Clipping:Hitting the ball over the Polo Grounds right field fence
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Date | Thursday, September 16, 1886 |
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Text | Roger Connor, the New York club’s heavy first baseman, broke the long-hitting record at the Polo grounds Saturday, in the game with the Boston club, by driving the ball over the twenty-foot fence at right field, 300 feet away, and landing it in the lot across the One Hundred and Eleventh street. The hit was the longest that has probably ever been seen in this vicinity. Connor, ever since he first joined the club, has been trying to get the ball over the fence, and although he has often hit the fence, has never heretofore been able to get the ball beyond it., quoting the New York Sun |
Source | Chicago Tribune |
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Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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