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Show QUEER CIRCUIT CLOUF Most Remarkable Home-Rua Ditve by Cutshsaw. Brooklyn Player Makes Accidental -' Hit That Eventually Terminated in Zig-Zag Course Over Right Field Fence. George Cutshaw of the Dodgers exuded a circuit clout against the Phillies a week or so ago, which will romp down through the vales of history his-tory as tin most remarkable since the game was born. It was a drive that Cutshaw made in an accidental way to start with; a swat that sent the ball in a zig-zair course to the fence; and a tally that Avas flukey In the extreme because-after because-after the ball hit near the bottom of" the fence it practically crawled up trv top, fluttered there a second or so and then dropped over. Cutshaw's ludicrous actions while the ball was 'deciding what it should do form the humorous chapter in the story. The score was tied in the eleventh when Cutshaw went to bat, facing Mayer. The Phlllie pitcher heaved a slow one at the Dodger second sucker-Cutshaw sucker-Cutshaw started a swing, went half way down and the "tumbled" to flier fact that the hall was a floater. He "pulled" his stroke but just as lie stopped, he noticed that the ball was curving in, whereupon he made another an-other swipe at it and through some freak caught it on the end of t!i mace. Ball Zipped Along. The hall shot through the air, about ' ten feet above ground. It sailed just inside the right-field foul line, turning-and turning-and twisting mi it went. To the spectators spec-tators watching the hall zipping along, it looked like a succession of fnshoots. As it neared the fence it started to descend. It struck a board which was nailed to the bottom of the fence, but which jutted out about three feet. As the ball hit that board just' where the top of this board and the fence meet, it seemed to hesitate for a fraction of a seoond. Then, to the-utter the-utter amusement of the crowd, ft climbed the 12-foot wall as though ft. if ';iT1. George Cutshaw.. had less. Slowly but surely It moved' upward. FinnMy It reached the top of the fence. Defying the laws of gravity it remained stationery for tin? barest frarl ion of a moment ami while the -.".000 crowd stood spellbound, spell-bound, the ball rested for a second on the top of the wall uud then rolled; out into the street. Strange Antics. But, in the meantime, Cutshaw was performing antics that almost wens? n strange as those of the buff. Whonr. be rounded first, the Dodger seconds baseman saw that the ball was headed'-for headed'-for (lie bottom of the fence a nor- mill two-base hit, )f n player hustles.. And Cutshaw hustled. lie turned" first under full head of steam and slid Into second in whirlwind fashion. Jin Jumped to his feet a second biter and began looking around for. orders from the coaches. Wilbert Kobinson, manager of the Uodgers was signaling something in ft' frantic wuy. Cutshaw Jlgurd that" Robinson was ordering him to try for third, Cutshaw started, but when lit got no sign from the other eoacher, who. by the way, was too busy watching watch-ing the climbing ball, lie figured lie bad misinterpreted Robinson'H signals. sig-nals. So 'utshaw whirled around, ran back toward seeond and swept into the bag in a cloud of dust. Then C;Mhaw Jumped to bis feet again and while he brushed bis togs he began looking for orders and also for the ball. Hut he couldn't one or hear the other. Tin? park was n bedlam. Hut did "Hobby" mean that Cutshaw ! should stay at second or go to t IticJ 1 Cutshaw poud'Tod and at last (Uride( , to try the advance". CuMtaw raced for It. Halfway along on his Journey thr third base eoaeher. taking adv.'.'.'itagt of the temporary lull In thf! C.V'-c.'.sig . shouted : "You hit B lm;.;cr, (Jeorge a homer; slow lown.M And then the amazing truth dawned upon Cutshaw and be walked thf res-.; of the way Jo the home plae, while the htKre crowd wf-nt into another fn-rizy of madness ut this u:i pectffi ' ePtvei,!!) -ling victory. |
