Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1917 — VEACH MADE LONGEST DRIVE [ARTICLE]

VEACH MADE LONGEST DRIVE

Hit Ball Over Bull Sign in Washington Park and Wants to Know If He Is Entitled to SSO. ' Bob Veach of the Tigers wants to know if hitting a t>all over the bull sign entitles a batter to SSO the same as actually hitting the sign-in one of the games Detroit played in Washington Veach sent the ball clear over the sign for-one of the longest drives ever seen in Washington. It is some trick to hit to the sign there, Jet alone clear it