El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-12
BLunders Help Some Ball
Players To Achieve Fame
John Anderson, Who Stole Second With Bases Full, Is
One Example; Fred MerHe Is Another Whose Bone
head Plays Are Remembered Chief Meyers Pulled
Two Blunders Which Cost His Team Heavily.
BY FRANK G. MENKE.

~ Ew YORK. June 12--some. men
achieve fame, but others-Fred Mer-
kle and John Anderson, for instance
simply blunder into it and get
their names enrolled indelibly on the pages
OF history.
many years ago, but his memory still lVes
and will live long as baseball lasts
Anderson isn't remembered because Of the
fact that he was once q brilliant fielder
and real slugger- His creditable accom-
plishments have been forgotten Anderson
lives in memory because he was the first
man in major league history TO steal sec
ond base with the bases full ,-,,--..-
Anderson's accomplishment the scribollng
persons don't describe IL by saying that
''Hinky Dink stole second with the bases
full" They simply state that .Hinky Dink
familiar with baseball knows just what
Hinky Dink did
MerkIe Also Achieved Fame
Fred MerBIe is another who never will be
1905 that cost the New York club about
$4,000 and each Of his teammates from
one foozle will make Merkle's fame-or
infamy-undying. And it has added a new
verb to the dictionary, Tor IN these days
when a man performs some boneheed action
# is not termed that way. The recountsrs
Of the incident simply state that Smith
.Merkled." which Is description enough
= Nerkle as many viii remember. is the
gentleman who failed to touch second base
in one OF the final games Of the 1908 sea
ship and a divvy OF the worlds series money
Vas at stake One Of his New York team
mates slammed out a hit IN the ninth, send
ing q man across the plate with the win
ming run o. Msrkle was on first when the
hit was made. He started for second, but
when he saw that the runner had crossed
the plate in safety he gave second base the
go-by and hustled TO the clubhouse.
Evers Seized the Chance.
Jobu Evers Of the Cubs, who were the
Giants rival that day, noticed that Merkle
had failed to touch second He rushed 10
second. shrieked to have the ball thrown
10 him. and finally managed to get hold OF
It although the crowd then was sWarming
onto the field Evers touched second base
for force out on Merkle, VINO by that
time was under the shower bath IN the
club house Evers grabbed one OF the UNI
pires. called his attention TO the fact that
MerkIe hadn't touched second, and the UNI
Tfre backed him up The game had to be
their chance TO get into the world series
Harry Niles long ago passed from view
along the major league horizon, but the
-7er1orr OF his two famous bones" still re-
777afns Mica Who was an outflelders and a
soeedv man on the sacks smashed out a
terrific drive to center Danz1g, SLOW
r71nner was on first when Niles connected
Niles turned first, crossed second and pulled
m at third after whirlwiud slide II was
not until then that he discovered that he
had run past DanZig, who had pulled up
81 saooud Oh yes, Niles was declared out
for passing g runner, and the chances for
victory by his team-the Boston Red Sox-
died right there
SiIes's Second Play.
A short tine afterward the soZ were play