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Show GIANTS AFTER HIGH RECORD McGraw Wants to Beat Figures of Cubs of 1906 When They Won 112 Out of 154 Games.- The pennant is not the only incentive In the 1917 race, John J. McGraw wants his Giants to beat the figures of the Cubs of 190G, writes Len Woost-er Woost-er in the Brooklyn Times. In that season the great Chicago machine finished fin-ished the season with a percentage of .765. They won 112 games out of 154, the best mark under such a schedule sched-ule in either of the two big leagues. McGraw calculates on a flying start and will improve every opportunity to gratify his ambition. He considers himself in possession of the greatest team he ever handled and with the ?lass he possesses believes it possible to nick the season for the best percentage per-centage of victories amassed by any club under the 154 arrangement. The 26 straight run of last fall, a new major league record, started that bee buzzing in his cranium. It's a laudable laud-able ambition, but there are a few rival managers who will do their best to trip up McGraw in his quest for a record-breaking performance. |