Evening star., 1912-09-29
lNQUISlTIVE FANS.

INQUISlTIVE FANS.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish in your pink sheet the
standing of the Washington club July
A. 1912. and oblige. A H. GADDIS.
Third place, with percentage of .5S1.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly publish in your next Sundays
pink sheet the answer to the following
question. Has Washington won four
straight games from Boston this year?
J. \. j.
No.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly publish in the next Sundays
pink sheet whether the George Wash
ington University will have a foot ball
team this year. Do they have any ath-
letics? COACH.
Sporting Editor Star:
Will you kindly state in Sundays
| Star the proper way to score the fol-
! lowing play: With runner on second
| and one on first, the batter hits ball
| to the shortstop who fields the ball
perfectly and throws to third to get the
runner who was previously on second.
!! but the runner beat the play. Every
one is safe and no errors had been
made. The scorer refuses to- give batter
a hit. claiming that as the shortstop
could have thrown him out at first if he
had played the ball there, it was d
/ fielder's choice. Is the scorer right?
| Please explain fielder's choice. Please
answer in Sundays Star. prize was
given for the batter making the most
credit for a hit ne will receive the
prize. as three are tied. with two hits
apiece. F. BENTLEY.
| 1t was a fielder's choice. The play ex-
plains a fielder's choice.
| Sporting Editor Star:
| The batter swings at the third strike
| and does not touch the ball, which hits
! the catcher's glove, hits the ground and
on the rebound hits the bat and rolls ten
| ruling, interference by the batter, or foul
ball, or neither? The umpire ruled foul
| ball. 3. 3.
| The batsman is out for interference.
| Sporting Editor Star:
| ]. Batter gets three-baSe hit, but runs
| outside of second and didn't touch the
] sack. Umpire takes notice and shortstop
| gets the ball and tags the sack Umpire
! calls the runner out Runner claims as
/ long as he didn't cut the base he hadnt t
ought to be called out Who is right
2. Batter hits the ball straight down and
it hits the plate and bounds high in the
air out in front Of the plate. Catcher
catches the ball before it touches the
ground and throws to first. Would you
call it fair or foul? What rule governs
it? Explain fully. 3. Batter hits high
foul about half way between home and
| third. Catcher and third baseman both
go after it. Somebody hollers and they
| both stop and let the ball drop between
them. The ball bounds into fair ground.
/ Would you call it fair or foul ball?
4. Batter gets hit. After running by
| first base, he turns to the right and
l hI bo
touches first he noticed the ball got away
| from the fielder. He then runs to second
without retouching first. Fielder throws
| to first, but umpire said it didn't make
any difference which way a base runner
| turned How about that? Does it make
any difference which way a base runner
turns at first? ). Batter gets hit to
ShOrtstop, who throws to first base ahead
of the batter. First baseman catches the
ball. but the ball drops out Of his hands
| as he goes to throw 1t to the pitcher.
Should the runner be called safe or OUT
B. B. FAN.
Umpire was right. Read the first SEN
tence OF rule 52. ,. 1t was a fair ball IL
the ball was over fair ground when first
touched by the catcher. That is what
rule A means. g. A major league UNI
pre- would call 1t fair il no one touched
the ball before it bounded fair. i. I'm
pre- was right. 1T makes no difference
which way runner faces about after
| overrunmng first base. >. Runner is our
IL the ball is held "momentarily," and
| IL seems to have been so held in this
case.
Sporting Editor Star:
l. Runner on first. Pitcher delivers
ball to batter. but his foot is not
against the rubber. This counts as a
balk. as I understand it. Does the
pitched ball count anything on the
batter? 2. Suppose there was mo one
on base. What would umpire's decision
be? r n
l. Some umpires would declare only
the balk and others would declare a
balk and call ball on the batsman
The o star does not engage to decide
agree. 2. 1t would be a ball
Sporting Editor Star:
l. Man on first Hitter attempts to
sacrifice. Bunts ball direct to pitcher
who fields cleanly and attempts to
catch runner at second. but is too late!
have been able to make the putout at
first How would you score the plsy,
fielder's choice that failed, hit, or sac FL
fee? 2. Man on first. Batter Its
cleanly to center. Fielder forces an
ner at second. Is batter credited With
a hit? w. LV
i 1. If there were less than two, out
it was fielder's choice and sacrifice
hit according to the majority of major
league scorers. 2. No. The last sentence
of section 4, rule S5, specificalls for
bids it.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish in your Sundays pink
sheet what team Claude Derrick is
playing with. NJ. C.
il Derrick was drafted from. Baltimore
Thy. New York Americans.