Washington, May t.?One of Bab*
Ruth's Inimitable licks. delivered in the)
third Inning to-day and off the first ball
pitched, is the longest hit ever made on 1
the present Washington ball lot It la
?o described by young and old residen
ters. it cleared the high right field
fence easily, far from the roul line, was
Bab-.'a seventh this year, which tied
of the Giants in the circuit clouti |
and was part of an extensive outlay of
hits made by the temperamental Yan
kees The ecore was 9 to 2 In favor of
the Tankees.
Another reason for the thorough drub
niShlST"# ~ ?r'mth *a,RXJr the
pitching of Carl Mays. Between visits
! 1* Maya heId the Washington
. to five hits, held them in complete
chancery and such a trifle as an ab
scessed and thumping tooth was nothing
in his submarine life. He went out anl
fnM a M.ftSr havln? offending
Incisor drilled and probed and excavated,
then went back for another siege wltn
the centist
Th? Tanks, who have been suffering
rom a base hit famine, entered the land
of plenty to-day and gouged Erlckson
and Acosta for eighteen hits, most of
ther- liners which went so fast they
sang. Joe Judge and Stanley Harris
r,!r'v<??\f*ned by th? n?'?? and chased
ma J batWeen ""em until they were
k'ddy from the exertion. It was a rare
exhibition of whistling hitting the Tanks
srave and called attention to a tendency
of theirs either to rage with the willow
or flicker faintly.
