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Show COVELESKIE INS SIX STRAIGHT 1 GiES, Indian Hurler Out to Break IH Marquard'a Record. With Pitchor Stanley Covelskie of Cleveland in possession of six con?ecli- IH tive victories this .reason, statistical IH bugs arc boginning to dust off the IH dope books to figure how much of a IH chance the Cloveland hurlcr has to cut IH mio uie na.ii 01 lame as a consecutive I IH IH The rocord of consecutive wins is 10, ' H an the record is held jointly by Hubo t Marquard, made in 1012, and Tim H Kecfe, made in 18SS. Covelskie has H a long, hard row to hoe before he H equals the record, but he has shown H such wonderful form that westearn jH critics believe he will come through. IH Walter Johnson and Joe Wood each H Kccfc's record, although an old one, was not the less brilliant, and his win- H ning streak opened on June 23 and ended on August 10, covering a period of 4S days. Marquard did not appear on the firing lino as often as did jf Keefe, for his winning streak covered jf a period of S3 days. Keefe was a horse for work, and H when his record was well started he H was more eager to go to tho mound than ever before, and the management consented. Many times Keefe worked as many as four games a. week, whlcn would be considered strenuous going H by the hurlers of the present time. Keefe, too, had the benefit of a team of sluggers behind him. In nearly J all the games in his record string the Giants won by a wide margin, while In only four were the Giants winners by a lone tally. Covelskie has an aggrc-gation aggrc-gation of sluggers to back him up, but it must, aiso oo ngureu tnat there arc IH other high class hurlers in the game today, and Mr. Covelskie may find the 'H going rough some day when his mates are not hitting the agate as per thu The Kce'c-Marquard record is sim-ply sim-ply a major league mark. The figure 'H has been bettered in minor league ball. Baxter Sparks, pitching for the Yazoo City club in the Delta leaguo back in 1904. won 21 straight vie-tories, vie-tories, and while making it worked in throe double-headers, and included a no-hlt game in tho list, too. Covelcs- IJ kic's work to date has been of a scna-tional scna-tional turn. In two of his six games he was favored by fortune to the ex-tent ex-tent of a "break," although in the UH other four it was chiefly his superb jH work that brought the Cleveland club the victories. His work will be watched more closely after each vie- IH tory in the future. With half a dozen IH he has the foundation laid for a rec- jH ll |