Show BONEHEAD MERKLE TO ASSIST YANK MANAGER I Hug gins Signs Player Who Failed to Touch Sec Sec- Second Second Sec Sec- Second ond Base CHICAGO Jan Tan 13 Back Back In 1908 Fled Herkle tailed failed to touch to second In a game with Chicago Had he done so It would ha c son on the game arne Instead It ended ina m in ina a 0 tie race for tor that hear icar car also alto end ended end nd ended ed In a tie lie It was necessary to play over the game tarn New ew ew orl ork should have won The Giants lost and with lIh the defeat went the chance to pity In the series Here was the Iho situation In tInt til game Scole tie tic ii it t of ninth tao t Out O runners runner on first and third Merkle was sac as on first tint The Tho singled apparentlY scoring the tho winning sinning Inning run Merkie on tint first went sent to within about 10 feet of ot and then laced for the tho Giants clubhouse Evers playing second for tor Chi Chi- Chicago Chicago ca cago o finally got KOt the bill and touched second ba base Since Nor Nor- Merkle kle kie tailed failed to do so It simply made madea mada a force torce play at ot second retiring th the side elde ld and alid erasing ert the sinning Inning run a as no run con can score on n a torN force third out Merkle a brainy brain ball bali pla pia er merely overlooked a a 0 slight toch tech toch- failure to touch n a ba iau oIt It happens happen scores score of times time ery ear eor In the majors major Because his error caused the loss of o the tho pennant t and v with aith lt it thousands of dollars dollar It has hos gone gono do n In history as a a 0 colossal bone Merkle became an object of ot ridi ridicule ridi- ridi ridicule cule cub in th the baseball world A l less Iss s courageous plover would have quit but Merkle Merkie lived JIved It down Now tho the so called bonehead Morki ha has been hired by no le 1 person than Miller to be behli his assistant al tant at New York a mom memo member ber bar of ot his hi board ot of strategy A fitting tribute to his ability |