The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05
BAN ALLOWS FIRST
PROTEST ON GAME
Second Game Of Fridays White
SOx-Clcveland Contests
Thrown Out.
UMPIRE ADMITS ERROR

For the first time since the American
Bar Johnson yesterday allowed a pro-
test. He threw out the second game OF
Fridays double header in Chicago be-
tween the Clevelands and White Sox
Ind ordered II to be played over this
afternoon as part of n double header.
When asked for an explanation the ex-
ecutive OF the American League pro-
duced the following telegram from I'm
pire Bill Evans:
Chicago. ILL.,. Sept. Q.
'B. b.. johnson, care wolcott Hotel,
New York.
'In Cleveland half Of fourth inning Of
the second game Chapman walked. Roth
singled and Chapman went TO third.
Graney grounded out to J. Collins, Roth
going to second on the play. Smith
singled to right. Chapman n Roth
scoring. This gave Cleveland two runs
and left Smith on first with one out.
with two strikes on Kirke he struck
at the next ball. which was far over
his head. the ball going to the grand
stand. Smith moved up to SECOND on the
play. At this stage OF the game I COM
mitted an error which was entirely over
looked by everybody actively identified
with the game. Since first base was
occupied and less than two were out
when Kirke struck out and the ball got
away from the catcher. kirkc should
have been declared out. He ran to first
after striking out and was allowed to
remain there. Two more runs were
scored In this inning, Kirke scoring one
Of them. Had Kirke been declared out
as he should have been, the last two runs
would not have been scored, as Turner,
the next batsman, fouled to the catcher
for what would have been the third out
an inning later.
Harry WOLF, baseball writer on the
Chicago American, called to me from the
press box asking what should be done
with the batter who strikes out with "A
man on first n less h two out and
the ball is not caught. / answered that
the batter was out automatically under
the rules. then he informed me that
I had overlooked ruling so on Kirke. 1t
was the first intimation l had that ] had
slipped VI on the play. Not n player
or either manager had noticed the mis-
take n no one protested at any time
near the close of the game. I spoke
OF 1t to Eddie Collins n he marvelled
that every one had overlooked the play.
After the game Manager Rowland
came to our dressing room and told me
he intended to protest the game. That
was the first time he spoke to me rela-
tive to 1t. Since Cleveland won the game
s to 8. naturally two runs scored on the
xla, a., Ion bod V,tarlN 40 do ., Ia
Gliding the game. I told him that since
no immediate protest vas made which
would give me a chance to correct the
mistake / felt sure that you would not
consider a protest. Mr.. Sanborn of the
Tribune, who also talked TO me about II,
said 1t was almost a certainty that you
would not consider such a late protest.
II was simply one Of those unfortunate
happenings which entirely escaped the
attention Of every one in the game.
wv. q. EVANS
A few minutes before Evans's lengthy
Geographic report reached johnson Ban
received a wire OF protest from CLAIR
ence Rowland.
mo protest had ever been sustained
In my league Ban declared, "and | sim
ccrely hated to establish "A precedent.
But what venue of escape was there
left? Doesn't Evans admit that he was
guilty of a very evident misiuterpreta-
ton OF the rules? That settles 1t. |
have ordered the game played over
Sunday"
Bans attention was called to the fact
that the $50 word telegram had been
sent Collect"
DOUBTLESS Comiskey will he willing
TO pay the tolls" some one suggested,
for the plum Of a doubleheader at chi
cage Sunday afternoon
"Comiskey, nothing :" cried Ban.
That will come out OF Evans. He made
the mistake"