The log cabin Democrat., 1914-04-24
COACH TO PROTEST
 THURSDAYS CAME
HENDRIX ARKANSAS TIE
ELEVEN INNING CONTEST TIC BE PROTESTED BY VISIT
 ORS, COACH SAYS.

Coach Y. A. Wilbur of the Arkansas College baseball team stated today that he has protested the game play ed yesterday afternoon between Hen. drlX College and Arkansas College claiming that the score should have been to in favor of Arkansas Col lege instead of $ to s, as the offical score indicated. Coach Wilbur, in his protest, which will be filed with the executive board of the Arkansas Ath- letlc Association, alleges that before the game was begun, a ground rule was agreed to by representatives oi both teams to the effect that only one base IS allowed runner on an over. throw to either first or third base. but that Tn the seventh inning, while Cook ot Hendrix was occupying first base, McQulstlon of Hendrix batted the ball to Shortstop Smith of Arkansas who made an overthrow to first. and that Cook was allowed by Umpire Haydon to score and McQuistion was allowed to take third base. Coach Wilbur claims that Cook should have been al lowed to advance but one base on the play As the official score at this time was to in favor of Arkansas College, Coach Wilbur will ask that the executive committee will award the game to Arkansas College.
 Coach w. M. Headrick of Hendrix College told Log Cabin Democrat representative today that he would have nothing to say in regard to the protest until the matter is taken be- fore the executive committee.
 Hendrix and Arkansas colleges bat tied Il innings to tie yesterday af- ternoon, Umpire Haydon calling the game at the end of the eleventh be- cause of darkness. The score was s to $. Owen, veteran pitcher for the Bulldogs, hit five batsmen and walked three others, three of them crossing home plate. Wood, for the visitors. played in luck all the way through.
 A total of l2 Hendrix men found him for r bases, but it seemed that the jlnX was on the trail of the Bull dogs
 Arkansas was the first to score. In second, smith, first up, famed; Owen hit McGregor, Menard and Patterson m rapid succession, filling the bases. Street grounded to Mitchell and Me Gregor raced home. Jones struck out, ending the inning.
 Hendrix tied the score in her half. Cook singled, advanced a peg on Me Qulstlon's sacrifice, and scored on Johnsons two-bagger to center. In the third, two bases on balls, an error. two sacrifice hits, one single and one double netted five tallis for the vis- itors. Hendrix crossed the pan three times in the third on two singles, a three-base hit and one error
 Arkansas took a four-run lead in the sixth D. Brown famed; T Brown singled past short; w. Brown went out short to first, T. Brown took sec ond on the put-out, and Wood cracked single through Owen. Smith pop- ped to Mitchell, who muffed the ball when McQulstlon collided with him, and T. Brown and Wood scored.
 With the score 8 to 1 Hendrix went to bat in the seventh feeling blue. Three clean hits together, two errors and sacrifice netted them four runs, tying the score. Hendrix took on new life and it was three up and three down until the eleventh, when T. Brown singled to left, but went out at second. Hendrix had a chance to win the game in both the tenth and eleventh rounds but the necessary hit was not forthcoming.
 Score by innings. R H E Hendrix o l 3 o % 0-8 12 8 Ark'sas 0 0 ? 0000 0-8 5 3
 Batteries-Hendrix, Owen, J. Legg and Cook; Arkansas, Wood and T. Brown.