Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-24
HE DIAMOND
THEY WIN BUT N
 THEY MAY-L0SE
F.ilars of . New York Player to 'Rus to Base May Be Costly
 to His Team. ssi

New York, Sept 24.-The New 'Yorks got two men over the plate
 yesterday and the Chicagos one in
 a game that had sensational and
 chaotic ending. The incidents fol-
 lowing the crossing of the plate by
 Mccormick in the ninth inning made
 up ono of the most remarkable oci currences in the history of base1 ball. It didn't take slongr' for, the
 scene to take on a, very stormy asi
 pect, and 1t was ar exceedingly for.
 tunate thing that the, police were on
 hand to throttle disorder.
 The game between the NewsY Yorks
 and Chicagos, on which the leader-
 ship of the league depended, had
 been close and ,sorappy; --allt through, and when the New Yofks carfe to
 bat in the ninth inning the score
 was tie. Seymour, the first man
 up. in the ninth. was thrown out by
 Evers, but Devfin aroused the hopes
 of the cranks with afsharp single to center. Mccormick forced DevlirI
 with a grounder to Evers, Tinker covering second base. Tinker didn't
 like the way Devlin came. into the
 bag and the two had some words and bristled up to each other pugna- ciously. MerkleS sent single to right and Mccormick ran to third.
 Bridwell ran out his hit to first
 base in proper style, and the whole ruction hinged around whether Mer- kle ran down from first to second and thus exempted himself from the chance of being forced out. In any event, Johnny Evers made identical ly the same play that he worked in the recent game in Pittsburg and which the Chicagos protested. He signalled Holman to throw the ball in and at the same time he gesticu- lated frantically to Umpire Emslie to watch the play, declaring that Mer- kle had not run to second base.
 The legality of the run depended on whether Merkle touched second base, and this was what the Chi cagos had in mind. The point raised by them in Pittsburg was decided against them, but on the ground that the umpire had not seen the play at second base. O'Day umpired that game, and he was behind the bat yesterday. Being behind the bat, however, the decision at second base belonged to Emslie. It was up to him to decide whether Merkle was forced at second for the third. out, in which case no run could be scor- ed.
 Things were happening so fast all over the diamond about that time that 1t was hard to tell whether or not Merkle ever touched second base. He declared later that he had, while others were, positive that he hit bee line for the clubhouse when he saw Bridwell's hit go safe.
 Hoffman threw the, ball in to Evers, 4but before the latter could step on second base McGinnity, who had been on the coaching line and was, on his way to the clubhouse, tool. a, hand and grabbed. the. balrI away from Evers Evers and Tinker then grabbed McGinnity and wres- tied with him trying to get the ball away. They weren't successful, for the next minute the ball was sailing over toward the left field bleachers. Some Chicago player rescued it and brought it in. Merkie in the mean time had been trying to go back to second base before. the ball could be, brought there, and two or three Chi were hanging on to. him trying to keep him from the bag.
 There were excited cranks surg Ing around the grouped and tus- sling players and many more swarm Ing around the umpires. who were on their way to the exit beneath the | grand stand. The Chicago players chased after the. umpires to find out what ruling had been made, and the cranks gathered around both, jos- ling, elbowing' and rubbering. The police jumped In quickly and scat cred the crowds right and left as he umpires slowly made their way 70 the exit, the players following at heir heels. The umpires made heir escape finally and then ,rowd tagged on to the heels of Captain Chance and other Cuts who lad been in the wrangling and tur- noil. The police blocked of the ,rowd as the players moved across he field.
 Everywhere in the stands and on he field spectators were all at sea IS to what had, happened ard as to he status of the game. Ehe cops were too active. for anything in the way of violence to, break loose. It vas the general impression. too. hat the New Yorks had won. and here was feeling of satisfaction 'ver that Herzog, who had made he first run for the New Yorks vas carried of the field on the houlders of a shouting string off dmirers.
 Charles Murphy, president of the 'hicago club, came down from his ox in the upper stand to find out 'hat the umpires decision had been. When O'Day was asked how the ame stood he replied: "Emslie avs he didn't See the play at sec- nd base, and it's no game, sup ose." It was reported at the rounds that the umpires had sub- litted the matter to President Pull am and that Pulliam had decided hat the game didn't count and must { e played over again. There was no l ruth In that report, as the follow lg statement made by Mir Pulliam hows: II
 "The New York stock ticker to- ight. having carried this statement, larry Pulliam. the president of the ational league, decides to-day's anne between Chicago and New ork a tie and announces it must be { layed over.f I say such statement ,