| Show babe ruth drives out a homer credited as longest in philadelphian Phila delphias history during the activities at the athletics ground at philadelphia on memorial day babe ruth who pitched in the morning and played left field in the afternoon game delivered two of the longest drives that have ever been made at aniball any ball park in the sixth inning of the morning game ruth drove the ball not only over the right field wall but over the roofs of the houses on the opposite side of the street the ball going about ten feet foul and then la in the eighth inning of 0 the afternoon game with the score tied at one run each and strunk on first ruth kuth drove one of scott perys z babe ruth pitches over the roofs of the houses on the opposite side of the street a fair ball the ball striking on the rear of af the roof of one of the houses and bounding into the back yard the longest hit at salbe park previous to this was the one george burns hit bit over the left field wall last when the ball cleared the back bleacher wall and struck on the opposite side of the street ruth Is long lilt hit traveled it a considerable distance further than burns drive and stops all argument us as to the longest hit ever made at this park |
