Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
INQUISITlVE FANS.


| Sporting Editor. Star:
Will you kindly answer in Sundays pink
sheet who holds the worlds record for
consecutive scoreless innings in the
American League by pitcher? Also near
est rival? FAN.
Walter Johnson holds record made this
season. and Jack Coombs next.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish the answer to the fol-
lowing question in Sundays pink sheet:
IL batter hits the ball to the infield
and reaches first base by the infielder
making an error. does the batter get
credit for hit? A FAN.
| Sporting Editor Star:
l wish you would please tell in next
Sundays pink sheet whether Daniel Cos
tello of Mount st. Mary's College.
who was given try-out with the New
York Americans and afterward sent to
| the Lowell club Of the New England
| is he playing? Is he regular OF substi-
| tute? what is his fielding average!
What is his batting average? Kindly
answer as soon as possible. J.. NJ. S.
| At last reports Costello was with Jer-
sey City at shortstop. His averages are
not available.
| Sporting Editor Star:
Please answer in your pink sheet the
following: runner is on second; the
| batter hits bail. which strikes the UNI
pire. TIE ball is Yielded after striking
umpire by the third baseman, who puts
out the runner. Is the bail dead after
striking the umpire, and does the batter
| take his place at bat again or is the
runner out? Does it count as fielder S
choice or a hit? $. c. c.
In such instance the batsman is en-
| titled to first base and the baserunner
must return to the base previously occu-
/ pied by him without liability to be put
| out AS in the case mentioned the run
ner was not out and the batter should
have. gone to first base, the play being
scored as a Kit.
Sporting Editor Star:
| ]. Is swinging bunt that advances a
man a sacrifice hit. OF slow hit rollers
| to second or short: Is a man al
| lowed 20 advance on a ball which is
muffed by the pitcher after having been
returned by the catcher: If so. is it a
| stolen base for the runner or an error
for the pitcher? g. Man is on third. one
out. fly is hit to outfield: fly is dropped.
| ba tier, of course, gets on the bases and
man on third scores. Is it sacrifice fly
and is the batter who hit the ball given a
Foster and Chicago Russell? ). Why is
it that a left-handed first baseman has
an advantage over right handed one?
6. What has become of Mil and Hey
don. ex-Nationals f. r
/. There can be no sacrifice unless the
ace fly. > Yes. 1t would be stolen base
n the runner started before the ball hit
the pitchers hands 3. 1t is not sac
rifice fly. and batter gets a time at bat
Foster from Connecticut League. 5. Be
cause he does not have to turn to throw
to the other bases. Il. Mil is play
ing second base for Seattle. Do not
know where Heydon Is.
| Sporting Editor Star:
Please decide the following bet in your
pink sheet Sunday: bets B that Null
a no-hit-no-run game against St. Louis
and that Hamilton of. st. Louis pitched
a no-hit-one-run game against Detroit
last season. B bet A that Mullin pitch
ed the no-hit-one-run game and Ham
ilton the no-hit-no-run game. i. I. B.
Mullin pitched a no-hit-no-run game
against St. Louis July 4. 1912. Hamilton
pitched a no-hit-no-run game against De-
troit August 80, 1912.
Sporting Editor Star:
VIII you publish in the inauisitive fan
allowed the Boston team by Joe Engel
May 80, 1912. and oblige. r. L. J.
Three runs and three hits
Sporting Editor Star:
Men on first and third. The batter
fouled off the first ball pitched to him.
The man on first ran to second and while
he was returning the batter stepped out
Of his box. Before the man reached first
base the pitcher delivered the ball while
the batter was out of his box. The um-
pire called Strike two" The pitcher i'm
mediately delivered another ball, which
was called Strike threeH' The batter
claimed the base runner must return to
first before another ball could be deiv-
cred. What would be the correct ruling?
j. S.
Everybody was wrong. The ball was
out of play until the umpire called Play
and he should not have done SO until the
runner returned to first base. Rule So
The. batter. had no reason for stepping
out Of his box.
Sporting Editor Star:
If ball is batted to the shortstop and
he fields it to first base in time TO catch
the runner, and the first baseman makes
an error and the runner is safe. does
that give the shortstop an assist"
NJ H. Mccoy.
Yes.
Sporting Editor Star:
IL Man on first, Shortstop has the
ball. Pitcher bluffs a throw 10 batter.
Is this a balk?
CO. Batter has three balls called and
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