Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-19 | Page 21 | Terrific Hitting Features Start of Major League Pennant

TERRIFIC HITTING HITTING- FEA FEATURES TURES TURE'S START w R LEAC PENNANT RAC RAC L START OF MAJ MAJOR JA LEAGUE E RUTH GEHRIG START OUT IN INI I b USUAL STYLE L Lefty ODoul Gathers 2 Ply Four S Swats ats From Former Mates 1 By Fra Frank k Getty NE YORK April 19 United I Press Press ress Terrific hitting has marked the opening of ot the tho major malor lea learue ue pennant ennant races From the tho wa way th the the- boys have started belting the ball It looks as 1 If ome fi-ome some come new records might be be- established established t this season Cold SCold weather In Inthe Intile 5 tile the c cast st undoubtedly undoubtedly edly is partly re responsible responsible re- re for the ineffectuality ineffectually of ot the tho pitching but 7 22 home runs in 1 17 g games p played aed In the first three J 0 Dom JouL las days days have the the Lefty statisticians and the remember I whon ivhon men back on their heels LOWLY ROBINS BRAVES BRAVE'S WIELD WICKED BLUDGEONS Six Six clubs which had remained Idle for the first two days of 01 the season owing to cold weather and andrain andrain andrain rain finally got into action yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day carnage arnage was terrible The lowly Jowly Phillies drove out three h homers mets and lost to the Giants The almost almost- equally lowly Robins made three homers and lost to the Bost Boston Boston Bos Bos- t ton n Braves Bravos Babe Baba e. e Ruth and and Lou Gehrig the home run twins lost no time Inget ting into the swing of 01 things both hitting for tor the circuit The Babes Babe's clout w was s particularly spectacular c coming as as' as it did on his Ms' first time At abat bat ODOUL DOUL PUTS PUTS 2 O OUT T OVER TEAMMATE EX-TEAMMATE Lefty Lefty ODoul Voul former Salt Laker ivl who h was was traded by the Glints Giants to the Phillies Phillie drove out two home runs against his former fortner teammates while Charley Chancy Grimm Grimn of the Cubs slammed his way into the United Press Press' home home- run club with his second sec sec- ond lt it clout of the year Earl Averill sens sensational Cleveland land rookie Js the third major leaguer of 01 the season to hit two homers with ith ith the league pennant races under barely way fhe flie Chicago Cubs have lost no bearing out their preseason 0 reputation for terrific slugging They have made thirty-eight thirty hits In tit the t three ee games they have played Including seven two and i five lve home runs CERTAINLY HITTING IN ANY MANS MAN'S LOOP That Is hitting in any mans man's league and indicates that Joe McCarthy's McCarthys McCarthys McCarthy's McCarthys McCarthy's Mc Mc- Carthy's club will be hard to stop when the boys really zeally get their eyes os on 01 th the ball and settle down to work work- v g Hack Wilson let particular has been a d demon mon a at t bat He Me got four hits out of 01 five on Wednesday an and three out of 01 five yesterday Including including ing inga a a homer Speaking peaking of 01 hitting Lo Lou Blue assigned as- as signed to th the lead off position in th the batting order of 01 of St. St Louis Browns made two hits out of 01 f ur times up up in the opener four four- out of 01 f Pr Wednesday and tw two out of four four including a a double and nd a home a-home hom run yesterday esterday It