I need help identifying it this anecdote is real and who were the persons involved.?

Question

In a classic Major League (playoff?) game, a certain slugger hit a game-winning home run and was horrified to see one of his teammates, rounding the bases ahead of him, collapse and die from a heart attack. Well aware that each runner must touch home plate for a run to count, the determined player astutely picked up his stricken team mate and dragged him home!

Does anyone know to whom, where, when, &/or whether this actually happened?

Answer 1

I don't know, but it sounds like one of the stories my husband tells...and I ask, "Is that a joke or did it really happen?"  

Answer 2

A similar story turned up a couple of years ago. I found it below. There's no date attached and the college doesn't exist anymore so it probably couldn't be proven. Also, it wouldn't be necessary because a team can insert a replacement runner when there is an injury.

"It happened in a 19th century college game in New Jersey between the University of St. Joseph and the Chatham Stars.

"According to an article in Baseball Magazine, 'Chatham was leading 2-0 and two were out in the bottom of the ninth when O'Hara, a weak hitter, doubled to left. He was followed by Robidoux, "a scrappy Arcadian," who hit a long bail over the center fielder's head.

'As O'Hara reached third base, he collapsed and died. Robidoux, rounding third, picked O'Hara up and car fled [carried?] him down the base line, touching home plate first with O'Hara and then stepping on the plate himself. The game was tied, 2-2.'

St Josephs was a French language college in Canada so the "Arcadian" reference may make sense, but why would they play in New Jersey?

Baseball Magazine can be searched online. Try the second link and scroll to "The Corpse Scored." It's from January 1914.