AERONAUTICS: New World Records

¶ Most runs ever scored by a big league baseball player: Tyrus B. Cobb, Detroit American League team: 1,741. Cobb reached this mark on May 26, during his 18th big league season. (Hans Wagner, Shortstop Emeritus of the Pittsburgh Nationals, scored 1,740 runs in 20 years of play.) ¶ 50 yard swim, for women: Lillie Bowmer, Hawaii, 28 sec. ¶ Plunge, for women: Helen Moses, Hawaii, 61 ft. 8½ in.

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