The Washington times., 1925-03-28
FAM Gus
| BOX SCORES
Fred Merkle Pulls His
Famous "Bone" Play
Against Cubs.

CHICAGO AT NEW YORK.
cEpTEMRER %, 19O8.-Through
lie fnaxcusable stupidity Of Merkle,
! a,Ihstitute. the Giants had sure
victory turned into a doubtful one.
q came was placed in dispute, q
Complicated and disagreeable con-
troyersy was started and perhaps
the championship imperflled or lost.
This blunder was made on q play
over which there had been g pro-
test only so far back as September
a. namely, the failure Of GIL, OF
Pittsburgh, to go to second base on
the safe hit that sent g man nome
from third base, Chicago claiming
a. put-out at second base on Gin
for failing to run on force MT.
This game up to the ninth mnlna
had been perfectly played by New
vorr and desperately contested by
CHICAGO. despite costly errors by
StainfeIdt and Tinker. The latter
afoned with q home run hit. New
work got the tying run In the sixth
IN steinfeldt's wild throw on Her.
zog's grounder, Bresnahans sacri-
flee and Donlin's single.
Tn the ninth inning with TWO OUT
Mccormick on third and Merkle on
first. Bridwell hit safely to center
field Mccormick, of course, scored
On tha lift. but Merkle failed to
rim to second base and both ne ana
Rridwell ran toward the clubhouse
IN escape the rush Of frenzied fans.
Manager Chance, of Chicago,
quickly grasped the situation ana
directed that the ball be thrown TO
second base, which would force out
MerkIe, who had not reached tnat
corner. Chance ran to second Dase
and the ball was thrown to him,
but Immediately Pitcher McGinnity
interfered in the play and a scram-
BILE of players ensued, in which, II
is said, McGinnity obtained the pan
and threw 1t into the crowd before
Manager Chance could complete
force play on Merkle, who was Iar
away from the base line. Manager
Chance then appealed to 0'Day,
who was the principal, or plate,
umpire Of the game.
The crowd thinking that Giants
had won the game, swamped upon
the playing field with such con-
fusion that none Of the fans seemed
able to grasp the situation. but
finally their attitu0e toward Umpire
O'Day became so offensive that the
police ran into the crowd and pro-
tected him, while arguments were
being hurled pro and con on tho
point in question by Managers
Chance and. McGraw and the UNI
pire.
Umpire To-Day finally declared
that the run did not count, and
that inasmuch as the spectators
had gained such large numbers on
the field that the game could not
be resumed. O'Day declared the
game a tie, although Emslie, the base
umpire. declared that he did not
see the play at second base.
Umpire O'Day's action in declar-
ing that McCormick's run did not
count was based upon the presump-
ton or fact that force play was
made on Merkle at second base.
Immediately after the game Presi-
dent Murphy, Of the Chicagoans,
made a formal protest to Presi-
dent Pulliam against the award OF
the game to New York and claim
ing it by forfeit for Chicago for
interference. Later Umpire O'Dav
made an official report Of the dis
pute to President Pulliam.
Manager Chance declared that
the game was a tie, but the New
York management recorded TIE
game as a 2 to / victory and the
official scorer Of the club so sent
in his score to League headquar-
tiers and to the Associated Press.
Subsequently President Pulliam sus-
tanned Umpire O'Day's report and
declared the game a tie. The
score.