http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1119227/index.htm When Baseballs Fell From On High, Henry Helf Rose To The Occasion, by Bruce Anderson, Sports Illustrated, March 11, 1985] The 708 feet drop broke the 555-foot, 30-year-old record set by Washington Senators catcher Gabby Street at the Washington Monument.