The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-08

0anQl0ate 1Or Governor OndltllC
dent Bryan on the other.
ordered it played over again. we will
show them that we can win," said he
as he reached the clubhouse at the
Polo grounds.
The weather outlook gave promise
of almost ideal conditions. Occasional
| fog banks rolled up from the south,
but not a storm cloud was in sight
to threaten the approaching game.
The intensity of interest was not
| confined to baseball circles but was
general throughout the city, hotels,
| clubs, the exchanges and all public
places being centers of anxious and
| excited comment number of clubs
and many private citizens have ar
ranged private telegraph connections
with the Polo grounds to procure
early information of the results. Early
today an army of workmen rolled and
scraped the ball grounds and running
paths, picked off the loose pebbles
and cropped the grass still closer until
maculate greensward cut with running
paths of geometrical precision-a fit
ting arena for the coming contest. The
vast amphitheater of the Polo grounds
was also undergoing hurried enlarge
ment for the onruSh of visitors. A
new grand stand was to be utilized for
the first time, and four thousand extra
chairs were being hastily installed.
Murphy is POSlCIVe.
President Murphy of the Chicago
mind as to the outcome of the cham
pionship game this afternoon. He
already had predicted that Chicago
would win by Score of 8 to 3, he
said, and he was standing by the pre-
diction.
'The boys were never in such a con-
dition of fitness as they are today"
said he. They always fight better
away from home, and the unjust de-
cision of the directors on the tie game
has stirred up every particle of fight
ing blood in their bodies. I believe
Chicago has the greatest nine that ever
played. While 1 have no bitter feel
ings against McGraw or President
Brush, 1 am strong in my assertion
that if the tie had to be played off it
should have been settled by a series
of three games. This custom obtains
in all departments of sport and in a
precarious contest like baseball it is
unfair for team to be obliged to
rush out of the west and play one de-
| Gliding game. I believe, as do all the
Chicago followers. that the tie should
have been awarded to US by the board
of directors on the merits of the case"
Cause of the Dispute.
The tie game which was responsible
| for today's sensational playoff has
been looked upon from every side as
one of the most unfortunate incidents
! OIL an extraordinary DdS6Dall season.
New York and Chicago were tied with
score of 1 to 1 in the ninth inning
of the game played at the Polo
grounds on September %. 1t was the
| last half of the ninth inning, Chicago
| having been retired without breaking
the tie. Two of New York's men also
were out. There were two men on
bases, Mccormick on third and Merkle
! on first and Bridwell was at bat.
| Bridwell smashed a single to center
i ho frS co fa1x
| ing Mccormick and forcing Merkle off
| first base. A dispute arose as to
whether Merkle touched the second
| base Manager Chance protested, de-
| claring that Merkle did not touch sec
ond base but ran from the first base
to the clubhouse and the crowd which
rushed on the field prevented the Chi
cago players from getting the ball.
Merkle always has maintained that he
| completed the play by touching the
second base before running to the
| clubhouse. After hearing the reports
| of the two umpires. President Pulliam
| of the National league declared the
game a tie and his decision was up
| league. Both New York and Chicago
team managers have expressed ex-
treme dissatisfaction with the decision
each maintaining that the game
should have been credited to their
| club.
A Spectator Killed.
Henry T. Mcbride. supposed to be
New York fireman. was killed by
falling from an electric light pole,
from which he was trying to get a
view of the game.
The Lineup.
Shackard. right field.
Evers, second base.
Schultz, left field.
Chance first base.
Steinfeldt, third base.
Holman, center field.
Tinker. short stop.
King, catcher.
Pfeister, pitcher.
The batting order of the New York
team is announced as follows:
Tenney, first base
| Herzog, second base.
Bresnahan, catcher.
Donlin, right field
Seymour, center field.
| Devlin, third base.
Mccormick, left field.
| Bridwell, short stop.
Matthewson, pitcher.
| Roasts the Chicago Team.
The Chicago team went on the field
| at 2:20 p. m, for practice. There
was some roasting from the stands
but the visiting players did not seem
| to mind it .
The practice of the visitors was in