The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-24

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Nrav York. December 23.-Accordlns 10
~ ocfic,o1 score the New York Basepall
s1,h tha local Nationals, won today
game from the Chicago champions at eAe
polo grounds by score of TO l. Ing
game has been protested by the Chio"s0
elub but President Pulliam oehieo
night that he had taken any action III INC
matter. as he cannot and Will not uo 90
81, ,ha casa has been presented to him
in the regular form.
1y,. oer;c,al announcement tonight was
denial of a rumor that he had deciareo
the game tie. Following Is the s'"'e
ment:
.rhe New York stock ticker tonisht
having carried this statement, Harry
Pulliam, president of the National league
decides today's game between chicago
and New York a tie, and announced that
il must be played over say such state
mont is unauthorized. 1 have made no de-
cision and I will not until the matter 10
presented to me in regular form.
The trouble arose in the ninth inning
when. with the score a tie, l to l, New
York was at the bat. Chicago had maze
a run in the fifth, Tinker hitting out
home run McGraw's men had followed
suit in the sixth with run by Herzog on
steinfeldt's error, Bresnahans sacrihce
and Donlins single.
In the latter half of the ninth, with
two out. Mccormick on third and MerKie
on first Bridwell smashed a single to CEN
ter. scoring Mccormick, the batter being
declared safe at first. Just then the
crowd with wild excitement, ran on the
field and Captain Chance claimed that
Merkle did not go to second. he ana
Eyers tried to get the ball there to claim
a force but McGinnity caught the sphere
among the crowd and threw it into le1t
field. Merkle insisted that he had touched
second and the Chicago players were
equally positive that he had not. Chance
claimed the run did not count, as there
was so much interference that his men
could not get control Of the ball.
Umpire Emslie was judging the base
running, and is credited with saying that
he did not see whether Merkle went to
second or not. ODay later on declared
that the run did not count.
While the players we're arguing small
sized riot was going on and general
forms of the police were easily discern
able in the midst of the twisting, swirling
mass of people on the field, and what
threatened to be a serious outbreak was
quelled without any one being injured.
The umpires are expected to make re-
port to President Puii.am at once. Score:
President Murphy of the Chicago Ma
tional League club, entered formal claim
to today's Chicago-New York game in
behalf of Chicago. President Murphy en-
tered his claim in letter to President
Pulliam OF the National league, wherein
he cites in support of his contention the
decision rendered in the game at Pitts
burg, September 4, between Pittsburg and
Chicago in which precisely the same con-
tingency, he asserts, arose. The Chicago
club protested the game, but the protest
was not allowed. because the single UNI
pire who officiated declared that he had
not seen the play. In today's game the
omission of Merkle to continue to second,
Mr.. Murphy declares, was noted by UNI
pire ODay.
R.H.E.
Chicago :. :. :. :. 900 010 000-1 8 =
New York :. :. :. :. 700 0W 00l-2 0
Batteries: Pfeister and Killing; Mathew
son and Bresnahan. Time, 1870 Umpires,
O'Day and Emslie.