Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-25


jeune during the competition at Cincin-
natl couple of years ago the record for
long distance throwing? (2) If it was not,
what was the record and who made it?
W. r. NJ.
l. No. Q The record is 400 feet ~
inches and was made by Hatfield in 1872.
Lejeunes throw was 800 feet 1Oa inches
Sporting Editor Star:
Two men out. is on third. B is at bat
and has two strikes. \ steals home on
the third strike. apparently arriving at
the plate at the same time the ball does
The catcher drops the ball and has to
throw to first for the third out. Does
the run count? A. NJ
No..
Sporting Editor Star:
Why do they call a left-handed pitcher
southpaw; where did the term originate
and how? REWARD
AS grounds usually are laid out. pitch
ers left arm is on his south side This
is presumed to be the reason, but the
exact origin OF the term is unknown.
Sporting Editor Star:
Batter has three balls and one strike,
and lets the next one go by. Taking it for
ball. he starts for first, but the umpire
calls it strike two. Before the batter
can return to his box the pitcher throws
another strike, and the umpire calls the
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FAN.
The umpire is right, as the batter has
no right to take things for granted and
leave his box.
Sporting Editor Star:
When did Frank Chance start to
play with the Chicago team of the
National League? H. H.
In 1898.
Sporting Editor Star:
/. What are the prices of all seats at
the Cubs park? ,. How many seats are
there in the new Sox park? 3. How does
Vaughn of the Yankees pronounce his
name? 4. How does Chouinard of the
White SoX pronounce his name? !. Dur
ing what years did Chance and Tinker
join the Cubs? n. o. G.
1. Twenty-Five cents to S1.5n. .. Presi-
dent Comiskey himself does not know. 3.
AS if spelled Vawn. 4. AS If spelled
Shinard. D. Chance. 1898; Tinker. 1902.
Sporting Editor Star:
Was Detroit in third or fourth place on
the morning of September 13, 1910?
Third place. F. A
Sporting Editor Star:
There is one man out and runners on
first and second. The batter raises a
high fly, which drops safely back of sec
ond base, the shortstop and second base
man both misjudging the ball. The UNI
pire calls ii an infield fly, and declares
the batter out, the two runners advancing
a base. Was it an infield fly? Remember,
the ball dropped back of second base
probably twenty feet. BUG.
1t was an infield fly if the umpire so
called it.
Sporting Editor Star:
A is on second base and B on third. B |
starts for home and A runs to and !
touches third base B, seeing he cannot |
reach home. returns to third and A re- |
turns to second without either of them
being touched with the ball or running |
out of line. Umpire calls them both |
safe. Is he correct? o. p. D. !
Yes.
Sporting Editor Star:
"a Runner leads off first and pitcher
throws over to catch him. The first
baseman gets his foot between the base
and the runners foot. thus making it i'm
possible for him to touch the base. Is
the runner out If touched with the ball? !!
CT A man running to first on a hit steps |
the bag, thus not actually touching the
base. If the first baseman holds the ball
is the runner out? A. E. A.
l. Yes .. If the runners entire foot
baseman ought to get credit for the out
If he had nerve enough to hold the ball. |
However, it would require an eagle-eyed
umpire to decide whether or not a part of
the runners foot touched the bag.
Sporting Editor Star:
If the catcher misses foul fly is it an
error if the batsman does not become a
base runner? II SO, what rule governs
the scoring of the play? E. G.
Yes If the scorer believes the foul
should have been caught. Rule IS, Sec
ton g.
Sporting Editor Star:
Did the Chicago National or American
league team ever have it's ball park at
the corners of Hawthorne, Blackhawk or
Dayton streets on the north side? F. E.
No.
Sporting Editor, The Star
In game of ball between two inde-
pendent teams new catcher was put in
at the beginning of an inning and the
umpire was not notified~of the fact. The
catcher came to bat in the following
inning and, after one ball was called.
made a hit, scoring a man from third.
The umpire then called him out because