Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-07
INQUISITIVE FANS

Sporting Editor Star: Please insert in Inqulsi-
tive Fans column:
1. Who is considered the best pitcher in Amer
=. When do Witherup and Hovlik come to
washington? Is either Of them left handler
Louis (American)? DAVE r.
i. Records show Karger of Boston to
have the best average.
2. Witherup is still the property of the
Washington club, but seems TO have quit
the game because of an injured arm.
Hovlik is with Peoria and Washington
can recall him If he is desired. Both are
right-handers.
3. Because St. Louis does not want to
let him go at any reasonable figure.
Sporting Editor Star: First man up the pitcher
delivers the ball. which is called BALL The
stepped out of the box to adjust his cap. and
the catcher threw the ball back to the pitcher,
back in the box The umpire caHed it a strike
Was he correct not? READER.
Under the circumstances the ball pitch
ed counts for nothing. A competent UNI
pire would not make a decision on ball
pitched with the batter out Of the box.
Sporting Editor Star: Kindly answer the fol
i. II the pitcher has one strike on q batter
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2 Runner is caught between bases and IN run
ming him down the second baseman throws wild
to first, but runner stays first. Should this
count an error for second baseman?
3. Where does Mccormick. the outfelder on
Giants 1908, play nowf
T. VIII Otey receive a chance with Washing
W. ~ A CONSTANT STAR READER
1. A pitcher cannot be taken out until
he has retired a man or the batter has
reached first base.
.. Inasmuch as the base runner has
not gained an advantage no error would
be scored, unless 1t was apparent that
with a good throw an out could have
been registered.
3. Mccormick is not playing this year.
4. 1t is reasonable to suppose that
since the Washington club is paying Otey
a salary it will want to know what he
can do.
swer in the sporting sheet of next Sundays Star
how old is Tom Hughes. formerly OF Washing
ton. but now PLAYING with Minneapolis! .u
2. Also how many games Tom CantWel, FOR
merly Of Cincinnati. but now with Milwaukee,
has won and lost! III. M. 4.
1. Tom Hughes is thirty years old.
2. The last records show Cantwell to
! have won two games and lost four for
Milwaukee.
| Sporting Editor Star: There is a runner on
| third base. also a runner ON second base. Run.
ner on second base runs to third. touches third
| to the catcher. who touches home base. The
| runner from second base. upon reaching third.
! therefore runs back to second base, arrives
| there without being touched with the ball. A
catcher touches home base. claiming forced
| play: that when runner from second base
touches third base runner on third was forced
| from that base. bets that 1t was not a
forced play, that runner from second base
even after touching third base could go back
| to second base. unless he was touched out
with the ball.
Nobody is out. One base runner can
not force another. Only the batsman
| can do that.
| Sporting Editor Star: Runners on second and
third. Two out. Batter hits slow one along
| third base line and runner scores from third.
Pitcher. who fields the hit, turns to throw, the
second en easily makes third. and when he sees
pitcher turn as though to throw to first starts
| home and is caught trying to get back to third.
Does the run count?
The run counts as It is scored on the
hit made by the batsman.
trying to avoid a pitched ball and the ball hits
the part OF the bat projecting over batsman $
to be played as a legally hit ball. IL It falls
in foul ground on nrst two strikes does 1t count
as strike?
The ball is fair or foul depending on
where 1t falls. II 1t is foul II is q strike,
I providing two strikes have not already
been called on the batter.
| Sporting Editor Star: Kindly give your deci-
sion ON the following play: A on first. Batter
hits ball ON ground to first baseman, who
| touches first and throws to second. A, however,
returns to nrst base. Is safe or outl
W. G. SCOTT.
| AS soon as the first baseman touched
first base the batter was out and A was
no longer forced and could return to first
base If he avoided being touched with the
ball.