Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1920 — RECORD FOR MAJOR LEAGUES [ARTICLE]

RECORD FOR MAJOR LEAGUES

Washington American Team Believed to Have Set Mark for Consecutive Playing in 1919. • What is believed to constitute a record for major leagues has been established by the Washington club in the matter of uninterrupted playing. The calling off of the final game in the recent Cleveland series because of rain was the first postponement the Senators had encountered since May 23. After that date, which was just one month after the season opened, Jhe Griffmen participated In gyerjL scheduled contest and a number of games postponed prior to that date as well, including two tie games at the Polo grounds. In eighty-three days Washington averaged one game a day, exceeding half of the schedule of 140 games by thirteen.