Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-26
P. R. R. BOYS
PLAY ALTOONA
Local Club of Philadelphia
Division Will Have a Real
Battle Tomorrow

The biggest baseball game in Al
toona of the present season is prom
ised for tomorrow afternoon when
the Harrisburg, Philadelphia dfvi-
sion baseball team, will plax the ma
chine shop team in the Eastern
Pennsylvania division, p. r. R. base
ball finals, Play starts at o'clock.
The Harrisburg team is the best in
years. according to report and a
tight game is looked for. R. Irwin
will oppose either Alcorn or Weaver
in the pitching department.
Harrisburg has figured in the
finals in Eastern Pennsylvania for
the last three years. Middle division
downed the Capital team four years
ago in the final game due to Jim
Fink'9 home run. A year later Car
Shop just nosed out a winner over
the Harrisburgers. Machine Shop
copped from the team last year, but
Harrisburg didn't have more than
four of the regular players. The
strongest team available will be
taken tos Altoona.
This is what the Altoona papers
think of to-morrow's contest and
evidently Altoona has a wholesome
respect for the Harrisburg huskies.
or Alcorn step in the pitchers box
there is sure to be some ball game.
A big bunch of rooters will follow
the boys tomorrow for Harrisburg
has good chance for this trophy.
The result of the Pennsy Eastern
Pennsylvania elimination to date:
First Round
Machine Shop, 5: Middle Division.
Harrisburg, s; Schuylkill Division,
/.
Car Shop. 12; Juniata Shop. 2.
Second Round
Machine Shop, 4; Car Shop, 2.
Harrisburg, bye.
Third Round I
Machine Shop VS.. Harrisburg
(fnaD.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Base
ball League is run on a system, al
right. President George Quinn
proves that in replying to the pro-
test of Manager Chad Fisher of Mid
die Division over the umpire's decis-
ion in the Middle Division-Juniata
Shop game of Monday, July 10.
The game was won in eight in
nings by Juniata Shop, SIS, Manager
Fisher protesting a decision on the
third batter in the sixth inning. The
batter, 1t will be recalled, struck out
and the third strike was dropped.
No attempt was made to run out the
error or to make the out as the run
ner on third scored, the run being
counted
President Quinn, after consulting
officials and managers relative to the
play, files the following decision:
Under the provisions of Section
No. 10 of the Rules and Regulations
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Base
ball League of Altoona, governing
protests, action has been requested
through a play that occurred in the,
sixth inning of the Middle Division
Juniata Shop game of July Is.
The protest was entered by Mid
die Division on ruling made byl
Umpire Gochnour in allowing theI
runner on third to score on a third
out, which, however, had. not beenl
completed. The run enabled Ju-
niata Shop to complete the seventh
inning with tie score and win the
game in the eighth inning with a.
margin of one run.
The protest was filed within the
required twenty-four hours and all
arguments clearly stated. Therefore,
after due consideration and consul
tations. the following decision is
reached:
That the play as it occurred is in
direct violation of the playing rules,
(see Rule SO, official American Lea
que rules), and that the run scored
was Illegal.
"It is further found that Middle
Division would have been the real
winner in the legal number of in
nings (seven), but in view of the
fact that Juniata had one inning to
play after the illegal run counted.
and that perhaps, the team would
have pursued different tactics with
a run behind, to award the game to
Middle Division as the protest be-
seeches, would be both unfair and
unwise.
Therefore, the team managers
are hereby notified that the game he
replayed in the regular order of post
poned games and that notice be
given to the official scorer to strike
the game from the records