Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1917 — GIANTS AFTER HIGH RECORD [ARTICLE]

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 onlydncentlve in the 1917 yace, John J. McGraw wants his Giants to beat the figures of the Cubs of 1906, writes Len Wooster tn the Brooklyn Times. In that season the great Chicago machine finished the season with a percentage of .765. They won 112 games out of 154, the best mark under such a schedule 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 fie ever handled and with the class he possesses believes it possible to pick the season' for the best percentage 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 ambition, but there are a few rival managers who will do their best to trip tip McGraw in his quest for a record-breaking performance.