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august-16-1902

August 16, 1902

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• In front of a record Columbia Park crowd of 18,765, the Athletics beat Chicago, 2-1

Rube Waddell struck out 11 in the contest and was at the center of a wild rhubarb at the end

• Waddell, covering first on Tom Daly's ground ball to Harry Davis, took the throw to get the force out and end the game

• Sox players argued that Waddell had dropped the ball before making the out and Frank Isbell pushed the umpire Jack Sheridan to emphasize the point, whereupon a number of spectators jumped the wall and entered the fracas

• Eventually matters calmed down but not until after fans began to hurl seat cushions around the park to celebrate the fact that the call remained unchanged


august-16-1902.txt · Last modified: 2023/09/04 22:47 by ehaight