Evening star., 1913-06-22
Inquisitive Fans.

Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish in your pink sheet the
weights of Cobb. Crawford. Moeller and
Jackson.
What is the highest Lajoie has ever bat
ted? Did Jackson ever bat 400? If so,
how much? &. A S.
l. Cobb, 1So: Crawford, l9o: Jackson.
1s5: Moeller, 11S.
> Batted .4oo. in 1901. while with
Philadelphia. Jackson. .3'a, in 1872.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly publish in the pink sheet Sun
day whether or not the Chicago White
Sox ever wore gray suits on the road.
\. FAN
Chicago has both blue and gray
travelling uniform. They wore gray
uniform here last season on two trips
Sporting Editor Star.
To decide a bet please publish in your
Sunday pink sheet the answer to the
following:
\ rool is made of four men: each draws
two teams in the American League. The
man who holds the two teams that score
the most runs during the day wins One
man holds ST Louis and Washington.
which score thirteen runs: the other holds
Boston and Detroit. who play double
header and score eighteen runs. Which
! man should win. if the extra game in
Boston was not known beforehand:
G. A. GREEN.
The first game OF a double header is
always the regular scheduled game. and
should he the only one considered in
your proposition
Sporting Editor Star:
Batter has three strikes and catcher
drops the ball. Man on third base steals
home as the batter starts to run. Catcher
RECEIVERS the ball and man is pat out a.
first base. Does the score at home
count? JEFFERSON.
The important point how many
were out. is omitted from the query. II
the out was the third the run did not
count. If it was not the third out the
run counted.
Sporting Editor Star:
u) Baserunner attempts to steal
second Batter interferes with catch
er's throw by throwing his bat
in the air in front of the catcher. Which
is out, the batter or baserunner? CO is
a straight-line drive to any infielder con-
sdered an infield fly? READER.
% The batsman is out; the runner must
go back to first CD No. The intield fly
rule expressly says "other than line
drive"
Sporting Editor Star:
Batter up with two strikes. The next
ball he hits. and it hits his foot before
touching the ground. The ball rolls fair.
u) Is it a fair ball? ca Is batter ont for
being hit by batted ball? X. T. c.
% No. Foul ball. ca No. He was not
on fair ground.
Sporting Editor Star:
% How do you figure battig averages? :?
90 What does a fly to the outfield count
"a time at bat? 81 Also fielding aver
ages. ID. X.
u) Divide the number of hits by the
time at bat. % Yes. unless it scores a
run from third base. % Divide the
chances accepted (put-outs and assists
by the total chances tput-outs, assists
and errOrs).
Sporting Editor Star:
A batter is declared out. having fouled
the third strike in an attempt to bunt.
Who gets the put-out, and who, if any
one, gets the assist? q.
TIE catcher gets the put-out, and there
is no assist.
Sporting Editor Star:
A is on first and hits to the pitcher.
who throws out at first. The first base
man throws to second and A returns to
first safely. Is A entitled to remain on
first? VAN.
Certainly. AS soon as was retired he
ceased to be forced.
Sporting Editor Star:
Man on first and second bases, two out
Pitcher passes batter, who is met hall
way to first base by one OF his team
| who takes his place as baSerunner. Bal
| is thrown to first and defensive team
! claims batter is out for falling to so to
| first. Manager and players OF defensive
| team run on the field. and in the confu-
| sion the runner on third runs into the
| diamond to protest He is tagged out
| The umpire did not call time until the
| confusion was at its height. MAC.
| Nothing in the rules covers the base on
balls point. \ similar play nearly came
| off in a Chicago game, and i'm discuss ne
| it afterward, Umpire Connolly or the
American League staff said he would
time to go to first after being passed be-
| fore calling him out. The umpire should
! have given the manager of the team al
bat time to straighten out the tangle
The runner who was on third was ou
if he left the base and was tagged ou
| before time was called.
Sporting Editor Star:
| On May :; l wrote you asking you t
state in the Pink Sheet whether {
Washington base ball club has. since
1874. won a championship. To this yo:
| replied that they had not.
| On May IL l wrote you calling attention
to the records which apear to show tha
! in 1885 Washington won the Eastern
| League pennant. to which you replied
that you understood me to refer to ma
! jor league base ball.
| The question is. however, as you VIII
note, broad enough to cover a champion
| snip in organized base ball, whether in {
major or minor league.
| The stake holder will not pay the be-
| until there is specific decision from yol
| as to whether or not a Washington bast
| ball club has, since, 1874, won a cham
pionship.
| / would be very much Obliged If you
| would specifically decide this question.
! FRANCIS NJ. PHELPS.
| Yes Washington won the pennant in
! the Eastern League in 1888. The team S
! record was seventy victories and twenty
five defeats or an average OF 1856. Ken
| mond was second with sixty-seven won