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Show j BASE ON 2-INCH HIT At the close of every .baseball c season several players always J J claim the honor of having made the longest hit of the season's J play. However, there is never any dispute about who made the Z I shortest hit. The latter honor for the season just closing is generally conceded to Heinie ' Groh of Cincinnati. . In a recent game in New York J Heinie planted one directly in a front of the plate and scamper- J J ed off down to first while the Giants' infield was looking for I J the ball. When it was discov- ered the umpire ruled that the ' J onion had fallen in fair terri- tory, although barely two inches J separated it O-om the rubber. |