Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1918 — OVERTIME TILTS THIS YEAR [ARTICLE]

OVERTIME TILTS THIS YEAR

Daylight Saving Law Mainly Responsible for Two 19-lnning Games Played So Far.r’i Perhaps before the present season ends all records In the major league for lengthy games will be broken. Already there have been two 19-innlng draws. The law which saves an hour of daylight is mainly responsible, for it permits a game to go along until decided. The Phils and Cardinals started their 19-lnning game at 3:30 o’clock and played until eight o’clock. This would have been totally Impossible In previous years. Chief Umpire Quigley called the game on account of darkness at the end of the nineteenth inning. It Is rather questionable whether he was justified in calling the game off. The teams could have battled one or two innings longer and a decision might have been reached, making it unnecessary to replay the game. As it Is the four hours and thirty minutes of desperate play went for naught