The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-12
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For the thrills it contained, for the
important bearing of its lack of result,
and for the p%recedents it established,
tho seventeen inning tie game between
Detroit and the Athletics on Septem-
her 80, 1907, earns a niche in baseball
history.
Although a draw, it was actually a
victory for Detroit, and helped the
Tigers a lot in winning the first of
three pennants. 1t was responsible for
tho present ironclad rule governing
postponed games in the American
league.
Philadelphians have not yet stopped
talking about the precedent set by
Silk" O'Loughlin in calling M of
the Athletics out because of the over
flow crowds interference with an out
fielder. 1t was a thrilling uphill fight
for the Tigers to tie the score, follow
ed. by a brilliant battle until dark in
futile effort to break the tie.
Detroit went to Philadelphia for the
final visit Of the year to begin what
ought to have been a four-game Sc
ries, which "a expected to have q
telling effect on the pennant race. On
September IS the Tigers and Athlet-
les were tied for first place in the
league. The White Sox were right at
their heels and Cleveland still had Il
chance at the bunting. Sox and Maps
We're hooked up with second division
teams. and expected to profit while
the tribes OF Mack and jennings were
cutting each others Threats.
Double Header Necessary.
a double-header was necessary to
dispose Of Il postponed game, and in
the series, as would be necessary now.
Manager Mack booked 1t for the last
day. Detroit won the first game from
the Athletics and tool the lead. The
next day it rained. and that game had
to be thrown into the discard, for a
double-header was arranged for the
final day the two team scould play
each other.
On the fateful afternoon the Mack
men got the jump with three runs in
the first inning, and kept right on
cinching the game until they had a
lead of Z to l at the beginning of the
seventh round. Then the famous
Rube Waddell. who had replaced Jim
my Dygcrt in the second inning. weak
ened in the face of poor support, and
before the Tigers could be stopped
they had made four runs in the sew
enth. Oldring muffed an easy fly from
Nichols fumbled Schaefer's bounder.
filling the bases. Crawford whaled a
double into the crowd. scoring two
runs, then Schacfcr and Crawford got
home on infield outs.
The Athletics made one run in their
half. on singles by Murphy and Old
ring and IL sacrifice by Jimmy Collins.
but the eighth saw Detroit count once
OH O'Leary's ~two-bagger and Davy
Jones single: Crawford opened the
ninth with u single, and Cobb put the
ball out of the lot for a homo run
that tied the score. Waddell was re-
lieved by Eddie Plank.
Detroit Makes Strong Bid.
Detroit made Il bid for the gam by
counting in the eleventh, on Cobb's
double n Rossman's single. but the
Athletics knotted the score again in
their half, on Il two-bagger by Mich
oils. a wild pitch. and a long fly by
Harry Davis. That knot lasted until
today, for neither team could break 1t
before darkness stopped their fight.
and there was no chance to play it off
before the race ended.
A near-riot vas started in the four
teenth. in which Umpire O'Loughlin
set his precedent. Davis hit a fly,
which Crawford dropped near the edge
of the overflow crowd. "Wahoo SAM
instantly claimed interference by a
spectator, who it was said. ran into
him deliberately. The whole team Of
Tigers backed up Crawford's claim,
and in the confusion of the wrangle
Rossman struck Monte Cross, who was
doing the coaching. Before Monte
could come back the fight was stopped,
but the crowd surged through the lines
of police, and it was only by heroic
measures that a riot was avcrted, in
which probably many would have been