The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-28

This Is a season OF the unusual IN
baseball. With the major league ciuos
my a tribe beyond the halfway
1,arr numerous records OF n
yrrra have bee tied or left IN the
distance. and all indications point "
pi,~ campaign Of 1919 being lons IT,
numbered as the seaso when the We
usuri almost reached the stage y.
0fflnnonplace. The game mas cos
sack with a boom that has been pe-
t.6hd All e~xpectations from an Az
iawdance standpoint, and even Hioie
80 In events on he field OF play. :.
.1.Since the home run STANDS on. a.
trs big happening on the pau ne
iAe record breaking attenoances -
babe Ruth. the Boston siuese., "a
49, are entitled to the place on
uf6ninenc. in the long stretch OF rec
ovd making. Ruth Is now snootins
TOR ,he major league hons run mars
.1 all time. after sclipsing the oe.
prrformance In his own league over q
st.etch OF seventeen years. OF SIM
14e. Ne Ia hound to set up a new
Navy tor the American league anu
ha. a nne chance Of eclipsing the oiu-
time ngurcs which were estaohsheo III
the. National. =, The
IN Chicago team, punched ou.
drives for the circuit. The more Inou
..ss record is that OF Buck w
~ me Washington Club. VINO M,
a homers in 1888. when h Capitoi
cav was represented in the old twelve
eImb National league. In 1918 cactus
~rayrth OF the Phillies made - nome
rms. the top mark In the Nationa'
laat,,e since Freeman's day. AZ the
cnr which Ruth IL now going he faces
X onnortunity of passing all these
r,srks The American league record
tor, homers is. rs. set by SOCKS sey-
hold OF the Athletics in 1909 Nu.n
napched out his fifteenth nome w
u the current campaign against po
shavkey at Boston on Tnufsoay' =.
this one particular recofo may 'e
said to be In his grasp
A new mark for pennant winner
nv .ny one seems TO be the
rosnect for John McGraw. manaker
Of the Giants. When the Little ma
co,eon led his 1917 to q pen
Mani he tied the mark which CONNIE
Macy set up back in 1914 with tne
last championship aggregation len ns
,hS crafty Cornelius. Six pennants
nave been won by each and now Nc
Jraw IL on his way to a seventh. oe-
spite the Cincinnati furry
Yankee Homo Nun FesAu
One has to 90 far back into tne
hasebat1 records to and the equai 20
,KF batting performance OF the yam
49, Al the Polo grounds on June
n. xyhen the Higgins mauiers a..
s%sslsed the slants Of Tom Rogers 2
c1nufe Thompson. philadelphia pi,cn.
- tor Avs home runs. The feat had
risen performed before. y not in
rsrAnt wears. The baseball records
-, to show ar Instance OF any sucn
hcma run activity over a s'Ietcn OF
,rrrty.nve years. The Boston Ma
tacals. in a game against the Cin-
rtrnati Reds on May 80. 1894. made
rvn home runs. II was on that day
,ss. bobby Lore made four circuit
efout. of Pitcher Chamberlain Oh the
Reds. ~n,o,.
va furnished BY the Yankees on tne
r,,,rrtne OF July I In 4 game against
ra.hinetou Il the Polo grounds. IN
an inninx. the seventh. the fankee
enacted three home runs on Pitcher
rrytr Erickson OF the Senators. In
H. NEXT round Baker poled . homer
ON whitehouse. making q total OF FOUR
~ Wis rame. Getting three home
.urs in an inning Is quite unusual II
Ma not happened in the American
,.s~ue aimee 1904, and once In the