New York, July 28.
One. of baseball's strangest phenomenon is the ability of the Chicago Cubs, present leaders in the National League pennant race, to run up winning streaks, They have had more prolonged winning streaks than any team in baseball and the habit is not new.
As long ago as 1880 when Pop Anson managed the Cubs they were a streak team. And in the 57 intervening years the Cubs have always been a streak team, either runing up a long string of victories or defeats. There a saying around the National League that when a Cub team is hot it takes a ráilroad wreck or worse to stop them.
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