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

Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly publish in Sunday pink sheet
the ages of Dutch Schaefer and George
Mcbride. II. w. r.
Schaefer. thirty-two; Mcbride, twenty
seven.
Sporting Editor Star:
To decide a bet. please publish in The
Sunday Star if Kapp. the former Ma
tional. is playing in the Pacific Coast
League: If not, whereabouts, and obliSe
CHESTER LAWSON.
Rapp is catching for Columbus, in the
American Association.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly publish in the pink sheet of The
Star of September Il the full names of
Chase of the Yankees and Zimmerman of
the Cubs Thanking you. ! close
Albert Chase. Henry Zimmerman.
Sporting Editor Star:
Ground rules are one base on over
throw. first. third or home. if runner can
get il. A is on second and B on third.
Batter gets hit. B scores. A takes third
on fielders throw to get al home plate.
The throw is wild. and the ball hits back
stop dess than ninety feeD. but the
catcher RECEIVERS the ball and holds on
third Rival team claims A is entitled
to home. Umpire quiZZes scorekeeper.
and finds that ball hits backstop. and he
waves the runner across the plate. Is
that runner entitled to base that he re-
fuses to take a chance on SIG.
Umpire seems to have been right, as a
ground rule with the proviso IF runner
! can get it, would be no ground rule at
all.
Sporting Editor Star:
l. Base runner first starts in to
| steal as pitcher delivers the ball The
| latter swings. foul tip resulting. and il
| is securely held by the catcher who tries
TO throw the runner out at second, but
fails Can the runner advance on a foul
| tip. or must he return to first? .. \. B
and & occupy third, second and first re-
Spectively. \ squeeze plav is attempted
the batter bunting and the pitcher get
ting the ball. He has no opportunity To
throw a out at home 50 turns toward
! third 10 catch e. The third bsseman not
covering the bag, ne turns to throw to
I first. but is too late to catch the batter
Should the batter be credited with a hit
or is this an error ) FL ball is hit
between center and eft, Either fielder
could easily make the catch, but both
Should the batter be credited with hit ?
/ l. If the ielders run together and the
| ball Is dropped, who is IN error or is this
hit? FAN
not i Runner fnnf e, can lad advance o foul tip is
Most scorers credit hits in these cases
They are so-called scratch" hits.
Sporting Editor Star:
There were two men on bases second
and third. nobody out in the eighth in
nin@, with the score g to against the
team at bat. The next man up made
/ two,base hit. bringing in the two men
on bases and tying the score. The op-
hosing side then found tn, t the man
who made the two-base hit had ba tted
out Of his turn. Neither the umpire nor
anF one else seemed to know what to de-
eide. Who is out and do those two runs
count? w A. C.
Rule II. section 1. covers the play but
is none too clear If the opposing side
discovered the switch and made the claim
before a ball was delivered to the sue
ccediHg batsman the proper ruling was
- follows: Declare out the. man who
ought to have batted when the wrong
man did. wipe out the two-hase hit and
send the runners back to their bases
second and third-then call to bat the
batsman following the man who did not
hat in turn If the mistake not dis
covered before n ball had been pitched
after the two-hase hit was made the play
had to stand as made.
Sporting Editor Star:
| \ batter hits line smash to second
/ base The ball hits the second base
ha scman's hands and the batsman is Pc
/ tired AT first base. Does tn" second
baseman get credit for an assist?
G. s. HTMESTON,
! Yes. in the big leagues.
i Sporting Editor Star:
i \ Is on second and p on first Ia Sc
/ with two out. c hits a three base hit,
Iu. fails To touch second base. The
ball is fieIded to second base after both
men cross the plate. Do those runs
! COUNT A READER.
Certainly.
S;norting Editor star:
| Men on second and third base Batter
hits to the third baseman. Man or
| third holds his base. Man on second
runs to third and both men stand on the
base. Third baseman tags both men
Which is out? A. ALEX AMBER
II The runner who was on second base Is
out.
Sporting Editor Star:
hits fly ball which came down in
side the diamond. back of the pitcher
Either the pitcher, shortstop or second
haseman could have fiedei It, but ne
one made effort to catch It. A got
10 first and claims credit for hit. J.
claims il was no hit but an error fol
one of the infieId G. f. V.
II is customary to score n hit in sucf
cases. because three errors cannot bt
| charged on the blunder.
Sporting Editor Star:
% With a runner on third base TIL
batter hits the ball on the ground TOWARD
first base. The first baseman picks III
tho hall cleaply and makes perfac