Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1915 — Famous Home Run Drives. [ARTICLE]

Famous Home Run Drives.

Those famous home run drives made into the stands at the Polo grounds soon may be no more, at least for American league games, for Jacob Ruppert of the Yankees has suggested that they should be counted only as two-base hits. The distance from the plate permits them legally being called homers, but 225 feet is far too short for the heavy swatters of these days.