Super-Baseball

In Springfield. Ball players of Peoria and Springfield, Ill., in the "Three Eye" league (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa) slumped into their showers one evening last week, footsore and weary. They had had a terrible afternoon. Peoria batsmen had knocked 27 safe hits, trudged around the bases to score 23 runs. And Springfield batsmen had made 22 safe hits; had frequently been obliged to take their bases on balls; had worn their cleats down to buttons scoring 33 runs. Pitchers had come and gone with kaleidoscopic effect, tiring the eyes. The outfielders of the two teams had chased, collectively, ten home runs, four three-base hits, seven doubles. There had been only eight errors. The fences were sagging, arms ached, heads spun. The 56-run game was said to be a record for organized league baseball anywhere in the world, at any time.