Evening star., 1912-07-14
We figure them.

2, McInnis played two innings in the
final game of the series.
Sporting Editor Star:
| Will you answer in Sundays Star how
long has White Of Chicago been pitching
| In the American League? Did he pitch
| in the National League? c. s.
! White Joined Chicago Americans in
previous to that
| Sporting Editor Star:
Win you kindly publish In Sundays
Pink Sheet: a. How long Hans Wag-
and 90 Wallace ist. kouisS have been
playing professional ball. "a How long
has American League been in existence? !?
| (5) Who holds the strike-out records OF
the American League. g. =. w.
Wallace. 1894. "a 1900. (5) WaddelHl7.
Sporting Editor Star:
| herewith send you q few base ball
questions which trust you wilr answer In
| The Sunday Star. ~ Is II double play
| every time two men are put out while
only one man has been to bat for
instance, where q runner is caught pill
ferfng on the ball upon which the batter
| strikes out? Please explain. co It 10 q
very critical and decisive contest. With
| a man on third and less than two out
| the batter knocks foul ny which an
outielder could easily catch, but upon
| which the runner could doubtless score.
Would 1t not be the sane and proper
| thing for the outfielder TO let It go, and
trust to the pitchers retiring the oppon-
ents without q score? (3) For q play Of
much shrewdness and sagacity do you
know one which surpasses that worked
few years ago by our Billy Keister? ?
| on him and less than three balls, and a
bali Is pitched that he never could hit.
| It is rather wild; but. nevertheless, Billy
bats at 1t. OF course he misses 1.-THE ex-
| figures that the catcher win miss it..
| The latter does; and. being the third
| strike, keister runs on 1t and makes his
| base. A FAN.
| a. A double play shall mean any two
continuous put-outs that take place be-
| tween the time ball leaves the pitchers
hands until it is returned to him again
standing on the pitchers slab. (2 Ger
tainly. (9 1t was wise play.
Sporting Editor Star:
| % A base runner steals second. and,
sliding into second, he hits the sack with
his feet and knocks 1t about ten feet
away, but remains where the base should
base was knocked away. The umpire
| called the runner safe, claiming he was
not to blame for the base being loose.
What is the rule governing such plays?
(Z1 66LSIuan ILLS n SEOuuOeE tO SuOrLSIOp,
who pegs to first. The peg beats the
runner. but the first baseman let's the
ball bound up in the air and has to step
of the base to get 1t again. but holds the
ball without letting 1t touch the ground.
The runner gets to the base before the
first baseman gets back to it. Umpire
calls runner safe. Was he right or wrong:
| E. FAN.
| u) Umpire was right Read the last
part of section TO- rule b6 CD Umpire
held securely before the runner touches
first.
| Sporting Editor Star:
/ A is on first base. B hits to the pitcher.
who throws to the first baseman, who
touches first then throws to the second
baseman. who touches second base. A
seeing the play returns to frst Umpire
calls B out and A safe, claiming A was
released from the force the minute B was
put out. Was decision correct
Perfectly correct.
Sporting Editor Star:
Cd Do the White sox still own Kreitz?
II 50 why is he not used? ca Did Man
ager Callahan give Delhi chance to
4 pitch Q major league game?
i Cd Kreitx has been sold to the Sacra-
mento club In the Pacific Coast League.
j Sporting Editor Star:
Il "a Nobody on. A reaches first. steals
second, and returns to first, whore the
first baseman touches him with the ball.
What should be the decision Of the um-
pire? (2 Ground rules are two bases into
the crowd, but you must make 1t (say
i something about but you must make
'lit'). Batter hits ball into the crowd and
1 goes all the way to third before tha ball
is recovered. The umpire orders the run
ner back to second. Was tha base rum
ner immune until he had retouched so0.
ond? According to the rules. would not
he. the runner. have been out II he had
i been touched with the ball In the hands
Il Of fielder while he was still on third?
Il A. WILSON.
i O) Baserunner Is out. CO There can
be no such ground rules In base ball. The
batsman must be given q hxed number OF
bases for q hit into the crowd. no moro
and no less, and there must not be any
provision about but you must make It"
The bali 10 out Of play altar going into
1.-THE crowd until returned to tn. pitchsss