An overflow crowd lines the outfield at Philadelphiaâs Columbia Park for the showdown doubleheader between the Aâs and Tigers. In the first game, the home team gets off to a 7 â 1 lead against 25-game winner Bill Donovan. But Rube Waddell, who relieves in the 2nd, fails to hold the lead. A 2-run home run by Ty Cobb ties it 8 â 8 in the 9th. Both teams score once in the 11th; an umpireâs ruling costs Philadelphia the game in the 14th: Harry David hits a long fly into the crowd in left-centerfield, ordinarily a ground-rule double. As Tiger CF Sam Crawford goes to the crowdâs edge, a policeman stands up and moves, either to interfere or to get out of the way. Home plate umpire Silk OâLoughlin says there is no interference, then reverses his ruling when base umpire Tom Connolly offers a different opinion. When play resumes, the Athleticsâ Danny Murphy hits a long single that would have scored Davis. The game is called because of darkness in the 17th, a 9 â 9 tie. The second game is never played. The Tigers, in first place, leave for Washington where they will win 4. They will finish 1 1/2 games in front.