Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-08-06 | Page 17 | Rogers Hornsby Breaks N. L. Home Run Mark Made in 1884

CARD MIT STJ EfJTERSHALLOF FAME .. " sasaasisas..ssMa - . , Ed Williamson's Mark HadT Stood Test of Nearly Two Score Years ; ' By Billy Evan ' Rr Hornsby of th St. Louis Car- finals haa broken a National leagu rao-ord rao-ord thai haa stood tha tn af Un aioo k Whon Hornahy eracketf Mt hta twantr flThth homa run off Pitcher Hinit rB(r-day rB(r-day ha broka tha homa-run racord th4 haa atood for thlrty-ish( yaara la ihm National t(fii. la 184 Ed WlJllamaon. ptaylnc for Chi eairo, cracked out twenty aavn homfj. , run. Btnoe that time the timi'i armt-aat armt-aat hlttara have UMiioceaatully batter away at tha mark, m In lvlt babe Ruth 'of tha Araerica . learua broka WtUlamaon'a rtcorl by ft-tln ft-tln twenty-nlna circuit drive. In Tv.'t. ' he battered tha mar It. aUlac flrty.foust nrj m t ha placed It at fifty-nine. -STOOD THIRTY. KIOHT YIAR1 In thlrty-aiht yeara na Nattanal taayua) player haa ever been able to eurpaea tti . feat of Williamson. When Homaby. cracked out hla twenty-eighth homer ha there ore aat a new National leacua reo -ord. He la certain to add a great many mora homere to bia total be for a tha cfoea) of tha aeaaoa. -. At tha at art of tha aeaaoa, whan Hornet by wasn't be Inf given the alia-htest con- ai deration for tha home-run honor ra expressed ta me the thought that ha would Wka to break tha National Wua record for homa runa. He haa fulfilled hla fondest bopea. - ' What about these racorda that are ba mr constantly shattered In baseball? Doaa the break Hie of a record la theaa daya of modern baaeball mean aa nucs as It did In tha old days 7 In breaklnc a battiit reeortl ta tha credit dua tha modern play ere because) they possess a keener aye and greater strength than tha aid-timers, or la It dua to aoodltloaa that now govern tha gaanel IY1I NO KIINIR. " Peraooally. I do not think that 'tha players af today have keener eyea, greater great-er Judgment or mora atrength back of their awing than tha itafa ot twentv or thirty j ssi a ago -- - Rather I am Inclined ta believe "tha aondltlona that govern tha game today make for mora hilling than in the v old days. The ball la aaa today la so much pet ter than tha ball of twenty or more ye.tr ago that a com pa Hon la ridiculous. 1 ha ofildal ball af those daya waa a rag b4 la comparison. la aa effort ta take care of tha In , creased attendance many of tha mayr -league parka have bad tha playing Urn. tory considerably cut down. In hoi hi major laguee tnere are a number of trick ball parka, ao ta apeak ball parka' where an ordinary fly ball of tw"'r yeara ago bcoroeo a hosae rwa becau.a Of abort fields. . Aa to tha pitching. 1 aarlouarr dnuht If any groat dirferenca axiata bet war a that af today and twenty yeara a no. U that, pitching haa been below standard la both leagues for about flva yoara. - . AKCR HITS THbTM. Back In ltll Ftank Baker vada two) homa ruoa In tha world aeries. His batting bat-ting waa lare-ely responsible for tha - ' feat of tha tilanta by tha Athletlra. He became known aa "Home-Run" Haker. " In thoaa daya tha homa-run leader. for tha aeaaoa would have from nme twelve koine runs. Recently Kennetrf, Will lama of tha St. Umie brown eracked out oome thing Ilka nlae hooo runa Inside of a week a play. , L'nqueatlonably tha Improved bees ban , haa beea tha big factor In the owklng of ao many of the oat Hug records that havv been aha It ered la tha Uat two er thieau yeara. Tha breaking of modern batting racord rac-ord doeen e call for quue the effort 4ft. did a score of yarg ago . r