The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-26
WINNING RUN
NEVER SCORED
SAYS UMPIRE
Doyle Failed 10 Touch Home
Plate, But Athletics Didn't Pro-
test, So Run Stands
(By Associated Press D

New York, Oct. 26--The run credit
ed to Captain Larry Doyle in III,
tenth inning OF Wednesday game
which gave the New York Clint.
taeir second victory over the pnila
delphia Athletics, in the worlds ser
les, was not legally scored, accordins
TO a statement made after the game
by Umpire William J Klein, of the
National league, who was officiating
behind the plate as umpire in chief
Doyle did not touch the plate, ac
cording to KLEIN, ana If the A;hietic
club had made an appeal, the umpire
said, he would have declared DOYLE
out, and the inning would have end.
ed in tie score. AS it was getting
dark the game could not have gone
much farther
Umpire Klem's declaration that
Doyle did not touch the plate was
corrobonated by Francis f. Richter OF
Philadelphia ana ]. G. TAYLOR SPHINX
of st. Louis, the official scorers ap-
pointed by the national baseball com
mission. Manager McGraw, of the
Nationals, admitted after the game.
according to Mr. KLEIN, that Doyle
missed the plate.
LcSpihc AHc IACi tLdl iNc
in chief and the official scorers say
Doyle did not touch the plate 10
make the run Legal, no protests can
be lodged with the commission as 10
the result OF the game, it is said, be-
cause the Philadelphia club made no
appeal on the play.
Umpire Klem's statement was made
to the Associated Press just af,er
tion raised in the scorers box wheth.
er the ball caught by Right Fielder
Murphy off Merkle's bat in the tentl
inning was caught on fair or loui
ground.
KLEIN said the ball was caught by |
Murphy in fair territory that he
made his decision that way and that /
he was corroborated by Umpire Bren- /
nan, who was on the right field foul I
line near Murphy.
Doyle never touched the plate.
Klein then volunteered, ''bu, az the |
Athletic players made no appea. the /
game goes 10 a victory for New
New York
In telling the Associated Press OF
the incident, KLEIN said:
When Murphy caught the ball in II
right field / set myself 10 see the Il
plate Gn Mnrphy's throw Doyle
came in like a streak and made
long wide slide into the plate. He H
went across with one leg back Of the
plate and the other over it about
eight inches or a foot He never got
any nearer than that | saw ii plain
~ and waited. Usually ! run to the
room when game is over,
but this time | stood at the plate for
several seconds, waiting to see if the
Athletics would appeal Lapp eyi-
IDENTIFY did not see that Doyle miss
ed the plate, as he was busy taking
Murphys throw, and probably took
Il for granted that Doyle had reilly
touched the plate. None of the Ath- |
etics made the appeal, and was
about to move away, McGraw in pass
ng from the third base coacher's box
10 the players bench, said to me:
Did you see it, Bill?'
L certainly did. said !
What would you have done about |
T. If they had appealed? McGraw |
asked. and / replied that if the claim
rad been made that Doyle did not |
oucn the plate, | would have given
ny decision as ! saw it, but you see
Nhat mess ! cOult nave got INTO. /
" Well. would have protected Il
on, McGraw replied, as he walked
way
Il would have declared DOYLE out
I the appeal had been made. but
zone was made"
IN his reference to a mess KLEIN i
meant that if he had entertained the !,
appeal, tne New York players and ii