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WIN IS RECORD
FOR HUBBELL.
Giants Screwbalier Makes
New Achievement in
the Majors

NEW YORK, May II. (UP).-
Carl Hubbell yesterday won his
DIST consecutive National league
game - longest string ever COM
piled in the majors--by pitching
the New York Giants to a So
triumph over the leading Pitts
burgh Pirates.
Hubbell, a 3I-ycar-old screw
baller, limited the hard-hitting
Pirates to six safetie5 for his fifth
straight victory this year. This,
added to his l6-in-a-row from
1886. gave Hubbell one more than
the l9ll-12 record Of 20 set BY
another New York Giant, RUDE
Marquard. The RUDE registered
10 straight in 1912 and had car
ryover of one from the preceding
season.
Arky Vaughn hit two home runs
to give the Pirates their only tai
lies. Breaking a five-gamc Pirate
winning streak, the Giants reach
ed four pitchers for IS hits, in
Guiding four-baggcr by Dick
Bartell.
The loss cut the Pirates margin
of leadership to = IL games over
the st. Louis Cardinals who noSed
out the Philadelphia PhillieS, ID.
St. Louis scored its winning run
in the seventh without benefit of
u base hit. DurOcher went to sec
ond when Scharcin made a wild
throw of his grounder. Mulcahy,
attempting to get Durocher at
third. threw Pinch Hitter Pad
gctt'S grounder wild, and the Card
shrotstop scored. 1t was Lon
Warnckc's fourth win of the year.
The Brooklyn Dodgers kept a
half-game behind the third-place
Giants by whipping the Clncin-
matt Reds. Ga. The BroOkIyns
scored their tying and winning
runs in the sixth on one hit. Has
sett singled, was sacrificed to sec
ond, and stole third. Lavagetto
walked and stole second. When
Davis made a wild throw to cen-
terrified, HasSett scored. LavagetoD
took third on a grounder ana
scored on KampouriS' low throw
of EngliSh's groundcr. Hamlln,
third of the Dodger pitchers, got
credit for the win and the loss
was assessed against Derrlngef'
second of the three Red hurlerS.
Scoring three runs in the l2th'
the Chicago Cubs won from the
Boston Bees, Sc. Cavaretta's dou-
bic with the bases loaded in the
18th pushed two runs over, ana
GaIan long fly brought the other
one in. Shoun, who had followed
Lee and Parmelcc to the Cub
mound, was the winner, and Guy
Bush, fourth Bee hurler, was the
loser. The Bees outhit the cubs,
1910. The win kept the Cubs a
half-game behind the Dodgers.
The battle between the Amer
lean League leading Philadelphia
Athletics and the sccond-pIace
Cleveland Indians was ralned out,
but the Boston Red SoX were
ousted from third place when they
shut out 40 by the Detroit Zig
ers. Rookie George Gill gave the
Red Sox only five scattered hits
while the Tigers made the best OF
an equal number off Yves Terrell
for Victory. Charles Gehringer
paced Detroit with 4 homer, his
first of the season, and double.
Goose Goslin singled in two runs.
Boston Manager Joe Cronin nick
ed Gill for three singles, but not
player got past second base.
The New York Yankees kept
pace with the Tigers by defeating
the St. Louis Browns, 4-2. Lefty
Gomez held the Brownies to eight
scattered hits in scoring his third
straight victory. Joe Dimaggio
was the big gun of the Yankees
12-hit assault, hitting a triple and
two singles to drive in three runs.
Wa!kup, who gave up all the Yank
runs in the eighth innings he
pitched, was the loser.
The Chicago White SoX were
beaten, 1912, by the tail-end
Washington Senators. DeshOng al
lowed eight hits, but kept them
scattered as his mates collected IA
off Lee and Chelini. First Base
man Joe Kuhel led the attack
with three triples and single in
five attempts. Hill connected for
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