The Washington times., 1927-09-10

gainst Dan Howley's outfit.
} The Yankees set a record by go
ing 12S games before being white
washed. Bob Grove, Connie Mack's
big southpaw, turned that stunt q
week ago today, to 0, at Shibe'S
Park.
/ It is quite probable that the
Yankees teamr totai Of home runs
has never been approached but will
endure for long, long time.
And now the Higgins gang ig
on the threshold of adding a third
record by making a co%Splete
massacre OF the Browns. Games
are to be played today and tomor.
row, ending their interclub scraps,
and it's a good bet that the Yanks
win go through to new record.
Never since the present sched-
ule calling for 154 games was
adopted has . big league club
sWept through any one rival for
all y games. No matter how
strong the victor nor how weak
the Door little victim. at least
one game has gone to the under
In 1903 the Boston National
leaguers, then known asNtl1e Doves
(which Just about explains their
mental and physical characteristics,
too, by the way), lost 81 out Of 22
games to the second place Chicago
Cubs and 30 out OF 21 to the cham.
pion Pittsburgh Pirates. That is
the worst record in the big show,
the only occasion where one club
could win but single game from
a rival. The. Doves. so-named be-
cause they were owned by John B.
Dovey, did it twice that year to
make It more binding.
! In 1904 the Boston National
leaguers stripped of most Of their
stars by the hard-fighting and
| player-grabbing American league,
dropped 20 out Of % games played
with the Giants and in 1905 they
lost 19 out of % to McGraw'A team.
The Brooklyn Dodgers. by the
way, also dropped 90 out Of 20 to.
the Giants in 1904. -.......-
The Boston Red Sex OF 1904.
then known as the. Speed Boys,
took 20 out of p games from the
woeful Washington club. r@
In 1911 the Athletics took 20
ont Of 22s gamess played with
the ST.. Louis Browns and the
next year saw Harry WOlVeF-
tons wretched New York club
lose 10 out of 81 games. to the
champion Boston Red SOx. Jake
Stahl led that Boston team and
It's winning percentage Of .691
Is the league mark the 1927
New York Yanlxs hope to pass.
In 1919 Connie Mack's funny
outfit dropped 1s out of 20 games
to the third place Yankees. How.
ever. during that war year the
schedule called for but 140 games
and no team in the country was
at its full strength. The army was
calling for athletes then.
An oddity in the work Of the
Browns this season is seen in their
winning 10 out Of the Is games nj.
ready played with the Griffmen,
though the latter romped along In
second place for most OF the cam
paign. ~.
The Browns have copped, Is out Of
1S games played to date with the
Boston Red Sox, which il about a.
good a performance as the record.
breaking Yankees have offered with
is out Of % games against the same
loutfit.
AS for the Red sox, their one toy
this year is the Cleveland club. The
| Indians have dropped Is out of II
lcontests against Bill Carrigan's gang,
The Chicago White SOx close
their final visit to the CAPITAL
tomorrow. Monday is an open
date, but on Tuesday will come
another dOuble-header, this one
with the Detroit Tigers. The
final game In Detroit was
washed out and 50 comes here
by transfer.
Next Friday will be another open
date in the schedule, which ID tough
luck for the girls, and Saturday next
the Cleveland Indians open their
final three-game series at the Grie.
fifth Stadium.
7 Jack Hayes, Alabama Univeraity
lnlielder, who broke into the lineup
at third base yesterday, is expected
to start in Bob Reeves place today
Iagainst the White Sox. The young
ster is really shortstop, though he
has been working out around the
hot corner for weeks. Reeves has
Il lame leg and a brief rest may do
Rim good. 1t also enables Manager
u Harris to get a peek at Hayes under
(fire.
Careful treatment has brought
Manager Harris back well nigh to
normal condition, his spiked foot be~
ing practically healed. He is in uni
form and, If he feels a bit skittish
today, he may resume work at Sec
ond base.