Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-24
SIZZLING TIME
TWEEN GIANTS
AND THE CUBS
Yesterdays Battle Tied Up on
a Technica|ity After Being
Won by New York.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September 24-The con-
troversy over yesterdays base ball game
between the New York and Chicago
clubs. which resulted in a dispute which
almost precipitated a riot at the end of
the ninth inning, developed new angle
this morning at the headquarters of the
National League in the St James build
ing, Broadway and 26th street.
When President Harry c. Pulliam of
the senior major league reached his Office
at 1880 he found his headquarters be-
paper men in such numbers as made it
almost impossible for him to reach his
desk. They demanded an immediate de-
cisiOn of the question of the status of
yesterdays contest. President Pulliam
however. waived them aside and retired
into an inner room for a conference OF
considerable length. At the conclusion
he ordered his secretary to distribute a
typewriter statement which was as fol-
lows:
Pulliam's Statement.
In the matter of the New York Chi
cago game of September %. at New York
l have received the written report of
the umpres in charge of the game
Messsrs. ODay and Ems.ie.
They reported that the game resulted
in tie score of to I. and that it was
impossible to continue the game after
the ninth inning. Without entering at
this time into the merits of the contro-
versy that has arisen over this game or
passing upon the legality of any decision
the game will be reported. namely-a tie
score"
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President Pulliam. Capt. Chance of the
Chicago Club announced that he would
have his players in uniform on the Polo
Grounds at / 30 O'Clock. ready to play
off Yesterdays tie game. and also the
regular game scheduled for this afternoon
He stated that If the Giants did not ap-
pear a that hour. ready to play off the
tie game of yesterday he would claim the
contest as a forfeited game, by a to 0
score.
Cause of the Trouble.
According to the official scorer of the
New York base ball club. the New York
Nationals won yesterdays game from
the champions at the Polo Grounds by
score of to L.
The trouble arose in the ninth inning
when. with the score tied at TO !. New
York was at bat. Chicago had made a run
in the fifth inning, Tinker hitting out a
homer MCGraW men hdd followed suit
In the sixth with a run by Herzog on
Steinfeld't error, Bresnahan's sacrifice and
Donlin's single.
In the latter half of the ninth, with two
out Mccormick on third and Merkle on
first base Bridwel smashed single to
center. scoring Mccormick, the batter be-
ing declared safe at first. Just then the
crowd. wild with excitement, ran on the
field. and Capt. Chance of the Chicago
team claimed that Merkle did not go to
second. He and Evers tried to get the
ball there to claim force. but McGinnity
caught the ball among the crowd and
threw II into left field.
Merkle insisted that he had touched sec
ond base. and the Chicago players were
equally positive that he had not done So
Chance claimed the run did not count, as
there was much interference that his
men could not get control of the ball.
Emslie Asleep.
Umpire Emslie was judging the baserun-
ming and is credited with saying that he
did not see whether Merkle went to sec
ond or not. O'Day. later on, declared that
the run did not count
While the players were arguing a small
sized riot was going on. and a general
melee seemed imminent. but the blue uni
forms of the Metropolitan police were
easily distinguishable in the midst of the
twisting swirling mass of people on the
field and what threatened to be a serious