New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-03
Baseball Tennis Other Sports
DISPUTED GAME A TIE
so DIR. PULLIAM DECIDES.
Game Won By the Giants Is Lost on
a Technically.

Asre- a week or dsIibsration President Harry g
PuI,iam OF the National League Of Baseball clubs
rendered 2 decision last night the protested
New Tork-Chicago game played at the Polo
Grounds here on September q President Puitsri
rules that the game was tie and that the chi
cago club has claim in equity FOR forfsitei
game on September "a. on the contention that the
tie game OF the day previous should have been
played OF.
There has been no game in baseball history that
has caused 50 much discussion this famous cor
test which ended in trouble and disorder. New
York won the game IN the ninth inning. wien
with Mccormick third base and Merkie on nrst
base. BrfdxeU made a hit 70 deep centre nelo
which brought Mccormick home Nerkle tne
Chicago players claimed. did not touch secono
base. and 50 was forced CIT the return or
the ball. thus nuHfyfng the run scored BY McCor-
mick
There was such a demonstration on the reid az
this stage that the police could not control tho
crowd chance manager OF The Chicago team al
lsged that the run did count. and the Urnpires
Ernse and ODay. did not render a decision ror
fear Of being rnobbed- II would have been impos-
stble to continue the game had the umpirss called
n tie 50 thar II was NOT until the night OF
September . that the decision % the Urnpi-es
calling the contest a tie vas announced
President PuIIiam. in explaining how he arrived
AZ his decision gives in detail the various protests
made by the mana enents or the Chicago and View
York clubs Chicago first appealed from the de-
cision OF the umpire and claimed the Earne for
feited to il. On the morning Of September "a Chi
cazo served notice President PTllliarn that IL
withdrew the protest. and on September p Chicago
served notice on President PuIlian that New York
had failed to play the game OF the previous day
On the same day the New York club gave notes
OF appeal from the decision OF the Unpfr>s ealing
the game tie. and September 81 chicago for-
mallv waived its rights To the i've days IN which
it was given to reply New York resting its case
on the report Of the umpires. and claiming thereby
a forfeited game.
In disDosing Of Chicsgo's claims President Pub
liam calls attention to the first protest made oy
.ba+ cI1b which under the constitution OF ths
1eazue made it impossible for President PulIiaIn
- cot a date for the playing or OF the disputed
game When the protest was Withdrawn tns next
dav Mr. Pullian says it was too LATE 70 nave the
game played or and. this being the case the tnird
lsir, Of Chicago for forfeited game vas without
basis
AGAINST the decision OF the urnpires- He describes
the pIsv and says that 20 score the run A7IN+7
should have touched second base Ihers vas NJ
evidence 10 show that he did this MI FuiilaHa
sets forth and on the contrary, Umpire OD@y
o1sI-,s that Nerkle did not touch second base. 50
vas forced out Mr. PuIliam says II IS not eIalrneo
!, am, Of the afHdavfts fled by New York s1sAL
Merkle touched second base
-rba Whole dispute comes down 70 question OF
-rbath=r The umpires shall BE- upheld or not, MI
r,-,,a-, 5ac1arss and he reviews almost tdenti-
cal NAV IN Pfttsburg September 4 when chi
caqo claimed that a run made IN the ninth lniinS
aid not count On this occasion. M Pulllarn says
e. ,,r,-ira decided the r7 did count because there
had been no force play. In conclusion M Puil-
Jams statement reads as follows
AT Pittsburg there was only one umpire A.
~ezr York there were two. and the purpose OF ms
double umpire system Is to cover al pays Ahis
,fa,- IN question missed by Eruslie. was seen 0y
0.Dav. who. being the umpire in chief. ruled That
the run did not count.
Much as depIore the unfortunate ending OF
brilliantly played game as well as tne suose91en1
...-.-.-- have no ALTERNATIVES than to be
gda5 bv the law I believe in sporJsrna snip. ana
vfT 20 as far as any to achieve its ends out
7ro,,ld It be good sportsrnanshiP on my par as
president OF the league 70 repudat9 my unnpires
z,r,nIy- 10 condons the undsputed blnnder OF
player