Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

throw to the plate. but the runner beats
the throw. scoring a run. 1t would have
been an easy out at first. but there was
only one out and the first ba5eman tried
to cut of the run; Does the batter re-
called? (9 Also please explain the mean
ing of fielder's choice A. f A.
"a 1t is not hit but a fielder's choice
CO There is no better definition of a
fielders choice than the query. except
that it would have been fielder's choice
whether or not the runner was put out
at the plate.
Sporting Editor Star:
A is on second base and bats fly
to the outfield which A thinks will he
caught. He starts for third too late to
get there. Meanwhile b has reached
second and as the ball is thrown to third
the umpire declares y out without his
being touched with the ball and while he
wrong? FAN.
Yes. A could go back to second, in
which case would be out unless he got
back to first without being touched.
Sporting Editor Star:
Is on second and r on first base
with two out, The batter hits the ball
over the center fielder. scoring A and B.
The batter reaches second base. bur fails
to touch first base. The ball is thrown
u HIST anu the declares
out. Do the two runs of \ and count ?
r. AUSTIN.
No. The third man was put out be-
fore reaching first base Rule 80.
Sporting Editor Star:
Thanks for answering in YOUR paper OF
10th the question can or cannot a pitcher
make ball curve in the air and whether
pitcher has any control over a ball
after it has left his hand Your answer
was that pitcher can curve ball and has
control over ball after it has left his
hand. If your answer is true can you or
some of the many readers of The Star
please state how any one can curve a
ball. or if it can be demonstrated that it
curves? Mann & Twiss' book of physics
taught in the d. c. schools. page A. New
toms law OF motion. says: a body can
not of itself start or stop or otherwise
change either the rate or the direction OF
its motion Every body continues in its
state of rest or Of uniform motion in a
straight line except in so far as it is com.
PEELED by force to change that state
Change of motion is proportional to the
force impressed. and takes place in the
direction of the straight line in which the
force acts" \. c. WILCOX.
a ball does curve lin the air. after
leaving the pitchers hand. To see it dem
onstrated all that is necessary is to &c
out to American League Park and sit
directly back of the home plate and
watch the ball from the time it leaves
the pitchers hand until it lands In the
catcher'S mitt
Newton's laws of motion are appli-
cable to ball which curves in It's flight
from the pitchers hand to the plate. In
the first place the ball does not of it
self start" as it is propelled by the
force in the pitchers arm. nor does the bal
change direction of itself The reason
why "A ball changes It's direction after
having LETT the pitchers hand is because
at the moment of letting SO the ball he
gives ii fast rotary motion on its hori-
Zontal axis This rotary motion causes
! less resistance ny the atmosphere against
one side of the ball than against the
other. and the bali tends to go in the
direction of least resistance. There are
| two forces acting on a ball from the
time il leaves a pitchers hand-the force
| TO il by his throw and that created by
| the greater resistance of the atmosphere
! on one side. The. resultant of two such
! forces is an arc which the ball describes
! in the air or. in base ball parlance IL
curves.
The change of motion is, of course. pro
/ rortionaI to the strength put by the
nitcher into the throw. While the force
| of the pitchers arm tends to drive ball il
! "A straight line, the force caused by the a L
! mosphere's resistance causes II to curve
| Just as when a leaf drops gravity
| tends to draw it straight to the ground
| but "a current of air may cause II TO de
| scribe many curves in the air before Il
alights.
| Sporting Editor Star:
| How many more games will the Ath
| letics have to win to cinch the American
| League pennant: A FAN.
| II Detroit wins every game it has t
play-nineteen-the Athletics need capture
but twelve to win.