Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1917 — BASEBALL FREAK OF SEASON [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL FREAK OF SEASON

Greasy Neale of Cincinnati Made Home Run and Single in One Time at Bat in Giant Game. Every baseball season produces its freaks, and 1917 is no exception to the rule. In a recent game at the Polo Grounds Greasy Neale of the Reds, got a home run and a single in one time at bat. “Can’t be done!” you say? Bet your small change first. Neale came to bat with Chase on second and hit to center field for four bases. But as Pol Perritt the Giants’ pitcher, wound up to pitch the ball that Neale slammed for a homer, a fan who had recovered a foul in the grandstand tossed it onto the field of play and Umpire Harrison raised his hand, calling time, just before the ball was hit. After a conference between umpires and managers it was decided that the home run was Illegal and Neale was called back to the plate. He drove a single to left on the next ball pitched. As he was credited with but one time at bat he made a homer and a single in «the one trip to the platter, something which doesn’t happen often.