Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-28
INQUISITlVE FANS.

Sporting Editor Star:
Can an infield fly be declared when
only first base is occupied? JIM K
No technical 'infield fly" can be hit
with first base alone occupied. Batter
is not out automatically il fly is not
caught.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please give age. height and weight
of following players: Snodgrass, Hans
Wagner, Tommy Leach, Artte Holman
and Johnny Evers?
Height. weight and age Of Snodgrass,
5-11E. 10. nearly %; Hans Wagner.
sill. 100. SO: Leach. SIS: l5o. nearly 80;
nearly IS.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please answer following: d-Has
a base ball dropped out Of an
aeroplane ever been caught? CD
What size crowd will the De-
troit grounds hold? (3)-What Is
the largest actual crowd that ever
saw a game In Detroit? (I-When a
fielder fails to catch a throw made to
him. who should get the error? o.
Shortstop makes throw to first, which
first baseman can barely reach and
muffs. who should have error?
G)-Some talk of. but no actual at
tempt has been made to catch ball
dropped from an aeroplane. (2)-The
about $4,000 persons before there would
be too big crowd to allow play to
proceed. We pay little attention to at
tendance figures for the reason that all
figures published are guesses. a.
The largest crowd in our recollection
at Detroit is said to have been some
thing slightly over $4,000. (D-In
case a fielder fails to catch throw
made to him. decide which is respon-
sible for the failure and give the error
accordingly. (5)-In the case you cite.
the chances are that the shortstop
should be charged with bad throw.
Sporting Editor Star:
l. Kindly state in next Sundays pink
sheet the records for the mile, quarter
mile and 100-yard dash and the names OF
the holders. .. How long has Mathew
son OF the New York Giants been In the
wins, straight or a fiusf?. 4. Which
player on the Washington team has the
most home runs to his credit during the
season Of 1910. ". l.. X.
j. The mile record, amateur, is 4.2j 1-5,
held by Melville Sheppard. For the quar-
holds the 1O0-yard dash in s. -5
:. Mathewson has been with the Giants
since 1900.
3. A flush beats a straight.
T. Elberfeid has two home runs to his
credit. which gives him the lead.
Sporting Editor Star:
VIII you kindly. answer in your next
| Sundays edition the following question::
Is the owner Of a base ball club (Na-
| tional or American) directly responsible
for each players board bill while on the
road? CONSTANT READER
The club pays the hotel bills on the
| road and is therefore responsible.
| Sporting Editor Star: s
Please answer these questions in your
lnquiSitive Fan Corner:
No. l. What do the large letters I. F.
mean in front of the averages Of the
| several teams In the American and Ma
ton leagues?
No. ,. How many games has Dolly
Gray OF the Washington base ball club
pitched from start to finish?
lost?
AN ALL-IN AND DOWN AND OUT
l. The table gives the percentage IL q
| or lose.
:. Gray has pitched thirteen full games
| and won six of them so
Sporting Editor Star:
l notice in your paper OF the 2lst in
| game ahead Of another. Now. II Won
VIII kindly show me, through your paper.
now team can be half Came to the
good VIII appreciate It very much. There
is no such thing. in my opinion, as a half
game, II Chicago has won 81 and lost
%. and Pittsburg has won 80 and lost Ok
Pittsburg must win a game mot q hail
camel to be on even terms with CHICAGO.
providing. OF course, Chicago does moi
play. Now 1t seems ridiculous to say that
Piispurg mas only jumped half q game.
That might be all right to quote Il that
way, but 1t does not seem equitable 10
say tnat man loses q bet simply be-
cause the writer's OF base ball news use
q peculiar term to express the STANDING
| umns OF percentages the games are AZ
pressed as whole games and not as half
games. and I'm every other percentaees of
| the players they are so expressed. n YOU
can snow me through your valuable paper