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Typically, an appeal that does not specifically mention the transgressing player or situation is void and the play stands.
In baseball, appeals may only be made by a player on the field to an umpire. In youth baseball this may have changed (it has changed in softball). It's possible the coaches may voice the official appeal to the ump now.
Now, if the appeal was done incorrectly the play stands. If the appeal was done correctly the runner is out. If the appeal out was the third out, any runner who scored before the runner counts. In all cases, if a runner passes another runner on the basepaths the umpire should make an immediate ruling to avoid confusion. The fact that other runners may have "passed" the runner who misssed the bag is irrelevant because at the time the runner was not "out". A missed bag is not an automatic call by the umpire. It must be appealed.
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