Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-18 | Page 8 | All-American Home-Run Smasher

1 ALL-AMERICAN I HOME-RUN SMASHER 4 -! if f PRANK REIGER.of the Enid Okla., 1 Western Association baseball team has a claim to tho Ail-American home-run home-run lead Reiger on July 5 had 2.3 circuit hits to his credit this season His batting average is .360 The four-hasers have not ceme in bunches but have been spread throughout the sea.son and in all parks of the league Reiger s homo was Garbor, a village vil-lage Just a few miles from Enid He uZml lnte,esf the record of Babe Ruth and decided that he could make a record for himself In 1921 Reiger played hls first professional pro-fessional baseball. Ho was one of the Safin ft,.0' th W"tcrn Asao-e Asao-e atlon n his first season. Ho v as also home-run king with 20 to hia cr.oit. He batted 312 Because he could clout home runs Reiger was transferred to the r0Uu"a gamel USn H haS "lai hefSld6 :L?Kn&M hi-amhlSoneSto Major se ,,Us , o i U'0n' . around Enid fhTs season , f'hirk