Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-11
INQUISITIVE FANS.


Sporting Editor Star:
In a game of pitch a is in the hole
and in the next hand bids four ana
makes them. b argues that he does not
go out because he is 3 In the hole. VINO
is right? Publish answer and obiige
A FRIEND.
II It is agreed four bid when made
is out A wins.
Sporting Editor Star:
% please state in Sundays pink sheet
il Hans Wagner of the Pirates has ever
played in outfield since 1907 In regular
scheduled game. t2) What is the strike
out record of the major leagues. and how
close has Walter Johnson of Washington
Americans come to 1t.
ID Yes in several. but not regularly.
CO. In nine-inning game in 1883, National
League. Sweeney of Providence struck
out twenty-one Boston batsmen. john
sons record is fourteen.
Sporting Editor Star:
Man on first. The batter hunts to the
pitcher in an attempted sacrifice. The
pitcher throws to sc -ond too late to catch
the runner from first and the batter Is
safe on first The ball is handled clean
II. Does the batter get sacrifice hit
ID. j.
Yes. provided there were less than two
out, Of course.
Sporting Editor Star:
A, at bat, attempts to bunt on third
strike fails and catcher drops the ball.
A runs to first and makes third on the
said out and then safe. Kindly set us
right. W. A.
Three important omissions prevent set
ting you right In order to give correct
decision il is necessary to know whether
1.-The batter touched the ball with his bat
or missed 1t. how many were out ano
whether or not there was a runner on
first base at the time. II the batter
missed the ball entirely. and there was
no one on first base. he was not out.
Srorting Editor Star:
az II a pitcher is taken out Of game
can he be put back into the same game?
co. A is on third. with nobody out .
hits a long foul to right field. II the ball
is caught will score from third. The
right fielder intentionally drops the ball
to prevent the score. Should he be
charged with an error? r. H.
N No. Read section of rule 2s. GU
No, but he was a slow thinker to touch
II at all.
Sporting Editor Star:
Runner on second two out. Batter hits
safely and man on second Is thrown OUT
at plate. The batter cuts first base ana
gets to second on the throw-in. The ball
is held on first. but as there were three
out the umpire pays no attention to II.
although he saw the man fail to touch
first Is the batter credited with a hit
i'm this case. owing to the fact that he
was not retired, as he would have been
had the man at the plate not been
caught? Z. =.
So far as known there is no rule to
cover the play. The official scorer, how
ever. cannot take cognizance of the fact
"a runner cuts a base except BY decision
was made. consequently the batter would
score hit.
Sporting Editor Star:
~ is on third and b on second. c
hits a grounder to the shortstop, who
throws the ball home to catch A. A turns
and runs back to third. The catcher
throws to the third baseman. who touches
both and B while they are on third
base. Who is out? co. Was it possible to
force at the plate after r touched
third base without touching either run
ner with the ball? ca Is B permitted to
return to second after touching third on
seeing a returning to third. provided he
Is not touched with the ball during the
tourney? a. A is on first and B hits
grounder 10 the second baseman. who.
without touching second. fields the ball to
first ahead of r and the first baseman
throws TO second base dnedu Oh a Y an
be forced out without being touched be-
fore he reaches second ca The bases
are full and two out and the batter hits
safely over first base. The runner from
third falls on his way home and sprains
his ankle. Before he reaches home the
ball is reIayed and he is forced out at
home. Does the batter receive credit for
a hit? 90 What Is the difference In the in
field fly rule between the National and
American leagues. with runner on first
base?
n, r is out. C., No. q, Certainly "a
must he touched with the ball before
reaching second to he put out. G)Play is
impossible of course. because runner
would at least roll across the plate. II
the runner dropped dead on the way
home and was put out the batter would
lose his hit. (6l There is no infield rule
in the American League with only first
base occupied. In the National League
there is. IL the fly is dropped inten-
tionally.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please answer the followin., IN the in
quisitive column of the Sunday Star:
First and second base occupied: no one
out: batter hits infield fly and umpire
Immediately calls "Inheld fly, batter out
AS soon as the umpire calls batter out.
and while the ball Is still i'm the AR
base runner on second runs to third. Ball
Is caught and thrown TO second and UNI
pire calls double play. claiming run
ner could not advance until the ball was
caught. Was this decision correct?
J. F.NCISSEL.
The decision was correct. The object
of the infield fly rule was to prevent
the trapping of the ball for the purpose
of making double plays.
Sporting Editor Star:
(Al One out, baserunner on first runs
to second on fly batted by succeeding
hasman. Fielder catches fly and throws
to first to make double play which would
retire the side Ball goes through base
man while runner Is 50 far from first base
that he would have been easily out. Run
ner is held at first. Is first baseman
charged with an error? fBl First haseman
drops foul f1y. but batsm1n Is afteTward
out out before reaching first base. Is
baseman charged with an error? FAN.
tAD Nd. Oh Yes.
Sporting Editor Star
With two out and a man on third, the
batter hits fair for first. Ball Ia helded |
and sent home short. Although catcher \
could have put out man from third. he |
takes q chance on the batter going 10
second and delivers the ball to second