Show 1 SOME I LIVE SPORTING GOSSIP LOCAL L ANT n PIno REPORTS OP OF FIELD irian TRACK lU AND n TUNG iUN PULLIAM STICKS BY BYS S f UMPIRES UMPIRE'S DECISION Declares Giant-Cub Giant Game Tie but hut Fails to Go Any Further CHANCE BREAKS INTO FIELD Chicago T Team cain Act to Protect i Themselves Against Forfeit of th Tram leant um Won on Lo Lot Lost PC PO Now York 58 SS CiO fO Chicago o 90 90 54 I 90 90 54 4 I Philadelphia 7 75 64 39 Cincinnati 68 6 74 7 47 i Doston floston GO 02 62 42 I Brooklyn 4 93 3 St. St Loul o 4 47 95 S Now New York ork Sept 24 Confusion wor i confounded reigns In the National Na Xa- leagues league tonight ht Tho rho only thing thine certain i le is that New York heM bent Chicago in a fierce garno amo on tho the Polo grounds ground this afternoon b by a 1 score coro ot oC 5 S to 4 i. Whether Chicago or New York leads the league Je pennant race whether Chicago Chi Chi- cago tago j la is first fiut or third whether Chicago won t two 0 panics games today or today or what did happen happen no no one J knows know Ono thing is certain and that 1 IA that thC the National league I Is facing facing- the raNt gravest crisis of Its 1115 history ind that President nt Harry HC Pulliam efort to lo play ball games gaines from his hie office In the SL L James mg ing t with Hh eight t teams ams as his In the tho field ha resulted In Jn a grave gra scan scan- da dal H Hero ro in a a. nutshell i In 11 the situation tonight compelled compell d to hack back up his umpires this morning declared that yesterdays yesterday's gme gmo between tho Gl Giants nt and nd Cubs Cube upon which the tue leadership of tho the National league depended was wasa a a. tie and tie and that the score was 1 to 1 At t tho samo same time Pulliam refused to order the tam to pIli off ort the tie lie game this afternoon and tho Ne New York dub luh also refused Tho Chicago club already claiming yesterdays yesterday's game b by forfeiture ac- ac ft Pulliam's ruling In re regard to the tho tb tio score and antl appeared on the Polo grounds rounds at 1 10 p. p m. m to play the Giants who refused to meet them Thereupon the Chicago club after three balls baJis had hf been hren n pitched claimed tho the gamy game b by for for- feit light at the McGraw knowing that the Chicago lub Intended to demand that thai the they pia play Issued orders that the tho Chicago players I I should bo be barred from tho the grounds and nd It was only after aCter a n fierce light a atho al altho at atho tho ho crate that the Cubs managed to get Into the grounds Chance Chanc once olloe Inside opened a private private vate gate at and admitted d his players and wont through the tho formality of oC starting starling a a. anin i Further l than that the tho constitution of at the tho National provides that all tied or postponed games frames shall shaJI be bc played ot oft off and expressly states that thai tJ they J must be played otC off on tho last da day of ot tho the series Defying Defying- this rule Pulliam declared only on one ramo would bo be played and played and relying upon the tho Ch ca Lago o club appeared to pIa play the fir game gamo a mo I To tangle tho the situation more tho the I constitution of ot tho the National league provides provides pro pro- I vides that any n team that a game shall pa pay a a. no 1 of oC 1000 that Us Its manager and arid captain shall stand suspended until the fine One is paid and that an any gamo played be before foro the fine tine fineIs fineIs Is 15 paid shall be bo forfeited lo to tI the e opp s- s in Ing team B By the tue constitution rules I tho the Chicago o team won two games to today today to- to day JR and Is leading tho the b by a good margin In spite of or their defeat If 11 rules and unO overrules 0 the constitution con con- New York is leading and Chi Chi- ago eago Is either second or third depending depending depend depend- ing InK on his ruling on yesterdays yesterday's game Meanwhile some of th the most powerful political Interests lu in New Nc York and omo somo of or th the bl big gamblers are arc using very erp pov power r and pressure to force Corce Pul Pul- Ham llam to give 10 yesterdays yesterday's game to the Giants And tho the gamblers who ho are cIol close e to tho the politicians politicIan were offering tilde odds In the grandstand this afternoon that Pulliam would rub rulo In favor of or New York Score R. R IT E. E X Xe New w York 00 6 5 o 7 M 3 Chicago o 4 4 7 2 Batteries ri Wil es-Wil 8 tse Math owson and Br Bresnahan Brown Drown Coakley Coalley Overall and t t Brooklyn Brooklyn Sept 2 21 Vic Vic Willis held the tho Dodgers ers down to four lilts hits toda today and th the Pirates core f scored a 6 to 1 victory victor In their final meeting of the toc season with Ith Brooklyn Wagner took particular lar tar dell delight ht in slamming th the ball and scored cored four tour of oC the tho thirteen hits made b by his hie team teem Score R. R RHEo II IL E. E Brooklyn 1 1 5 Z 4 6 6 l 15 1 Dell Bell Bell and Farmer Willis and Gibson At t Philadelphia Sept 24 The 4 The Quakers rol turned the tho tables on the Reds Heds toda today And shut hut them out b by a coro of ot 5 Z to 1 The Reds ned played f rather loose loosely In tho first t four Innings but after aCtor that played fairly good game Score a 3 R. R IT II E. E Philadelphia 01 5 10 1 Cincinnati 0 0 7 2 Batteries MoOre Batteries and Doom Sava Savage o oI ind nd I nd Schlei |