The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-08-26
MADE HOME-RUN
BUT CALLED OUT
Frank MiIIen Has DisCOuraging
Experience at Mendhan.


Frank Millen had AN unusual ex-
perience at Mendham Saturday when
he landed on one of Vance's shoots
for a wallop that drove the ball clean
over the shed in left field but de-
spite the rules of the game was called
out. Incidentally Mendham Won the
game by a score of five to four but
not before there was a long argument
participated in by Mendham and Nor
ristown fans and Umpire Hood.
Morristown started after Pitcher
Vance in the first inning and hit
him hard all through the game. Stelce
got on when Wiley, rated \as star
player, booted his grounder Then
Doyle laid down a bunt along the
third base line that Day and Gross
permitted to roll, in hope it would
roll foul but the pill staid right in
side the base line and Doyle was
credited with hit Maloney forced
Doyle at second and went to the mid
way sack on Vests out. Then Hor-
gan spilled clean single in left
field, scoring Stelce and Beavers bad
return permitted Maloney to tally.
Hillock ended the inning with roller
to Wiley.
Tom Foley singled in the second
but was caught stealing With ene
down in the third Doyle lammed the
ball to left for a single and stole sec
ond, scoring on Maloney's two-baser.
West got a Cincinattiv hit when his
grounder failed to be played in time
to get Maloney. Horgan ended the
inning by being thrown out by Wiley.
Hillock singled the next stanza but
was forced by Millen, the latter be-
ing caught in a double play. Stelce
got a two-bagger the next inning and
Doyle was hit on the elbow. Ma
loney sacrificed and Vests grounder
was played by Vance to the plate,
cutting down Stelce.
The next inning Millen got in his
big wallop. Rounding first base he
saw the ball sailing over the shed
and slowed up. Beavers, not waiting
for the ball to pass over him, rushed
around the shed and in a suspiciously
short time returned, throwing to
Gross who threw to Day, just nipping
Millen at the plate. Morristown
claimed a home-run under the rule
that ball hit over a fence or stand
more than 235 feet should be so
credited the distance being measured
and found to be 243 feet But Mend
ham suddenly discovered ground
rule" that required the runner to
make it, though the Morristown
team had been notified of no such
rule before the game.
Michael Riley, umpiring bases, re-
ported seeing negro handle the ball
behind the she'd his position enabling
him to see through a picket fence
adjoining the shed. This caused Um-
pire Hood to talk of putting Millen
back on third base but the Mendham
fans surrounding him and demanding
gore were too much for his nerve
and he finally called Millen out, al
though admitting that according to
the rule he was entitled to a home
run and that no such ground rule had
been promulgated before the game.
Well, the game went on after the
argument which lasted nearly an hour.
With two out Tom Foley was given
life by Gross error, George Foley
singled and Tom scored on Stelce's
single That was all for Morristown
though men were on base in the two
succeeding innings
The third inning Vance hit one to
Hillock that the latter misjudged and
it bounced over the very same shed
that Millen's hit later cleared, Vance
making the circuit on the swat, there
being no one in the cornfield in the
rear of the shed to help Hillock find
the ball. He did not look for it,
however, being recalled to the playing
field by Doyle who was familiar with
the home-run rule.
That wallop broke the ice and
Mendham scored again in the fourth,
a base on balls to Wiley proving the
initiative. Foley protested about this
pass, claiming that Hood missed two
strikes that were beauties. The
Morristown fans joined in the cry,
too. But Wiley got on, stole second
and went to third when the wind
carried Tom Foley's throw away from
Stelce. Sullivan famed but Beavers
planted a single in center that scored
Wiley. 1t was one, two, three for
Mendham the next inning but in the
sixth after the long argument Foley
appeared to have nothing on the ball
and four hits tailed two runs, the
Morristowns pulling a pretty double
play The next inning Buchanan was
an easy out. Maloney's error gave
Gross a life and Vance and Kurfess
each singled.
At this point the usher will please
come forward with the bouquet for
Arthur Stelce Wiley lifted Texas
Lacquer that Stelce got after a hard
run, taking the ball from Millen and
Maloney who were also after it. With
no time to recover himself after his
backward run Stelce cut loose a
pretty peg to Tom Foley that caught
Gross at the plate by safe margin.
/ This play got the fans up on their
toes and they gave Stelce a big hand
deserved1y.
Mendham won in the eighth. Sui
liyan hit a screamer down the third
base line that Doyle speared with one
hand but his throw was bad and Sulli
Van came to on second base before
Horgan retrieved the pill. Beavers
pasted the ball to left for single
and went to second on a play of the
ball to the plate to get Sullivan. The
latter, however, failed to locate third
base on his homeward trip and was
called out. Gus Day then picked out
likely willow, looked over Foley's
stock and selecting the right one
walloped it just beyond Joe Hillock' S
reach for two bases, scoring Day
And that was all but 1t was enough.
According to tie statisians the
game looked like this:--