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Show HIT A HOME RUN HALF A KILE Reports from Phllsdelphla Indicate that Rube Kills poled quite a considerable horn run la st week when he smashed 1h ball over the fence. Said clout Is recorded ss "the lonreft home run ever made on the Huntington avenue . Hinnnds." The real home run record for lonar distance dis-tance belonna to the veteran Cnsrley Hickman, mho served with almost every temn in the American league before ;o-tn ;o-tn to Toledo of the Amerlcsn sssocla-tlon. sssocla-tlon. Charley was a wonder, hit. sole c'atm to distinction being a sunny disposition dispo-sition and a faculty for hitting. He cncidn't field If provided with a bushel basket. The time of the great ewst Chartey was with the nsps. Thst wss before the athletics got Rhlhe park. Directly back of the left field there was a row of apartment apart-ment housea. divided by a atreet. Hick got hold of a fast hall, poled It to left and It sailed over the fence. It waa a long. low. screeching liner thst just clesred the hoards. Hickman ambled around the bases leisurely, and ten minutes later a policeman appeared 1u At the gate with a baseball. "Where did you get It?" queried the fate tender. "Four blocks up the street." replied the harness cop. Now. In PhlHIe four, blocks sre a half mile, so Hickman's hit wnt thst far. the ball rolling along; the smooth pavement. I |