Evening star., 1912-10-06

Sporting Editor Star:
Please state in the sporting sheet o1
next Sunday whether Jake Stahl is a Jew
or not, and also his full Christian name
G. I. X.
No; Garland Stahl.
Sporting Editor Star:
To decide a bet, will you kindly publish
in Sundays pink sheet the names of the
| outfielders who played with McAleer' s
all-star team in the fall of 1910 and 1911
against the Athletics. Please give, il
possible, correct answer, as bet will be
SUBSCRIBER.
Milan. Speaker. Cobb, in 1910. Milan
Cobb, Gessler, 1911.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly answer in your next Sunday S
pink sheet of The Star: How can a fel-
low become a ball player. as l would
make good pitcher If 1 would have a
chance to. CHI. FRANKLIN.
Sign with some team where you can
show what You can do.
Sporting Editor Star:
Runner on second. Batter hits foul
ball Pitcher gets ball, throws to short.
short to first first to second Ball is hid
den by second baseman. Umpire in chief
says play BALL Second baseman walks
to pitcher with ball, gives pitcher the
ball. Pitcher returns ball to second base
man. who goes back to base with the ball
hidden. Runner on second leads Off and
is tagged with the ball. Field umpire
calls him out. Was he right? W. s.
So far as the field umpire was concern
ed his decision was correct. but the UNI
pire in chief could Overrule him by de-
claring the ball had not been legally put
in play after the foul.
Sporting Editor Star:
pofa iopr RI 70 recent
query We have read the rule suggested.
1t says in part: "A drawn game shall be
declared by the umpire if the score Is
equal on the last inning played The
last inning played in the game in ques-
ton was the fifth Ghe sixth inning not
having been completed can hardly be
counted as an inning. The score at the
end OF the fifth was not equal, but was
3 to . in favor of the team last at bat.
and we still contend that the team last
at bat won, 3 to =. TWO FANS.
Read the rest of the rule. 1t says: But
if the side that went second to bat is at
bat when the game terminates and has
scored the same number of runs as the
other side the umpire shall declare the
game drawn without regard to the score
of the last equa: inning In the original
query the team that went second TO bat
had .'scofed the same number of runs as
the other side, in the incompieted sixth
inning, consequently this rule declares it
the last equal inning. This department.
would shrink a great deal in size if base
ball fans would read all of the playing
rules instead of lin part only.
Sporting Editor Star:
A man ran from first to second and slid
feet first, pushing second base about two
feet out of position. Runner did not fol-
low the bag, but lay across where the
base should have been fastened. Second
baseman touched the runner and the um-
pire called him out for not following the
bag. / would like to have Your decision
on the play. w. L. +.
The last clause of section 10. rule 56.
decides this play for you specifically. The
runner was not out.
Sporting Editor Star:
On an infied fly rule u. section s. says
that first and second. or first. second and
third have to be occupied before the bat
ter is out. I held that, as the rule was
made to prevent double plays, that if
first base only was occupied the batter
was out, as there is chance for a double
play i'm that case. Please tell me If /
was right. and. If not. please state why
rule docs not cover first base. L. +. l.
You were wrong. No double play can
be made on an inlield fly other than a
line drive with only first base occupied
unless the batsman loafs or does not
run TO first. The rules do not aim to pro-
tect such players.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please answer this question in your col
umn Sunday: Did Milan of Washington
steal base in the game of Saturday,
September 2S? Il. Il. t.
No.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish in your Sunday pink
sheet who played better all-around ball