The Yankees met the Browns the day my suspension was lifted. I'll never forget that game. It was one in a million, for the Browns actually won it after the last man had been called out.

It was played at the Polo Grounds on a Saturday, and there was such a terrific turnout that the police shut the gates an hour before game time. A lot of fans came out to see Bob and me, but it was our second baseman, Aaron Ward, who privded the main thunder. He hit a home run with a man on base, giving us an early 2 to 0 lead on (P Urban) Shocker. Same Jones was our pitcher. He gave up a run in the eighth but retired the first two men in the ninth and we seemed to have the game won.

Then two pinch-hitters made good for the players at the bottom of the line-up. Thata brought up Johnnie Tobin, their fast lead-off man. Johnnie grounded down to Wallie Pipp at first, who tossed it over to Sam Jones, covering first base, and Umpire Ollie Chill thumbed Tobin out. We broke the clubhouse while the fans in the lower stands tumbled out onto the field.

But Jones hadn't made a clean catch of the ball. Pipp's throw hit Sam's glove, took a short bounce, and by the time Sam grabbed it securely, Tobin had crossed the bag.

Fohl, coaching at first, squawked to Chill and finally went to the umpire behind the plate, who admitted that Jones hadn't caught the ball when it first struck his glove and that Tobin should have been ruled safe.

From then on there was the craziest mix-up I ever saw. Some of our players already in the showers and thought it was a gag

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