Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24

Sporting Editor Star: e
kindly publish in the next edition OF
your sporting sheet the easiest way 10
find the league clubs percentages
! c. E. POOLE.
Divide games won by total number
played
SPORTING Editor Star: .
VIII You tell me in your pink sheet if
Gandil. Morgan, Foster and Moeller
were members of the Washington Dali
club when Clark Griffith became man
ager? n. o.
Morgan, Foster and Moeller were on
the reserve list of the Washington club
when Griffith took charge. He pur-
chased Gandii.
Sporting Editor Star:
Will you please give your opinion on
the following play:
Runner on first steals second on
caught tip Umpire calls foul strike
and runner, having reached second and
not having seen the caught tip and
hearing only the unpire's Foul strike, y
starts back to first and is touched out.
Runner can steal on a. caught tip and
can also be thrown out, but his out in
this case was caused by unpire's an
| nouncing Foul strike Should, he not
have called it strike only?
H. wsB.
The umpire should call strike only
, To settle an argument. kindly answer
| the following questions:
| a. In how many of the seventeen
| straight games won two Years ago did
| Johnson work? =.
| B. What season did the team take on
and dispose of Petty and Vaughn
| c. When did the team buy Mullin from
| Detroit. and when was he sold"
| Please answer in Sunday Star.
&C. H. EDWARDS,
1912 G street northwest.
J er: Ainsmith. catcher.
Louis .: Johnson Ainsmith. Second-June
6; Washington. .: Chicago, J Johnson
Musser. sThird-June 8: Washington, Z;
| Chicago. 1; Johnson-Ainsmith. Fourth
June IL; Washington. 5; Detroit. o, John
| son-Schaefer ninth inning). Fifth-June
| 12; Washington, ); Detroit 1 Johnson
| Ainsmith.
| B. Petty and Vaughn were members of
| the Washington team part of the season
of 1912
| c. Mullin was purchased from Detroit
| in June and sold to Montreal in August
| Sporting Editor Star:
| Please publish in the "Gnquisitive
| Fan" column in the pink sheet
! whether pitcher ~ or b should be
| credited with the game played at Newport
! News, Va May 10. 1914 You can form
| your decision the following facts:
! After the visiting team had finished its
f! eighth inning the score stood D to IN
| favor of the visiting team. In the ending
| of the eighth inning the home team
scored two runs and had three men on
bases and no outs. when pinch hitter
| was put into the game to hit for pitcher
| "a At the end Of the eighth inning the
score was ) to . in favor of the home
| team In the ninth inning pitcher B
was used and the game was finished by
| a score of to in favor of the home
team. Should pitcher "A or 81 receive
| credit for the game and state your rea-
/ sons? A. M MUELLf-1-
| In the major leagues the win-and-lost
| system has been substituted by the earn
| run SYSTEM The pitcher who allowed
| the least earned runs in this instance
| should be credited with the victory.
Sporting Editor Star:
| ~ Two men out, base runner on sec
ond. batter flies to first baseman. but is
safe on an error and continues to sec
! ond where he is put out. The runner
| scores from second before the put-ouf
is made at second. but after the play
| has been started from first to second
The umpire rules that the score does
not count because it was the third out
| and the play was started before the
runner crossed the plate. Was his
| ruling correct? CO Is it possible for a
man to score on the third put-out. and
when? f. A
| %. Umpire was wrong, and the run
lcounted. co Yes, unless the third man