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Show AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHERS SAY-RARE RUTH WIS LONGEST: HITTER " LAST. SEASON . Who" la the hardest hitter In baseball today? 'r o If a number of American League .pitchers are to be hollered, the honor in 1917 rested with Babe Ruth. - . ' I "A bunt with that fellow, is a double,' one of them saitL Everj time he is up there I wonder how many boards he will knock off the fence." I Ruth ordinarily doesn't got a whole lot of - credit as a hatsmanj ifctit tho 'records show he bata consistently around .330, and. that bj extra, base average' is among the highest in tho league |