Tris Speaker runs his hitting streak to 20 games, lining a hit in the first game of today’s twin bill with the Browns. This is Speaker’s third long streak of the season; earlier he had streaks of 20 games and 30 games, the only player in history to have three such streaks in a year. In the nitecap, Smoky Joe Wood wins his 25th, beating the Browns, 8 – 0. He allows four hits and strikes out 9.

On August 14, 1912 — Tris Speaker runs his hitting streak to 20 games, lining a hit in the first game of today’s twin bill with the Browns. This is Speaker’s third long streak of the season; earlier he had streaks of 20 games and 30 games, the only player in history to have three such streaks in a year. In the nitecap, Smoky Joe Wood wins his 25th, beating the Browns, 8 – 0. He allows four hits and strikes out 9.

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