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Cubs second baseman Johnny Evers (of Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance fame) realized this, tracked down the ball (actually, people who were there say he got another ball from the dugout, since the original ball had disappeared into the crowd), grabbed an umpire, and stepped on second base, which in theory completed a force play on Merkle.
According to the rules of baseball, the game wasn't actually over until Merkle touched second base.
Merkle, who was digging hard for second base, swerved away (he never touched second) and started running for the Giants' locker room in center field as soon as he saw McCormick touch the plate.
In suddenly invoking the letter of the law, then, the umpires were requiring Merkle to act in a way that he had no reason to believe he was supposed to act.
As was their wont in those less orderly days, Giants fans immediately came swarming onto the field when their team won, and Merkle wanted to get a head start on the happy mob.