Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1917 — DECREASE IN HOME-RUN HITS [ARTICLE]

DECREASE IN HOME-RUN HITS

Walter Pipp of Yankees Leads American League With Nine Circuit Smashes to Credit. /—• There was a marked.. falling off la home+run hitting in the American league this season. A year ago Walter Pipp, led.the league with 12 home runs, and Frank Baker, also of theYankees, was close behind with ten circuit clouts, though he played in only two-thirds of the games. This year no American league player reached Baker’s second place figure of a season, back. Pipp again headed the league* with nipe home runs to his credit, and Baker was close behind with seven, but not tn second place. The Yankees: as a team again led the league, but did not reach their 1916 figure, 34 hom& runs.