Evening star., 1914-06-28
Inquisitive Fans.
Sporting Editor Star:

Sporting Editor Star:
VIII you please publish the follow
ing in the pink sheet of the Sunday
Star:
/. "a bets B that the winning team
will score more runs in one inning than
| the losing team scores in the whole
game. The game referred to is the
one between Washington and Phila.
delphia Friday, June 26, when the first
game was forfeited to Philadelphia
to 0. Who wins?
2. Referring to the same game, A bets
B that Engel would not finish the
8. A bets B that Washington would
be shut out, referring to same game.
Who wins? L. A. NJ.
Answer Inasmuch as the game was
not played out. 1t would seem that bets
of the nature Of these should be called
off.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please state in Sundays pink sheet
Pitcher Bentley's height and weight:
C. ARDUSER-
Answer Bentley Is a little over six
feet and weighs about $50 pounds.
Sporting Editor Star:
Sunday pink sheet whether one Is
still allowed to go in swimming In
the L Street bathhouse, Boston. Mass.
'--O ADoLPH wARsH.
Answer. One may go into these pools
without a. suit.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly publish in Sunday paper II q
base runner overrunnfng first base IL
required to turn in any specific direc-
tion-right or left? And when was
this rule changed? READER.
Answer. A man may turn in any di-
rection after reaching first base. pro-
III ~ A,,p
would facilitate reaching second base
in the event of a tumble. This has
been in effect several years.
Sporting Editor Star:
viii you in Sundays paper answer
following:
American and National leagues rulings
on infield fly with less than two down
and bases occupied?
g. Does such difference now exist?
8. Can baserunners advance on such
''' " MED1co
Answer. There is no ''infeld fly" II
two are down and not unless men are
on the bases, and there has not been
difference in the ruling in recent years.
No baserunner can advance on an In
field fly any more than on any other
fly before 1t is caught. The '1nf1eld
fly" was originated in order to prevent
an intielder dropping short fly In
tentionally in order to make a double
play.
Sporting Editor Star:
Will you kindly answer through the
columns of your Sunday edition the
following questions:
Batsman allowed first base on four
balls, the last being a wild pitch which
gets away from the catcher. Is bats
man allowed as many bases as he can
get before the ball Is returned to pitch
er or in play?
Two strikes on batter. two men out,
runner on third. Runner attempts to
score on next pitched ball. but catcher
steps in front of batsman and tags him
out. May catcher step in front Of bats
man to cut off runner when pitcher in
position delivers ball to the batsman?
Is a ball at which a batsman bunts.
but misses, provided it is not over
plate, called a strike? l can find no
rule to cover this. but only when a
ball is fouled. c. L. MAGEE.
Answer. Yes, provided the play is
on a regulation field. The catcher has
no right whatever to interfere with
the batsman. When a man bunts at
a ball. but misses it. that is the same
as if he had taken a swing and missed.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish in your next Sundays
pink sheet the record standing broad
jump. P. j. "
Answer. C. Tslic1itiras. II feet Z
inches. made at Stockholm in 1912.