South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-08-22
MANY FREAK -FOUR
BASE HITS COUNT
Some Runs Are Made by Biz
League Stick Artists in Un-
usual Manner-BalI Driven
Through knoth0le in Fence.
BY FRANK G.. MF:NKE.

NEW YORK. Aug. %. - Milton
Stock. the Giants third sacker. treat
ed himself TO a fluke home run the
other day. and II Immediately started
discussion concerning freak and
lengthy circuit swats Many trotted
IL was voted that Stocks was about
the hukiest that had happened in a
long time.
Stocks drive smashed into the bag
at third base and then bounced into
one Of the boxes. The rival third
sacker recovered the ball almost be-
fore Stock had rounded first. but the
ed outside the playing field, after hrst
hitting fair, gave Stock a home
ICY" YOung's Homer.
"Cy' Young, the old Cleveland
pitcher, hit out four Dagger in Cleve-
land one day. The ball skinned along
the first base line and made for the
score board which then was in short
right field The ball hit under the
board and into the little space be-
the outfelder could dig il out "Cy",
who frequently has made 100 yards in
AZ seconds, tore" around the bases
and was credited with a homer.
Big Bill" LANCE. who played with
the Chicago team in the old days.
whaled a ball over the center field
fence In Cincinnati one day. 1t
crashed through the window of a sa-
loon across the street and broke up a
pinochle party just as one of the play
ers was on the point of NEEDING some
thing like 400.
Drives Ball Block.
Buck Freeman. also known as
Home Run" Freeman, connected
one OF Chief Bender's twisters in a
game at Philadelphia and, not only
lifted the ball out of the lot but drove
it through an open window on the
second floor of house that was a
block away from the park.
Joe Jackson of the Maps, in the
opinion of baseball veterans, hit the
longest home run in the history of
baseball. II was in a game in New
York last year. JOe's drive cleared
the top of the lofty right field grand
stand by at least 40 feet. When last
seen, the ball was travelling at a ter
rife clip, and II was estimated that
before the ball landed, it must have
been $50 feet clear of the park.
Brace I'm Game.
Heinie Zimmerman, the quiet, unas-
Stunning, peace loving third baseman OF
the Cubs. raped out a brace of
homers in one day in Cincinnati They
cleared the center field fence by about
III rect eaCn. f1elnl0 Is the only play
er who ever turned the trick in that
ball park.
Miller Higgins of the Cardinals got
a fiukey home run. 1t happened in
Cincinnati Many odd things happen
there. Ter lifted a short fly TO
right The sun got in the fielder's
eye and the ball dropped ten feet from
him. Before the outfielder could rub
the glare out of his peppers, Miller
slipped around the bases.
Buddy Ryan, once upon a time
with the Maps, poked out homer
with the bases full in Cleveland a year
or two ago. 1t was one Of the few
times in baseball history that this
four runs-with~ one-smash stunt has
been accomplished.
Larry Doyle of the Giants carved
his name in basebalps hall of fame a
few weeks ago when he cracked out
a four Dagger in the Dist inning of the
Giants-Pirates game. His swat end
ed the longest combat in big league
history.
Knocks OF Cover.
Walter Johnson, one of the Sena-
tors. does not hit 'em often, but when
he does there's happenings. He con-
nected with a ball in Washington some
time back and hit ii so hard he knock
ed off the cover. The cover landed
over second base and the rest Of me
ball landed a few miles outside the
ball park.
Larry Doyle has another claim to
fame other than that which came
through his blow in Pittsburgh. lay
ing on the Pacific coast he smashed
the ball through the only knOthole in