Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
Braves Capture
Ninth Straight;
MatheWs'Hits1
First Bosemon Sets
Total Base Record:
10 Homers in Come

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BROOKLYN July Sl.-Joe
Adcock. Milwaukee first base
man, slugged four home runs
against the Dodgers today, tying
the major league record for most
round trippers in a game and
leading the red-hot Braves to
their ninth straight victory in q
1877 ronp.
Adcock, only the fifth batter
in the long history of the major
leagues to hit four out of the
park in q nine-inning game.
also belted q double. The combi-
nation of long hits also gave him
q record Of Is bases in one game.
BY coincidence, the last player
to hit four home runs in a nine
inning game was Gil Hodges Of
the Dodgers. who also connected
for q homer today. Hodges. who
got into the record books with
four home runs in the same
park August 81, 1850, also was
one Of the co-holders Of the total
bases record at 1T.
Adcock's fourth home run, q
soaring smash into the leftfield
seats, also enabled the two clubs
to tie the National League rec
ord Of 10 home runs In one game.
Dodgers Drop Four Behind.
The victory cost the second
place Dodgers a game in their
race with the league-leading
Giants. who whipped Cincinnati,
TO. New York now leads by
four games. with the Braves
rushing now. but still nine games
behind.
Adcock, a righthanded hitter
who came into the game with Is
home runs and a .314 batting
average. victilnized a different
pitcher with each Of his home
runs.
He clouted Don Newcombe's
first pitch Of the second inning
into the leftfield, stands. He
doubled of Erv Palica in the
third. then tagged him for q
home run with two men on base
in the fifth. No. 8 came against
Pete Wojey In the seventh with
Hank Aaron on base. The one
for the record books was hit on
Johnny Podres, fifth Brooklyn
pitcher. leading on the ninth In
ming.
Glen Labine, who faced only
two batters in the second inning
was the only Brooklyn pitcher to
escape damage by Adcock. He
didn't have to face the slugger.
Mathews Gets 9th.
Adcock's prodigious belts over-
Swallowed the early pair of home
runs hit by Eddie Mathews, the
Braves chief home-run hitter
Mathews connected his first two
times up, giving him ~ for the
season and Is In the month Of
July alone. Andy Pafko also
homered for the Braves.
Besides Hodges, Don Hoax and
AL Walker hit home runs for
the Dodgers. The National
League record of 10 homers In
a game by both clubs was set
in 1928 by Philadelphia and st.
Louis and tied in 1947 by Pitts
burgh and st. LOUIS.
Adcock joins q distinguished
list Of sluggers who have hit four
homersF in one game. Bobby
Lowe Of the Boston Braves
turned the trick first in 1894, and
Ed Delehanty of the Phillies fol-
lowed in 1895.
J The feat was not repeated
until Lou Gehrig of the Yankees
did it In 1882. It was 10 years
later that Hodges had his big
day. Chuck Klein Of the Phil
lies and Pat Secrecy of the White
Sox also hit four in one game
But Klein needed 10 innings and
Secrecy IL to get their fourth
homers.
! Hodges. Lowe and Delehanty
shared the old record for most
total bases In q game at II. Each
hit four home runs and a single.
Adcock's i've extra-base hits
inlone game also was q National
League record, breaking the rec
ord of four held by SO players
since 1900. He tied the major
league mark set by Lou Bou-
dreau of Cleveland in 1916 with
four doubles and q home run.
The big day boosted Adcock's
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