The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

There was situation for fair-one
TO dream about! One bali to decide
pennant! The pitcher heaved up the
bail and Orr swung. There was a crack
ard that bali started towards the city
I II crossed the right center field fence,
sim going higher. 1t crossed the ca
nal, hit just above the second story
window of a cottage. bounded, and
rolled up an alley-and COmiszey's men
yielded the pennant
One OF the longest hits ever made was
one by William Bullhead Dahlen on
the Polo grounds in 1895 in a series
tetween New York and Chicago.
Digby Bel, the actor. attended that
game IN tall trap, and on the seat
beside him was a big bulldog. They
drove inside the Polo grounds and
alongside the low chain fence out in
center field.
IN the eighth inning OF the game, with
two on bases, Dahlen came to bat, and
Jouett Meekin who was pitching, put
up fast high one. Dahlen picked the
bail and it shot on a line straight over
George |an Haltren's Lead. Bell. sit
! TING in his trap, saw that ball coming
and started TO dodge. The pup-Which
wasn't interested in baseball-did not
/ see IT, The ball hit that bull pup ia
the head. knocked 1t off the trap-and
! killed 1t, and, incidentally, Dahlen cir
eled the bases.
recall another hit that was nearly
as long, if not longer 1t was made
by Bin LANCE at Silver City, " NJ. In
the spring of 1888 The Silver City team
was composed Of a couple of minor
ltlguers. and the others were town
I boys, who never had seen a National
| league BAH club and were scared. The
game was played on field that had
fence on two sides ana a couple of
mountains on the other two. and the
mountain in le1t field looked d half
mile from the home plate. In the first
inning Llnse slammed the ball 10 left
and il looked a sure home run. 1t
wac The LETT fielder couldn't get in
10 II IA time 10 hold Lange at third.
Alarmed over prospects of big league
sln""ing, that fellow was playing out
on the mountaip side. nearly out Of
range even for "a Krupp gun,
The greatest smuggling feat in the his
tory Of the game was that of Ed Dele
hlnty, off Adonis Terry on the West
Side grounds in Chicago. The feat is
historic, but there are so many in
quiries concerning it that IT is worth
while giving the facts.
II was game between Philadelphia
and Chicago one afternoon in 1856. Ter
ry was pitching in rare form and, in
the language of the game, he had
everything" The first time up Dele
hanty cracked the ball high over the
right field fence, not far inside the
foul lne-perhaps about forty feet.
The second time up he drove liner
over short. Dahlen got his hands on
the ball, but il tore through them and
rolled clear out 70 left field The third
time up he lifted the bah over the right
field fence again, this time far down
in right center. The next time ne drove
the bah out to the club houses In cen
ter for his third home run In the
ninth inning he came up again. LANCE
played back between tine two club
houses and the other outfielders re-
treated TO the fences DClehanty hit
the ball straight to center. Ii struck
the top Of one clubhouse, bounded to
the top OF the other, and rolled back
IT, the field, and the big fellow made
the circuit again.
Yet Philadelphia got only eight hits
off Terry in the game, counting Ders
five, ana was beaGen-S 10 g.