The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
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Chicago, Sept. 1O-Chicago won the final game of the year with Cleveland here yesterday by score of to o in the last half of the tenth inning, when Owens, the umpire, for feited 1t to the White Sox with the score tied at 3 all and one out, after standing for some of the worst kick ing and burlesqueing seen in the AmerScan Eeague for years.
 Tho forfeit grew out of a decision by Owens in the first half of the tenth inning, when he called Jack hGraney cut at third base for interfer- ence in a play on which the Indians lregistered two runs. :
 Whatever the merits or demerits of that decision were, there is no dis putting the point that the visitors de- served to lose the game for their re- Efusal to abide by. the verdict. In- stead of accepting 1t, they gave one of the most disgraceful exhibitions of hteking and stalMng that has been kssen on an American League dia- mond in years. IN
 i.a Owens stood for the kicking, but when the Cleveland players began trying to make a bowling joke of the game in the last half of the tenth, he lost patience finally and stopped them by the forfeit route.
 Under trying conditions, part of thettfme is a; drizzling rain, the White Eoxs and Indians combatted through nine innings with "a drawn score of to.3. Most of the runs on both sides were made on errors. Fohl started i with Coveleskie in the box, but with drew him in the first inning, when 1t beEsn to Eain. Tex Russell was Row lands choice, and he stuck till the third inning when he lost control and wass relieved by Faber. Urban gave sway to pinch hitter in the seventh. 1 and that brought Danforth into the thick of the fight.
 Graney was first up in the tenth and drove out his third eingle. Chap man in hit and run play knoeKed 8 i groxtnder tosMcMullin, who lost him. self and tried to force Graney at sec ond% He was too late, so was Eddie Collins relay to first That put two 1 on with none out. Speaker missed 1.-two bUnts, then flied out to right far enough to let the runners advance tc third and second. Roth struck out and Harris was passed intentionally I filing the bases.
 Fohl counteredy by sending Wamby to bat for Evans. While he was uf EGrsaey toS11s& \ long lead of third. IT Ifact:she rah Ao1S HhAh half way te Etbe plate before turning back. Schalk whipped the ball to third and it wa! "A poor throw or Graney would have sbeen out by yards. The ball go1
 away from McMullin and rolled
 toward the grandstand.
 fs Graney might have scored on ths slip but he and McMullin mixed Ethemseives so long that Chapman Iwaseon top of third when they finally lbroqne away, and Chapman a1st Sscorsed before McMullin recovered th' tball- Owens declared Gfaney> out fol
 fnterfering with McMuliin and the1 the row began
 Nhe Indians swarmed around ! Owsens; then they swarmed arount sEvans at first base, only to come bacl and Stalk to the plate umpire, and re kpeats their trips between arbitrator huntiEmuch valuable time was wasted fas ;its already was getting dark.
 After fully 20 minutes of stallini sa11es Indians were compelled to talk tne field. Danforth, first up in tn shoEae half. struck out, O,Neili threv to sthtrd, where Howard had replace, tEwens- Graney, the storm center o tfhexrow, turned his back in dertsio1 Iandsper1nitted the ball to. roll int left Instantly Owens tore off hi klnask' and gave the game to Chfcag by forfeit. sD. Lee Fohl, manager of the Cbeve Hand American League Baseball club inayde a, report to James T. Dunn kr,reszidqr1f of the, cIY1h If fT1a r.a Yne sHes declared 1t was President Dunn santention to protest the game on tn
 ground that O'Nei1Ps act was that O
 an 4ndtHetual player, for which tn
 entire team, should not be penalized