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Show FIVE HITS IN GAME RARITY Unusual Feat Perfqrmed at Polo Grounds Recently by Roger Peck-inpaugh Peck-inpaugh of Yankees. Five hits in one game is a real baseball base-ball rarity, and the feat is accomplished accom-plished very seldom in the two major leagues, though each of the 16 clubs plays more than 150 games per season. Roger Peckinpaugh performed the unusual at the Polo grounds recently A. i 'I ,fv,. HllllSl3 Roger Peckinpaugh. bv getting five safe hits in as many times at bat, and there were no fluke hits in his collection, either. Ho started start-ed with n single to right field off Williams, Wil-liams, nnd followed with a hit to the same section off Dnnforth for one base. Then came a double to right, a single past third anil a line smash to center! all oft Danforth. Many players get four hits in a game, but it is a rare occurrence for a player to hit safely on each of his five trips to the plate. |