The evening times., 1911-08-07

Glass by Himself With
Long Swats
The real slugging department Of
baseball. that of hits for extra bases,
is being featured by some star per-
formers, and there is a chance that
only for two-baggers and three-base
hits, but for home runs as we'll.
Like Cobb, two Of the record seek
ers In this line are American leag-
uers, Duffy Lewis of the Red SoX,
holding the lead in doubles, while
Birdie" Cree of the Yankees, Larry
Doyle of the Giants and even Cobb
himself are found up in front in the
race for honors in three-base drives.
In the home-run department the
National is the bidder for the glory,
Fred Luderus Of the Phillies having
such lead over all rivals in both
circuits that he may be said to be
In class of his own, with no real
opposition in sight.
Many Doubles Made.
The record for two-baggers is fifty
one, which mark was made last year
by Lajoie, and If Lewis Of the Red
Sox fails to beat this he will have to
fall OF considerably during the rest
of the season, for in the first half
Of the distance he has cracked out
twenty-seven doubles and may be
expected to set new f1gures II he
keeps up this gait. He leads both
leagues. his closest rivals being Cobb,
Jackson, Roy Miller, Sheckard, and
Fred Clarke. .s
The high mark for three-baggers is
twenty-three credited to Lajoie in
1908, and while no batsman in either
league is close to this mark at pres
ent, there is possibility of its be-
ing at least approached, as Larry
Doyle, Cobb and Cree have passed
the fifteen mark.
It is in the home-run department
that interested is centered, however.
There is something magical in the
word "homer" that stirs the blood
of the fan, and followers of the sport
everywhere will watch closely the
progress Of Luderus toward the rec
ord mark, even though they may be
playing little attention to the strug-
gle for honors in doubles and, triples.
Luderus Tops In H0mers. '.
Luderus has made himself the talk
Of the league by his roundup drives.
It is true that the short right-field
fence in Philadelphia is the secret Of
the Quaker f1rst-sacker's home-run
showing, for not one of his circuit
clouts has been made away from
home, and many of them would have
been easy outs on larger field, but
the fact remains that he is getting
credit for homers just the same, and
he has only to finish the season in
his form of the first half to break
the major league record ~:
Already Luderus has fourteen homie
runs to his credit, more than half
the number needed to break the old
figures, for the highest number Of
base circlers ever piled up in one
season in the National league was
twenty five, made by "Buck" Free
man with the Washington Nationals
in 1899.
Even now Luderus is only two shy
of the American league record, which
is sixteen, made by Socks" Sybold
of the Athletics in 1902. The closest
approach to this mark in the Nation
al in recent years was twelve, which
Tim Jordan Of Brooklyn first made
in 1906 and repeated in 1908. Last
season the highest number was ten,
Fred Beck of the Boston Nationals
and Frank Schultz of the Chicago
Nationals being tied for the honors
Ping Bodie Led Minors.
Greater records than that of Free
man have been made in the minors,
of course, as witness the thirty hon.
ers which "Ping" B6die, now with the
Whitesox, cracked out last season
for San Francisco, in the Pacific
Coast league. and the thirty-six hits
of the same sort which left the bat
Of Roth, for Evansville. in the Three
league in 1901. But the Freeman
total of twenty-five Is the modern
major league record and must be
considered the goal for which Luder-
us is striving.
Home runs were not uncommon
when baseball was in its infancy, and
Luderus' total of fourteen would not
have been considered remarkable in
those early days.
In fact, one man has been known
to make half that number in q single
game, for Harry Wright smashed out
seven homers In one contest while
playing for Cincinnati against the
Holt club Of Newport, KY, on June
12, 1867. A year earlier Lip Pike
made six homers In game. while
as late as 1874 AL Reach, Kleinfelder
and Potter earned the distinction Of
making five in a single event. All
three were then playing with the
Athletics. On May 9, 1866, this team
made no less than nineteen home
runs in a game against a club at
New Castle, Del, their total score be-
ing 131. Muldoon of Cleveland made
four In 1882 and Crooks of Omaha
piled up the same number In 1889.
Maybe the time will come when the
woman's work can be finished. She
can now buy better and cheaper
noodles that she can make. the shild-
rem wear less clothing every day.
II he could afford 1t, every small