New Britain herald., 1925-12-03
BASEBALL'S GREAT
 EVENTS OF YEAR
Billy Evans Discusses Unusual
 Incidents of Season
(BY BILLY EVANS) THE UNUSUAL,

Someone asked me the other flaw as 10 the most unusual happening that came under my observation last season.
 A lot Of things can take place tn a l54-game schedule, 50 I begged the right to take, the question under advlsement realized it required considerable thought to be properly answered.
 It IS possible for any department or play to create an unusual han penlng In baseball, Pitching, field ing and batting are perhaps the three most important factors.
 AS l mulled over the many events or the past season two batting feats came back to me as the most re- markable happenings of the season.
 Batting feats would lack a certain amount of color unless they had Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb mixed up in them. The two have In mind did,
 Killing a Jinx
 Cobb's batting rampage was stag ed at St. Louis in early May. The lygers' away to poor start, were Tn the midst Of terrible slump when they arrived for a session with the Browns
 Cobb had been out of the game otr some time because of illness. AL though not ready to play, he decided to get into the lineup in an effort to break the losing streak.
 The club cant be any worse with me In there, 80 I'm the centerfelder today" remarked Cobb as he hand ed me the lineup.
 I'm not hitting my weight" con tlnued Cobb, "so I think will 20 back to my old style at the bat. You know when I was doing my best batting my grip called for my hands to be widely separated.
 "Foolishly I have been holding both hands at the extreme end of inc bat in order to get a full swing at the ball. so as to get all possible dis tance to my drives"
 The bell rang for the game to start and Cobb journeyed back to the bench to select his favorite bat as well as two or three others that he always totes to the plate.
 Fcats of Cobb
 That was May 5. All Cobb did that afternoon was to make six hits Tn SIX times at bat. He hit three nome runs into the rather short right field stands
 Three circuit drives tied the mod crn home run record. He failed by inches to get fourth homer, the ball dropping just inside the en- closure for a double. He also made two singles.
 Those three home runs, a double and two singles, gave Cobb q total base mark of 16 for new modern record.
 That sure was stepping some for "a veteran of 20 campaigns How ever, he came right back the next day with two mole home runs, mak- ing five in two days. The best pre- Vious mark was four, held by Ruth and several others.
 Cobb not only broke the Tygers' losing streak but also added several new laurels to his long list of batting honors.
 Swat Record
 The other unusual happening In. VolFed three successive home runs in one inning, tying the record. Only matter Of inches on a drive by Ben Paschal prevented four in a row for new mark.
 It is a rather peculiar coincidence that this batting feat should have been made at the expense of Sam Gray, who was the pitching sensa- ton of the American league last season.
 On four pitched balls Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel and Buster Gehrig of the Tanks made three home runs.
 Ruth hit the first ball over the right field fence, Meusel hit the next ball pitched into the left field stands, while Gehrig, after looking the first one over, hit the next ball pitched over the score board in right cen ter.
 On the fifth ball pitched, Paschal hit line drive to center that failed by inches to carry into the covered stand. It was probably the hardest hit ball of all four.
 It Is needless to add that Sammy Grays next stopping place was the shower baths. At the time Gray seemed 10 have everything. but