Walter Johnson and Joe Wood are in pursuit of Rube Marquard’s 19-game win streak. Johnson picks on the White Sox for his 14th straight, a two-hitter, tying Jack Chesbro’s 1904 mark. The Washingtonians win, 2 – 0, beating “our meatball expert” (Chicago Record-Herald) Joe Benz with eight hits. A week later Joe Wood will win number 13 in a row.

On August 16, 1912 — Walter Johnson and Joe Wood are in pursuit of Rube Marquard’s 19-game win streak. Johnson picks on the White Sox for his 14th straight, a two-hitter, tying Jack Chesbro’s 1904 mark. The Washingtonians win, 2 – 0, beating “our meatball expert” (Chicago Record-Herald) Joe Benz with eight hits. A week later Joe Wood will win number 13 in a row.

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