Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
Inquisitive Fans.

| Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish in Sunday sporting sheet
| who opposed Walter Johnson in last
game with Philadelphia. and if Wash
ington and Philadelphia play a double
header June =. Z. E. S.
decision reached regarding the double
header.
| Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly decide the following: Who
| pitched the first winning game for the
| Climbers won sixteen straight? Was it
Engel or Johnson? Kindly answer in
Sundays pink sheet and oblige.
Answer: Johnson. Engel lost his game
on morning of Decoration day by score
| of / to ,.
| Sporting Editor Star:
Will you please publish in your next
| issue of the pink sheet the month. day
| F. w. H.
Answer: November 6. 1855.
| Sporting Editor Star:
| Please answer the following in the COM
| ing Sundays pink sheet a. How old is
J Walter johnson, and when did he Join
| Washington? {2) How old is Tom
| Hughes? ts) How old is George Mcbride?
"a When batter makes an infieid hit
and overruns first base. is ii necessary for
| him to turn one certain way. or may he
| face about in either direction and return
| to first base safely and without liability
| of being put out?
| Answer: Johnson is "a years old.
| Hughes is 33, Mcbride is 81. The batter
| NAV turn in any direction and return
| to first without liability to be put out
| provided he does not turn toward second
| in an effort to get good start toward
| that base.
| Sporting Editor Star:
| Please inform as follows-Game 500
euchre: a and c: partners. bid eight on
D. opponents. take every trick-1O Should
| 3 and u score 10 for every trick taken
| uOOp, or are they entitled to a slam, $50?
Answer-Slam can only be made by the
| bidder. Tricks taken would count 10
| each.
| Sporting Editor Star:
/ Kindly publish in your next issue of the
| pink sheet the seating capacity of the
/ American League Park. Washington. D..
4 c., including the bleachers. but no extra
seats that may be put in the park. and
i Oblige, yours very truly, d. j. S.
Answer-It is generally estimated at
| 1854.
| Sporting Editor star:
Il
i your paper of tomorrow, to settle an ar
| gument. whether Jack Coombs of tine
| Athletics in 1911 pitched fifty-seven score
less innings. Please state number of in
| nlngs pitched. and oblige.
/ PINK SHEET READER.
Coombs pitched ffty-three scoreless in
nings.
i Sporting Editor Star:
Please answer the following in next
| Sundays Sporting Edition: Does john
son get the credit. officially. of winning
the game played here April Is. 1913. Bos-
ton VS.. Washington. O'Bren, Boehling
and Johnson pitchers?' Respectfully,
| j. W. III.
Boehling gets the credit for winning.
Sporting Editor Star:
viii YOU please answer in Sundays
in either the American or National
League that allowed a substitute runner
to run for the batter from home plate
to first base: IL so how Ions since it has
been abolished? SUBSCRIBER.
Never in the American League. 1t was
used in the old National League, back
in the eighties.
Sporting Editor Star:
To decide bet will you kindly publish
in the Sunday Star answers to the fol-
lowing questions: II the home team is
behind and the pitchers are changed, and
the home team finally wins the game.
which pitcher gets the credit for the
game won? For instance. II Washington
is playing Chicago. Groom pitching up
to the eighth inning. when he is relieved
by Johnson and the score then standing
:. to in favor OF Chicago and Washing
ton then scores two runs before the
game is finished, who is credited with
the victory. Groom or Johnson? Does ii
make any difference as to the number OF
innings pitched by each pitcher in credit
ing the game?
| Under last years rules was batter
. credited with a hit under the following
. | circumstances: A man is on first base
, and the batter hunts. the play is for the
man making for second. but although no
error, they fail to get either? BEG.
Johnson would be given credit for the
game. Il does not matter how many
innings either pitcher worked. The batter
would he credited with hit only when
i'm the Judgment of the scorer. he could
not have been thrown out at first.