Evening journal., 1915-07-07
DOLLECIANS Good
AT THE BONE STUFF
Harvard and Yale Players
Get Into Fred Merkle'S
Class
FOUR MEN MAKE
THE BLUNDER

John Anderson. Barry Mccormick
ina Fred Merkle viii live long Ia
memory after their bones are inter-
.ed Likewise their bones will live
one in memory the famous bone
,ead plays they have made. Anderson
,assed out of the baseball spotlight
.ome six or seven years ago, his last
ae league engagement of any import
,nce heine as FIRST baseman OF the
(, ouis Browns. Mccormick Is spoA-
,n of stin every once in a while be-
anso of his holding down JOB as
,mnire in the Federal League. Mer-
ia IS stll on the job with the New
fcrt Giants. ever and anon cddlns
,,other striking bit of stupid play
o the long list Of sensational piuu-
1ers ,r,o
..c +haf no an regular fans are
.-.-,,re with bonehead will ever
-~l hirh in the ivory quotations.
t., r,nfre hovs must not be forgot
~. l,rrarf and Yale got on play
4. ,4e -, came of their series this
rr.- tshfch in itself seems 10 over
Nst,,. 80. ono particular piece OF
-domrd work ever sprung III
.-.,sssnrai ranks The 1000 who at
lr,fra ffr game al Ebbets' flelu'
Brooklyn. failed TO appreciate sn.
t~sa+ orerd io their eyes. prooapiy
TN The fact that the crowd was COZ
I'D crowd. with very few real base
hsil students in a. sueh as are 10
be- found in nearly any big league as
semblage
four Men IN Mlx-tp,
II took four men TO perpetua'e ln'1
reollv wonderful play and ahohs
them they made a total OF hNe noiie-
head mistakes all on the one play
shortstop Legoro and First baaeman
Bush. of Yale. made two OF the nohes
and the other three we're maue ny
Pitcher Mahan and Second basemau
Abbot. of Harvard. The deed was
done in the sixth inning.
Now for the distressing details
Nahan. the FIRST batter, was mt ny
pltched bali and got to hrst base lns
set the stage Tor the play. UP slro1'
Abbot and raised a high ny dhectl'
~ 10 Shortstop Legore, OF iaie, WI WI
IInn nave iO MNNNf nun NtN
10 get il. Here comes the hVe pone
heads
No Abbot. seeing his ny was a
cinch TO catch. didn't run to first
That was the initial bonehead, ms
'ailing to run.
No 2-Ieeore saw that Abbot had
anit running. so realized his chance
for double play by means OF the
tnsnped hall trick. He purposely let
the nv drop and took 1t on the hrst
honnce. That much was good base
hall Ieeore's play then was TO throw
~ second which would force out
Nahan. the second baseman. then q
relav the ball to first. putting out the
batter. who having stopped running
Wouldn't have a chance 20 beat the
relay and moreover was out anyway
for having quit running. Legore
though. instead of throwing TO second
threw TO first That was boneheat
No q
Here is Bone No. 3.
No. Mahan. as soon as he saw
lecore let the fy drop. should hav'
realized that he then was forced &
20 ahead to second base and ought q
have begun 10 run as soon as tn
BAN was dropped Instead he stoo
still on second base. He apparentl
was confused and thought that IN
inheid dy rule applied whereby th
batter is out on an infeld fy wheihe
Ri j. caught OF not But that rul
euncerns only situations where ther
sfe men on both first and second q
on FIRST. second and third. Here theE
xas only a man on first. so the rul
aas not IN force Mahan. therefor
should have beaten IL 10 second III
standing still on first base constitute
bone number three.
No. f-Legore's threw tc first wa
side and pulled First Baseman Bus
of the bag. Bush scrambled over an
touched the base with his foot. there
by putting the batter out That mad
bone number four. What he shodl
4 have done in the circumstances wa
hrst to tag Mahan. who by the rule
was out II touche3 anywhere befor
be could get 10 second base and the
to touch the first base afterward
get the runner But as he touched th
base first. putting the runner out. Ma
han no longer was forced 10 get o
he base and could have stood ther
safety as long as he wished. Rush
bone therefore was touching N
base as soon as be could find H. Ths
made number four.
4 No. 5-Mahan was guilty o. m
ae1i mistake. After Bush had put Ar
po' out by touching FIRST. Mahan wa
perfectly safe where he stood an
'ueht 10 have held his ground. Bi
ncN he SO ratified somehow an
| thought the best thing for him IN
vas 10 beat 1t away from FIRST befo,
Bush could tag him. So. deoartir
before Bush could sweep his Ar
around. Mahan lit out for secor
Bush threw to Second Baseman II
burn and Mahan was tagged for I
second out Of the double play
A recapitulati1n shows Abbot ms
ing one bone when he stopped n
ming Legore making one when
threw 10 FIRST instead OF second. 81
one when he touched the base inst,
~ Of Mahan, and Mahan twO-fail
nj 70 run in the first place and fail
10 stand still in the second place.
was some play.