Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
ONE RECORD left
FOR BABE TO BUST
Clarke's Eight Homers in as
Many Times at Bat in One
Game the Mark
IS MADE BY HIS TEAM

Why all this ranting about Babe
Ruth being the "King Of Swat the
Behemoth of the sacred willow, the
wrecker Of all twirlings?
. ]. 7. Clarke. otherwise known as
'Nig." the old time catcher of the
Pirates and other clubs and manager OF
one OF the famous marine baseball teams
during the war, would like to have these
questions answered.
And Clarke has a reason. lie AYERS
that Ruth may hold the worlds home
run record, that he may be the
worst feared batsman in the big league
today, but when it comes down to hold
Ing the laurel for prodigious feats OF
coutng in single game, the Babe IL
beaten to fare thee well.
Clarke has wide and varied expert
ence as major and minor league
player. He has been down In the sticks
more than once and knows ballplayers
when he sees them. He has the great
est respect for Ruth and calls him one
Of the mightiest hitrers the game has
ever had. but when it comes down to
talking about what Ruth has done in
the way of home runs in a single game,
Clarke just smokers.
According to the best available
records Ruth has not counted more than
two homers in any single game. True.
IN double headers, for n days work he
has crashed the old hOrsehidn for as
many as three, but outside of that he
cannot compare with Clarke.
Chrke's Great Feat
The great feat of the former marine
occurred in 1902. On July II of that
year In a regular championship game
played between Corsicana and Tex
arkana in the old Texas League. Clarke
went to bat eight times, and on each
occasion knocked out home run.
Eight in one game is record that
probably will stand for all time. The
score OF the game in which Clarke made
nls irreproachable record was 81 to 3 in
iavor OF Corsicana, Clarkes team.
Inc largest score in the major leagues
IN the last ten years was made by the
Athletics when the Mackmen defeated
the Tigers some years ago twenty
some runs to two. 1t will be remem :
oered that the members of the Detroit
Team went on a strike that day and
nughey Jennings had to 60 out and
colect an aggregation of misfits in
si9ding his pitching coach and some
old.timc stars.
Whlch all goes to prove that large
.Ioie games are scarce these days and
Mat batter seldom comes to bat more
.hah Six or seven times. OF course II
game went fifteen or more innings
aad kuth made home run each time
oat he would tie or even better the
secerd made by Clarke, but this is well :
aiyh the impossible.
A, For Ruth to sock out a homer every
sIme at bat for fifteen or more innings
mUuid mean that rival team would
se .aye 10 match the score made by Ruth
seh time, which is also beyond the
s seaim OF the possible as far as the
cerned. p"'' "'' W"
FIFTY. three Safeties
oiarke's team in that memorable
ta~e banged out fifty three hits for
snty'six earned runs. The Texar.
na sd. team made but five errors, con
sSnaihg S.rihg the number of balls that were
saot at the fielders. Corsicana failed
style. '"eA'hs Ns pitcher IN good
tbs peculiar angle to the contest was
srisnet et that the manager of the Tex
tbs baa an team kept Dewitt on the mound
llsv,nre nine innings instead of re
Of tnS MN. Must have been scarcity
do that. " AeA"S LOT u manager te
'ankees In Lead Again
sec,ae ne Yankees went to the fore in the
sss,avs sSaw American League pennant rae,
f.II f.IIsiiuay uia.y when the Cleveland Indians
Fshsr e.His TO the leading league twirler
pIoDs 81 Chicago. However, the cham
fast IKE the Pirates. are setting a
iittl.p pace; ace While Pittsburgh is having
Can,sa aimGulty in keeping ahead of thu
ssIs Cleveland has been unable to
Caishou on the Yankees. The loss OF
>frsetns Nunamaker. whose leg wal
y lndnnssu saturday, may handicap the
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