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Show Spalding's Record Book Springs Flew Sport Dope Complete Records of Past Years Make It Valuable Publication j Spald.ng's ' ff:.:a' Basel mil Ttecord for P'".'? jusi published. n tin- most coni-piet coni-piet com ptlat ion of h:ipeha)l facts cvT Is-'ut d. In at tempt ing to make the hook ss reiTlv errnrpriM'f as possible it has ajaln been rarefullv review ed. ( 'a refill inve.-n iga t ion of some of the record of Iht! davs if dad. aa well as j s' nier.- hearsay. Iiavw ben unmade after c .ireful eht ing. i oie of the most important chances re- lates to the homo run record of the National Na-tional lexgue, t'rnviih. fttrmerly of the Phillies, has .been credited w'th holding the league I ecord for home i mis v. Ii h II 7. It dev bum that tho honor realty tie-Inng- to Sam ThoTt.pon, H tll, nhile wiih thtt Detroit and 1'hil i-b ltihia clufiN. pi!, d up ll'7 home runs In fourteen se.i.xon.4. A new chapter In -the book deals with World's Kene8 records. The Pull vidua I performances of eyerv playe- w ho has tak.-n part in a big series Is listed. The l'.2' edition contains oxer Jim pages and fairly bristles with Interesting facts. Some of them were of H'-l making In truth, there Is a story in ecry line of the rc ord hook . |