The evening world., 1911-04-28
Giants First Baseman Drives
Ball Ten Feet Over Double
Fence in Left Field.
BY BULGER.

oNQ wy WHIio pie ~ S@s>s
~ a tho new armory At Ono
Hundred and sixty-ninth street
cnd Lafayette boulevard late yester-
day afternoon was Stareled out OF his
sensss by seeing a now league baseball
roNtng at Ids feet. He might hnvs be-
ltevcd n the generosity OF some fairy
patnoe but for tho roar that came from
tho grand stand in American League
Park, three blocks away. Without
waiting for further inquiry the young
ster seized tho precious ball and rushed
IN breathle~s haste to his home. II so
happened that the fortunate boy was
tho son OF Charley Edwards. q rooter
OF sogne distinction on tho Hilltop.
Look. Daddy" tho boy yelled. u his
fan father came home with q beam!ng
Mmals after tina gaSne between New
York and Boston. This ball bounced
TO mo from the new arrnory n One
Hundred and SIXTY -ndnth street. and
It's all mine"
"Geewhftaksr!' exclaimed the Old
man. II that amt the bail That Merk'e
drove out OF the park In h NTH inn
ing I'm a golf player"
And 30 II was. Merkle's record break
inR WALTON not only cleared the dolnls
fence IN left field by moro than 10 feet.
but II struck the new armory md kept
rolling until the happy little lad picked
II up n little more tSln three blocks from
the homo plate OF the Hilltop, We're I!
not for "A possible accusation OF lose
majestic tina Nallop could be turned
into n Swat MilliSan yarn without much
stretch OF the Inauguration. II the rule
had been in vogue mat Merkle could
nave kept scoring untfl the bail had
been recovered he could easily have
made l.293 rrns and broke the recon-
OF the Poison Oak League. Lets change
the rule
Longest Hit Ever Made.
5 The drive was, beyond question, II,
longea, MT ever made in "A New Yorl
. bail park. In 1909 Harry Davis made
70 dlve over the lett field fence at Amert
can League Park. but We have I'll,
documentary evidence OF llarry ste
vens to show that az that t.sne tho toI
. fence on witch is painted the many al
I verrising signs was not nearly 10 nigh
For the benefit OF those who did no
q see the terrific smash Il is eAplainc'
A that the hall cleared the fence aoou
fty fest to the right OF the scor
board. and ~ the point Where Il wen
u over the fence was as hiSNl as tno 10
a OF tho score board. Josh Clarke, WI
X was playing LETT Ned and backed u
against this boards, says tho ball wa
. ~ N@1AN 80 w.
head.
= A. remarkable as WAS that drive
:, was nothing like as effective as II thre
base shot uncorked by bevlin with u
bases fun In the first inning, The bss'
" were empty when Merkle pulled %
N trigger for his record breaker. Whe
K Devlln came up for tG frst time n
10 bags were loaded 10 the gunwales, II
smash was a long curvIng liner tn
a, would have been a home run but q
:. the ground rules which limited all hi
- into the framework OF the new bleac.
81 ers 20 three bases.
10 Another drive which was hit wi
OF terrific force was a two Dagger :
S%nodgrass IN the first inning. whit
I'D also drove In two runs. With all tn
the shsrpest hit bal, Of the day was
-, line smash by Crandall that struck JoI
Clarke squarely IN the hands and coun
ed for nauglt. u was coming vi
ne such force that the snappy 1T
a brother OF Manager Fred Clarke
Pittsburg was almost knocked off !
ys pins. II Otie's drive had varied I
he feet either way Il would have been a
other cleanup to top OF this afterno
OF record breaking events.
-. Hilltop Charms Giants.
This feast OF hitting. with poor TIE
- ney's team as a sacrifice, has conyinC
- the Giant players more Armly than "a
m that there Is a magic charm TO the II
~ top. They stu cling 10 fond memor
Of the Polo Grounds. but there are q