Evening star., 1912-11-17
Inquisitive Fans.

Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly answer in Sundays pink sheet:
How did Washington base ball club get
Alva Williams? CD Did Clark Griffith
trade Gabby Street to New York base
ball club for Jack Knight and Al,a
Williams? Is this the same Williams
who is catcher on the home team?
York for Jack knight and catcher.
specifying that New York must buy
Alva Williams from Boston and turn
him over to Washington, which was
done. He is the Williams who caught
on the Washington team last season.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please put in your pink sheet Sunday
Noyes of the Washington base ball
team. A FAN. G. 4. ..
| Benjamin Minor.
! Sporting Editor Star:
Will you kindly publish in next Sun
days Star the last date and
| final result of game played between
virginia and Carlisle? This game was
played in Washington, D. c. w. J. p.
November 5. 1910. Carlisle, %; Vir-
ginia, 5.
| Sporting Editor Star:
| "a Runner reaches first on a clean
hit and after overrunning the bag turns
| to his left, but makes no attempt to go
| to second. Umpire calls him out. Is
decision correct? CD Do hits, runs.
etc, count in a players average when
| the game is stricken out by protest.
as in the last Cub-Pittsburgh game,
when Cotter batted out of turn?
C) Decision probably correct. as base
runner usually rounds first on a clean
| hit, so as to be ready to advance on a
tumble That is construed by. umpires
| as an attempt to go To second. lf the
runner went straight out along the foul
| line and faced about to the left he was
not out. CD Yes. all except Cotter's illegal
hit and the run it scored in the last
inning.
Sporting Editor Star:
Can a National League player get his
release from his club which will allow
him to play in the American League
without the consent Of the other
National League clubs? j. j. X.
Your question is Indefinite. A National
League player cannot be released to
club of any other league without first
getting waivers on his services from all
other National League clubs, If that is
what you mean.
Sporting Editor Star.
Please state in your pink sheet what
year Walter Johnson joined the Ma
tionals Against which team did he pitch
his first game and what was the score?
e. K.
johnson joined the Nationals in the
summer of 1907. He pitched his first
game against Detroit and was beaten =
to I.
Sporting Editor Star:
Did the Washington club have to pur-
chase Griffith's release from the Cincin-
natl club or how was he secured?
A FAN.
C.rifith's contract with the Cincinnati
club expired at the end of the season OF
1911 He received an offer from Wash
ington during the fall of that year. which
he accepted after resigning the Cincin-
natl management.
Sporting Editor STAR
How many players is a major league
club allowed to carry during the off sea-
son and how many during the regular
playing period? READER.
The rules provide that a club shall not
carry more than thirty-five players from
September 1 to May Is, and only twenty
five thereafter.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please explain in the pink sheet why
Frank Chance, after being released by
the Chicago National League club. Is not
at liberty to sign with one of the Amer
ican League clubs. SUBSCRIBER.
A major league club cannot release a
player until it has secured the waivers
of the other seven clubs. any one of
which can claim the player In question.
This is what happened in the Chance
case. Cincinnati claimed him and he be-
came the property of that club Had all
clubs waived Chance would have been
at liberty to sign where he pleased.