacher seats. But SKI Is
only a mere outsider In this story. All
he did was to furnish a soggy. hapless
team that was battered by the Giants In
both ends Of a twin bill by cores of 4 to
! and 3 to 0. The elements were kind.
Rain and darkness condensed the second
game to seven innings.
What we started to say in talking Of
that 25, 900 crowd Is that II. Hempstead's
Saturday customers saw something yes
ttfudy HiS ulhJOT icdkue IdHH nave
seen only twice before since the late Pa
Chadwick or n Of his forerunners dis
covered baseball. They saw the Giants
win their nineteenth straight game.
Tie Modern Mark.
The Giants yesterday tied the modern
record made by h Chicago White Sox
In 1906. when the Sox also ran of a
string OF nineteen straight. A tie game
was interviewer In the Chicago winning
streak. and there also Is a knotted no
decision game In the latest mad drive of
the McGraw forces.
The Giants are now but q lap from
the greatest major league winning streak
OF all time-the run Of the Providence
National League champions In 1884,
when the old Grays reeied of twenty
straight. Judging from the showing
made by the Cards here YESTERDAY that
record. which has stood the ~onslaughts
OF big league team for thirt y-tw, years,
\ Is about to totter tomorrow when the
Giants take on the Cardinals in another
double header.
Just exactly a month ago the Giants
we're shut out In three stra sht games In
81. Louis. McGraw had the sar,e team
then that he has now, wi.n the excep
ton OF Zimmerman and Po'ke. Any one
looking at the two ream, yesterday
would not believe that such a thing could
be possible unless you could prove II
with clippings. Then afidavits showing
You were a reliable citizen might be -e-
Quested.
Pardon IL Tardy.
Had the Giants won those three games
they would be In the race now. but de-
spite their great squirt We stri ID along
with Germany Schaefer. He says The
pardon came too late" The Giants IRE
now only two and a half games bshind
the Braves. but they are seven and a
half m behind the leading Dodgers.
with only a week and q half to play.
Aid II the Dodgers by some miracle
could be caught the Phillies do not act
as though they Will drop dead during
the next fortnight
Jen Tesreau and RUDE Benton had
the honor OF pitching the Giants to the
nineteenth mile post. Tesreau, who has
contributed six victories to the big
winning streak. easily bestcd Muley
Watson In the first game and carried the
Giants safely past the seventeenth hole.
their spring mark. And only a few
months ago st. Louis refused to lake
Tess for Sallee. preferring gold to q
quarter ton Of pitching flesh.
In the second game RUDE Benton OPP
posed Leon Ames. and some OF the b 'ys
were a bit superstitious about lie n. II
Will be recalled that Al Demaree. 4 for
mer Giart, smashed tho May streak. and
in cases like this It usually Is some
castofr who throws the hooks into you.
But Ames never had a ch ince, as
Benton blanked the st. Looey boys with
three hits.
Cards sorry Collection.
We saw only two Of Mr.. Gilmore's
Federal League games. but the worst
thing We can say against the Cardi-
nails il that they resemble the Buffalo
Feds more than any team We have
looked over since inspecting the Buffeds
Al Washington Park. The writer recently
overheard two East Side urchins In a
warm verbal clash. Exhibit A called
EXHIBIT B a number OF names which
would hardly go In a Fifth avenue draw
Ing room. Exhibit b let II sink In for
a while and then replied. You're every
thing YOU called me, only worser." That
Describes the Cardinals.
And the Giants were Just as good as
the serfs Of Ski Britton were pad. They
went through the double header without
q mistake, in fact the Giants have not
erred for four straight games. There
were many plays which were head
liners, but the one which stood out above
It's fellows was a one handed robbery
catch by Robertson on Long In the
second tin.
In the second game Charley Herzog
humped Ames for four straight hits and
scored all three Gotham runs.
kaun Helps Tesreau.
With better support Watson would
hay" Jared much better In the first game
az the Giants did not start to build q
sinsl" run until two were out. In every
case the side would have been retired
runless had the Card inflelders been able
10 clasp the ball on attempted steals.
The Giants blew Cess to three runs
u n" first game. Two were out when
Robertson walked and got away with a
rather scratchy steal. Miller mufins
Gonzales's throw. Zimm and Fletcher
Singled and Kauff doubled. the result be-
ing three runs.
81 Louis scored Its lone run Of the
afternoon on a home run, which was
good for a hearty laugh as well as q
box II hose. Jack Smith punched to
deep right centre. and the door to the
clubhouse was open. One Of Fabian's
army rushed to close the door. but shut