Evening star., 1912-07-21
1nquisitive Fans.

Iledse settle Del Dy furnishing the ioi-
lowing information: % What is nation
ality of Charles Comiskey, owner OF
White Sox. t2) And Joe Cantillon. once
manager of the Nationals. Also follow
ing additional informatiOn: How many
suits do members Of the team have how
often laundered and Is the price Of these
suits deducted from the salaries Of the
players?
FOURTH DEGREE FAN.
% Irish American.
90 Irish American.
CD One home and one travelling uni
form. The home uniform is dry cleaned
once week. the other after every trip.
The club pays for the uniforms.
Sporting Editor Star:
day list of the American League pitch
ers who have pitched no-hit games this
sea ason., }. +. &.
Mullin is the only one.
Sporting Editor Star:
In order to settle q bet | wish you
would publish in your inquisitive fan
column the age of Jim Vaughn.
WALTER NJ. TOWNSEND.
Vaughn is twenty-four.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly publish in your pink sheet Sun
day: Does an amateur swimmer on
breaking the worlds record become a
professional? {. Z.
No.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please state In the Sunday pink sheet
the games played between Detroit and
Pittsburgh in 1863.
WILLIAM SCHWARzELL-
First game-Pittsburgh. f. Detroit, l.
Second game-Detroit, {; Pittsburgh, Z
Third game-Pfttsburgh, s; Detroit, q.
Fourth game-Detroit, ); Pittsburgh. O.
Fifth game-Pittsburgh s.: Detroit, !.
Sixth game--Detroit, 5: Pittsburgh. !.
Seventh game-Pittsburgh, 8; Detroit, O.
Sporting Editor Star:
1) II ball goes by the first basemar
and the other sides coacher blocks II is
IL block ball and would the player &c,
to go to second as if the crowd blocked
it? 90 Have Leifield and Cole won one
game and lost none since each has been
traded? G) What Is supposed to be the
all-star team of the world? ~ Is Ca
breba of Waterbury (N. Y. S. L. as
good a shortstop as O'Rourke Of Bos-
ton. former Bridgeport player?
N No. to) Cole has been credited with
one victory and Leifie,d with two, and
neither has been charged with defeat
since the trade. Co There are as many
of them as there are dopesters. t4 New
er saw either play. Waterbury Is in the
connecticut League.
Sporting Editor Star:
With two men out and men on second
and third should the infield play In or
out. ID. ANDERSON.
Play deep for the batsman.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly let me know if C.. W. Murphy
wanted to send James Lavender back to
the minors and the commission would not
allow him to. JOHN F'RICk.
Lavender was drafted from Providence
in the fall and released to Montreal dur
ing The winter in part payment for Ward
Miller The Providence club protested to
the commission because it Is in the same
league as Montreal, and the commission
remanded Lavender to Chicago.
Sporting E',tor Star:
First base is occupied with none out.
The batsman hits high infieid fly which
the pitcher fails to catch. The runner
who was on first starts for second. The
pitcher recovers the ball and throws to
second ahead of the runner. but the sec
ond baseman makes no effort to touch
the runner. The batter reaches first
base. The umpire declares the runner
at second out and the batsnan safe at
first. Is the decision correct?
Perfectly correct There is no ''infield
Sporting Editor Star:
In the Cub-St. Louis game of July 6
Huggins in five times up is given credit
for five runs. from three official times
at bat, a base on balls and a sacrifice
hit. How is this possible? Can a man be
credited with a sacrifice hit and get on
base at the same time? ii. T.. L.
Certainly. It happens often.
Sporting Editor Star:
Man on first base and the batter hits
ground ball to the first baseman, who
tags first and throws to second. The
man on first does not leave the base.
How many arc outc READER.
One. The hatsman.
Sporting Editor Star:
With men on first and second bases the
batsman sacrifices along first base line.
The first baseman fields the ball. The
batsman runs toward first. turns and
runs back. touching home plate. and il
chased by the first baseman, but Is not
touched. The first baseman throws the
ball to the pitcher and the batsman turns
and runs to first without being touched
or any one touching first base with the
ball Is the batsman out?
- j. NJ. HEFFNER
II the batsman ran back beyond home
base to avoid being touched he was out
for running out of line He could go as
far ar the plate without being called out
unless touched
Sporting Editor Star:
On base hit the ball goes through
center fielder and the man goes to second
base. Does the fielder get an error or
batsman q two-base. hit? A. J. V.
Fielder gets an error if in the scorers $
iidRmenf an ordinarily good niav Wo,i11