Evening journal., 1917-08-28
NARQOARD HOLDER
Of MANY RECORDS
Rube, Maker of Baseball
History, Unique Figure
Among Pitchers
TWENTY-FOUR INNING
GAME HARKED BACK TO

me next thing Rube Marquard,
maker Of records, will shoot for is
The twenty.four inning record of Jack
Coombs, who in 1906 won the longest
major league game ever played.
Rube, however. could retire from
baseball tomorrow with more records
than any baseball pitcher ever
achieved In 1912 Rube tied Tim
Keefe's old record by winning nine
teen straight, and in 1914, he pitched
the longest National League game
ever fought up to that time, defeat
ing Pittsburg In a twenty'one inning
contest. Last Wednesday Marquard got
into the twenty-second inning OF the
game played between Brooklyn and
Pinsburg on Ebbets Field in time to
get credit for winning the longest tilt
in the forty.two years the National
League has been in existence.
Il is a strange coincidence that
Plttsburg should twice be the team
used to establish a new National
League record and that Marquard
should be the winning pitcher each
time.
Fortunately Marquard was not
forced to extend himself in the game
last week, as Rube has had tough
times after making his records After
Marquards winning streak was brok-
en- in 1912 he just dubbed around un.
til the end Of the season, being Of
very little use to the Giant team. He
found himself in the worlds series
that fall, winning two Of the three
vames won by New York from the
Red Sox in 1912.
After Marquard established a new
National League long distance rec
ord In 1914, by beating Pittsburg on
July II, he did lot win another game
that year. He lost ten straight He
then started the 1915 season in a
blaze of glory by pitching a nohit
game over Brooklyn, only to 60 70
pieces after that. In mid'season he
was released to Toronto. but Brook
lyn saved the player from the minors
and for new records.
Famous Tie Game Of 1892.
Long distance baseball has for
years been an interesting topic, FOL
The fan. For many years whenever
long games were under discussion
the last word was the famous twen
" inning tie game played by the ole
Chicago White Stockings and the
Cincinnati Reds In 1892 The game
ended in a Z to draw. A freak fea
ture OF this game was that at thi
start both Tony Mullane Of the Red
and Ad Gumbert, OF Chicago, wer'
hit most freely, each team SCORING
seven runs in the first five innings
After that both men settled down, an'
though there was. no change OF pitch
ers. there was no further SCORING
during the next fifteen innings.
That game was matched IN Phila
ielphla on August "a 1905, when tn
Chicago Cubs beat the Phillies Il
twenty innings by a score OF TO 1
The pitchers were Ed Reulbach,
husky youngster just out Of college
and Frank Sparks. a slender veteran
Though Frank never carried a lot o
weight, he was reported to have los
seven pounds while pitching thi
game.
coombs' Great Feat
That game was considered quite
hummer for the time being, but
had 10 take back seat the followin
wear. when the Athletics and Bosto
Red Sox played what was the mos
remarkable game ever contested
the big leagues. Two kid pitchers
lack Coombs. out Of college just tw
months. and Harris, plucked from th
minors a brief time before this col
test, were the opposing pitchers
twenty.four inning struggle.
The game was played in Boston o
September /. 1906, and was suppose
10 be the first game Of double heal
er. That really Is the only way lon
games are possible. In almost ever
case where a long contest has Dee
played the historical game was u
first OF a scheduled double header.
The game started at o'clock an
darkness would have ended II hi
not the Athletics broke through Ha
riss defence and scored a batch
three runs in the twenty-fourth, wi
ming for Coombs by score Of tc
The tilt lasted five hours minus
minutes.
Coombs struck out IS men in Il
game, while Jack knight, who lat
came to the Yankees, was the hittil
star with two triples and five single
Coombs is the only player wi
took part In that game who still
In the big leagues, though Bill Car
gan, who started to catch for Bostc
retired only last winter. after pill
ing the Hub team to two worl'
championships.
"colby Jack" Still In Field.
While Coombs later became one
the greatest pitching stars OF ba'
ball, Harris never was heard OF aft
this game. He finished the 1906 81
son with record of two games W
and twenty-one lost and was perm
ted to drop back to the minors.