Show lONGEST HIT OFF MATHEWSON Give you Jou m my word on It says M rr the longest hit ever cr made off me inc was rapped by Victor Saler the tho other da day In Chicago Bakers Baker's home homo run was a bab baby child chUd com compared ared to tho the smash that Saler delivered Back of 01 tho the right light field fence at Cub park is a wildcat stand Time and agin the Cubs to shut off oft those free stands have raised and arid raised tho the fence till It towers to an enormous height ht straight up in tho the sky sky But the wildcatters starting on top of oC a three-story three hoU house c to 10 begin with with have havo always alwa's ml raised ed the management manage manage- ment one ona better and now tho the outlaw stand looks like hike a skyscraper I give my word Just the same alUe that Salers Saler's hit cleared that wildcat structure and disappeared dis disappeared dis- dis appeared beyond It not It-not not only t tho the longest Ions hit I lover ever suffered but the highest that I ever er saw w I took off orr m my cap a a. nd ad shook Salers Saler's hand as I told him what lied hed done dono Of or course Its It's tou tough h for or art an any y pitcher to get for or one like I hut T I had to admire and applaud th o e tremendous deed |