Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-28

Sunday. Batter hits ball. starts TO first.
runs two-thirds way saw second base
checks speed almost TO a stop: first base
man drops ball, runner proceeds and
reaches first. Is runner out for checking
speed almost to stop? Co Runner Is
on first, pitcher is in box: runner plays
off first. pitcher steps out Of box and
delivers to first: ball passes first base
man. runner goes to third. Is runner
entitled to two bases on an overthrow to
first? X. D.
!. No.
.. Depends on ground rule.
Sporting Editor Star:
A bet that the Philadelphias would
win last Saturday from the Detroits. not
knowing there was to be a double-header
and believing there was only one game
to be played between them Who won,
A or b? CHAS. SANGARE.
The first game Of double-header is
always the regular scheduled game and
wager should 60 on It,
Sporting Editor Star:
l. Jones pitches for seven innings.
neither side scoring. In the seventh.
with a man on third. he is taken out to
let in a pinch batter, who singles. bring
Ing In run. Smith pitches the last two
innings The final score is l to 0. Does
Jones or Smith receive credit for winning
d.
on first the batter hits to shortstop. who
throws to second baseman. who throws
to first. The baserunner beats the throw
to second and the man at first was call
ed out. Does shortstop get an assist?
4. II he does, why should he not get two
assists IL both men had been put out.
A. w. H
I. Under the major league system
Jones gets the victory. Marquard. was
credited with his thirteenth straight win
In similar game June II. >. Don't
know. 0. Yes. 4. Because
Sporting Editor Star:
!. Pitcher is standing behind pitchers
plate preliminary to delivering the ball.
Before putting his foot on the slab he
makes a motion to throw to first base,
which is occupied. Is this a balk? >.
First and third bases are occupied. Pitch
er makes a balk at first. Is man on
called on the batter? ,. Batter strikes
at ball. and the bat slips from his hand
While he is recovering it the pitcher
steps on the slab and pitches. Should
the balls he pitched be called balls or
strikes? 4. II pitcher makes a balk at
a base other than home should a ball
be called on the batter? III. p. ROTH.
I. No. 2. Man on third scores. man
on first goes to second. but 1t is not a
bail. 8. Neither The umpires should
call time 4. No. balk toward
home plate is not a ball unless it also is
an illegal delivery.
Sporting Editor Star:
First, second and third bases are occu-
pied. The batter knocks a ground ball
between first and second bases. Field
umpire calls men on first and second base
safe. Umpire in chief calls man occupy
ing first and running to second out be-
cause he was lift by batted ball. What
umpire has jurisdiction" j. Fl. 7.
The umpire in chief in this case.
Sporting Editor Star:
Men are on second and third with two
out. Coach at third base runs up the
base line, causing the pitcher to make n
balk, but he Immediately delivers the ball
to the plate. Batter bunts ball, but in
terferes with it on fair ground. Umpire
calls runner out at third on account OF
coach running toward home. Was the
decision right or was the runner entitled
to home? or course. the batter would
have been out for interfering. but the
balk was made just previous to his bunt-
ing. INDUSTRIAL
Query does not state whether or not
the umpire declared the balk. If he did
the ball was out of play and the run
counted. rule "a. The decision made by
the umpire was wrong, rule SIS. sec
ton 49, II the baIk was not declared the
batsinan was third out and the run could
not count
Sporting Editor Star:
Please state how the following play
should be scored: Runner on third. Bat
ter hits grounder to second baseman. who
could have thrown batsman out at first.
He attempts to catch runner al plate
coming from third. r. r. Ii.
1t is a fieldcr's choice
Sporting Editor Star:
Man on second with none out. Bat
ter goes out on fly TO center fielder
Runner on second goes to third after
the catch. Does this give the batter
a time at bat or credit him with a sac
rifice hit and no time at bat? o. T. l..
II is a time at bat Only flies which
score runs are sacrifice hits.
Sporting Editor Star:
"a Bases arc full. Man on first runs
to second and touches base. He then
thrown TO first baseman, who touches
first before runner reaches II. but does
not tag him. Umpire declares out
runner who returned to first because
Where do Wilhelm and Scanlon play.
who were both formerly of Brook
Lynn Z. y.
No. The last sentence of rule so ex-
plains the only way force-out can be
made. CD Scanlon was traded to Phil
adelphia for Stack. Wilhelm was sent
to the minors: where. is not recalled.
Sporting Editor Star:
Three men We're on bases and no one
out. The batter hit to the second base
man. who returned the ball home and
got a put-out at home plate. The catcher
returned the ball to the first baseman. who
got a put-out at first. The runner who
was on second rounded third for home
The first baSeman relayed the ball and
got him at the plate. The question is
whether or not this was a triple play
or two distinct playa double play
and a runner caught stealing home
from third? j. j. O'HARA.
1t Is a triple play. A double play or
triple play is defined in the rules s
any two Cor three) continuous put-outs
between the time the ball leaves the
pitchers hand and it's return TO the
pitcher on the slab.
Sporting Editor Sta:
Kindly answer in the pink sheet of The
Sunday Star what If stands for in
the standing column OF the National and
American leag CUES. And oblige.
a GIRL FAN"
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