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Show OLD TIMER HAD SOME RECORD Bill Thompson Clouted Out 127 Homers in National Loop During Career. BY C.I.OIK.F l HAD WICK Special Com iporulfsni of 'iie Stand ard-Examlncr. (Copyrlsht, 19:".', by The Standard-Examiner. Standard-Examiner. ) NEW YnRK. Nov. 11. The homo run king of the National league is dead and he look his honors to the grave With him. There Is no player in sight in the ranks of the older league unless It H Roger Ilorn.by of tho St. Louis Cardinals who Is likely to wrest them j from him Sam Thompson. ' Big Sam" who died ; suddenly a few days ago In Detroit, hit 1X7 home runs In the National league from the time he broke Into the big show until he found his old (legs could not carry him around tho I bjtses any more as they had been wont to k. Good batting? Fea, batting of the .highest type, but when a batter rose who could hit more than a half century cen-tury of home runs iti a snlglc season the fame of Sam Thompson was forgotten for-gotten by the young clement. ' What kln,l of a batter was this Sam Thompson?" asked Babe Ruth today. The batting Bambino who can hit everything In sight until there Is a world Series und who then cannot sight anything, stretched his arms and squared )ns shoulders. "Did he hit like me?" ( i io. ue nan a ante rent swing irom yours He was a left-hander, as you are, but ho did not swing from over the shoulder " "Some push," ejaculated Babe, iFcratchlng his head, "was ho a big fellow?" "Yes. bigger than you are taller and not so big around but with more massive legs." "Could he hit as far as I have done?" "Sometimes. Although he may never have hit one as far as your farther-est farther-est " "Some bust I gave thit old apple out in Detroit once." Babe grlnm-d "They say It was the longest ever 'made. Thompson died In Detroit. May bo he saw me hit that on.." The home run king of the American Amer-ican league is alive and thehome run King of the Nationals Is dead, but Thompson la not forgotten by the old- timers. Managers whose teams came to Philadelphia when Sam pla ed for the rhlllles hated to sec Thompson come ItO bat with nu n on bases and usually ! they gave orders to pass him. Buck jEdwIng was behind the bat against ! Philadelphia In a game In 1889, the year when Thompson hit 21 hjbnie runs . Three men on boaes and Thompson Thomp-son was up. Fwlng was always something some-thing of a humorist and he counted on getting Thompson's goat. As big Sam walked to the plate. Ewlng turned to the stands, removed his cap and said . "Gentlemen, you all know Mr. Thompson. He Is about to bat. You lean kiss the ball goodbye." Sam grinned, shifted his long legs, dug In ills spike, let two go by and hit the third on- When last aeon the ball was headed for the next county. Aa Sam trailed the runners across tho j plate he said to Ewing. 'I make It a rulo never to dlsap- point an old pal. Buck." What Buck I said cannot be printed. oo |