Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1912 — Longest Home Run Drive. [ARTICLE]

Longest Home Run Drive.

The home run drive made by Zimmerman of the Cubs in the game with the Cardinals on August 28 is claimed to be the longest hit on record in the National league. The ball struck the lower edge of the score board In left field, 425 feet from the plate, and wps going with great force when it hit, so that there is no telling what distance it might have traveled had it been unobstructed.