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spom'*m- sfeidBabe ruth iia, Hit jiis 700th major league liome run. He may be nearing the end of his career bul the ollt;l boy has set n mark which is no1 likely to be equalled,Jimmy Foxx, Dob Johnson, Lou Gehrig and others who are able to hit the ball long and far hare man? years of baseball still a hr a d or thrm but nu Jlguiys spread out on paper cin indicate the slightest cnnnce lor them to ever catch Rutli In the total oi home run5 that be hat produced.Ruth’s actual home run total is well over the 1,000 mark. In fact there are some vrho believe that il would be close to 1,500 If an actual record had been kept.However, the official record, which uotv tofciU 700, Includes only American League games.The grcaiar number of times In which Ruth has sent the ball ouS of t.he lot in spring training games, In mlrt-soasnn exhibition cuutesLs and In late fU t-ours has never been written down.ftnth has to be content with the facr he is the only man to lilL 700 home runs In major league baseball, probably the only man. that ever will hit that total.rpHROWN out of liis automobile when It hit a curb, and then run j over by the veering enr, lee Strait i» dead.Strcit will bo recalled by Syracuse hasoball fans f.a an athlete of long service against the old Star', first in the New York State League and theaIn the International.He broke into the New York State League with Elmira and played with Seranton mid Albany also. He wn.*iwith George Wlltfe'i Buffalo B Isons for sevcml years.Portland of the Pacific Coast League r ml A thin ta In the Southern League ftlro had hlB eorvioes for a time.Quitting the International. he dmjnx'd into the N. Y.-P. Longue fit. a manas'Or, Of lata years he has managed semi-pro teams at Elmira.Strait was killed Thursday as hemwie his way horru* to Elmira aftar -umpiriDg a House of David-Horn ell Moose game at Home 11.
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Syracuse Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Sat, Jul 14, 1934
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