Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
INQUISITIVE FANS.

The batter reaches third base, bat fails
to touch second. The ball is thrown TO
the second haseman. who touches second
| and the umpire calls the batter out he
says II is the same as q force-out and
that the runs do not count. Is he right
or wrong? - With less than two out
would both runs COUNT j. =.
% Umpire was right IN declaring ont
the man who hit the ball. but wrong IN
not letting both runs count. The lsst
sentence Of rule 20 defines the only way
I'm which a runner can be FORCED out
CD Yes.
Sporting Editor Star:
"a Batter knocks a high fly TO the
fielder Ball comes down directly in the
sun. Al the last moment the fielder sees
the ball gets il with one hand and drops
it, The ball would have been an easy
chance except for the sun. Is the heldeT
given an error? ~ Is mis1udged ny
an error il the ball Is not touched? ts) Is
the sun or darkness taken into account
when determining errors? l. Ia L.
ID No. ca No. ~ Both should be.
Sporting Editor Star:
"a With two men out and runner
on third the runner tries 10 steal homo
while the pitcher is winding up to pitch.
but the batsman hits a grounder to the
shortstop. who throws him out Al hrst.
The runner crosses the plate before tho
| batsnan is put out Does the score
count -, 4 batsman hunts the ball
| . third strike and II rolls fair. lie
beats the throw to first base, but the
| umpire calls him out for bunting on
third strike. Is he out or not? A. I.
III No run can score when the thir1
| man is retired before reaching first base.
| Rule 50 ~ man always Is out IL the
umpire says he Is, but in this case the
umpire was wrong and the batsman was
| entitled to a base hit
Snorttnr Editor Star:
III With no one out and first and sec-
/ ond bases occupied IL was INTENDED 10
rIay the hit and run, and both runners
starte.. with the pitch. The batter hit an
| infield f1y which was caught by the sec
ond baseman. who threw TO the snort
/ stop, who threw to first base. completing
| a triple play. The umpire claimed the
/ runners on first and second were out be
! cause they left the bases on an inheld
/ fly ~ II the second baseman had mum
| ed the infield fly. and as they were on
with the pitch. II they had got to third
and second bases, would they be sent
| back to second and first and the batter
/, called out, or would they be allowed TO
advance on a INJURED infield fly?
II. L. LOGAN.
"a II the ball was held on second and
| first before the runners got back to their
4 respective bases II was a triple play. Inc
| runners were not out simply because they
left their bases on an infeld fly. g, IL
the second baseman had muffed the ny
! he could have made the triple play In
the same way If he had recovered the
ball in time. Technically an infield fly
! cannot be muffed when first and second
| bases are occupied and less than two
| out 1t makes no difference to the base
| runners whether II is caught or muffed.
| Sporting Editor Star:
u) II first base only is occupied and
no one or only one out. and the batter
hits an infield ~, is the batter out the
moment ne hits the ball or does he have
| to run the hit out? 60 On third strike
which the catcher drops. with no one or
one out. and only first base occupied. Is
the batter out the moment he strikes
out? e. r.
~ The batsman is not out until the
| fly Is caught. - Yes.