Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1913 — FEW FAMOUS HOME RUN HITS [ARTICLE]

FEW FAMOUS HOME RUN HITS

Ml. „ Lange’s Long Smash Went Through Saloon Window and Broke Up Pinochle Party. Hans Wagner’s four-base swat in Pittsburgh, which broke the wind shield of an automohile standing outside.the grounds. Chief Wilson’s drive, which landed 820 feet from the St Louis Cardinal park home plate. >Gus Williams* drive over the right field wall of the St. Louis American park. It also was a 320 footer. Alva Williams’ heartbreaking homer, which sailed over Buddy Ryan’s head and won a game for Washington which the Naps seemed to have sewed up. Big Bill Lange’s homer over the center field fence in Cincinnati. It smashed through a plate glass window of a saloon and broke up a pinochle party. - — * Bud McLean’s peculiar wallop made on the coast. The ball went through the only knothole in a short right field fence. Jake Stahl’s homer at Hot Springs. It sailed over a tree fifty feet from the fence and splashed into a creek. Billy Alvord’s homer at the old Cleveland ball park. It knocked three bricks off a chimney near the fence. Home Run Baker’s world series drive that broke Christy Mathewson’s heart ' Red Ames’ four bagger at the Polo grounds. It was one of about four hits he made during the season. Heinie Zimmerman’s two homers made over the left field fence in Cincinnati. He was the only player who put the ball over that wall. Cy Seymour’s hit from Boston to New York. The ball fell into a coal car attached to a fast freight and was found by a brakeman when the train reached New York. Nap La Joie's: drive which stuck in the screen in the old left center subway at league park in Cleveland.