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Show 00 Hornsby With Two More Homers Will Set League Record 1 ST. LOUIS. July 21. (By the Asso elated Press) With a total of 26 home runs to his credit today. Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals,, leading four-base hit clouter of the major leagues so far this season, needs only two more circuit drives to estab-h estab-h .1 new home run record for the National league. Williamson of the Chii ;im team set tho present Nutional league record ln 18S6 when he crash- ! ed out 2 7 homers The Cardinals' slugger ln 10 circuit drives behind the record of Babe Kuth, the boms ruu king, today a year ago, when Ruth had 36 Hornsby has 65 murr games this season In which to tie the "Bambino's" record-breaking total to-tal of 69 last year, but it seems next to impossible to accomplish such a feat as he would have to hit better than one home run every other game for 1 be remainder of tho schedule. |