Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06
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Sporting Editor Star:
How can a runner return To first on
q ground ball" He must go TO secSni
base and is out If the base be touchea
by baseman, with pan oeioie he "S'
a regular force out.
If there is rule permitting runner
on first 10 return there after pat'ei
is thrown out, what RUE is u! ,o,,
No such rule can be found III f'l4
rule book. >-r :,
A SUBSCRIBER. y PLAYER AND A
BUG. , .
In the play mentioned the batter was
put out at first before any enora w.
made to get the runner at secohd'
Hence the runner wa.s not forced.
would have had To be touched with the
ban and could come back to first IL
possible.
Sporting Editor Star:
To settle IL discussion please answer
the following:
% Man on first base, none OUT. pat
ter Intentionally hunts hall, but IS
thrown out ut first, but advances run
rer to second. What is scored? %
suppose the fielders fail to handle the
hunt and both men are safe, there
being no error, how would it be
scored. go Also state how these plays
would be scored What sacrifice
hunt or nit is. a NJ
% 4 sacrifice. 90 4 hit. 90 \
sacrifice is a deliberate effort on the
part Of the batsman advancing the
runner, or a hy ball to the outteld
which allows "a runner To score from
third base.
Sporting Editor Star:
kindly let me know through your
pink sheet next Sunday whether or
not there was a player on the Wash
ineton ball club by the name of e.
Williams If so. with what team he
is PLAYING now. F. E. T.
4 player named T.. Williams was a
member of the team during the train
ing season in 1918. He was sent to
some team in the south. do not know
his present whereabouts
Sporting Editor Star:
Men on second and third. Batter hits
ball to left field. Left fielder throws ball
to plate to catch man running from third.
but ball hits umpire. who has run out in
the diamond to see man going from sec
Ond to third. Is man safe at home?
c. MORGAN.
Yes
Sporting Editor Star:
With runners on first and third the
batter struck out, but the catcher dropped
the third strike and batter reached first
and the runner on first went to second.
The umpire called the batter safe. then
reversed his decision. Which was right?
READER.
Depended on how many were already
out. If less tnan two were out the UNI
pire was right in reversing his decision
Ii two We're out the batsman was not
out.
Sporting Editor Star:
Major league umpires use common
ordinary horse sense" You say, in
enforcing section II of rule 56, but major
league coacherS also use the same kind or
horse sense and do not transgress that
rule in any of the foolish ways described.
If they did the umpires would be justi-
fed in penalizing them.
Sporting Editor Star:
Men OH first, second and third base.
with one or none out. Batter hits home
run. Man on second fails to touch third.
Man on first and batter touch all bases
and score. Do their runs count" The
ball was thrown to third base and UNI
Dire called man that was on second out.
H. NJ.
Sporting Editor Star:
j. Three men on bases, less than two
out Batter hits infield fly. Umpire calls
infield fly and batter out. Second base
man muffs the fly. Can baserunners ad-
vance at their own risk? . Men on
third and first. Pitcher balks. Which
runner advances" l.. B.
l. Yes, if they hold their bases until
the ball hits the fielder's hands. . Both
runners advance one base.
Sporting Editor Star:
l. First base occupied. Batter hits in
field fly to third baseman, who drops the
ball, then throws to first base. First
baseman throws to second. Umpire calls
both runners out. Runner occupying first
base did not leave his base. Does not
rule governing infield fly apply in this
case? >. Is there not a slight difference
in the way infield fly is ruled in American
and National Leagues? GEORGE G.
J. There can be no ''infield fly with
only first base occupied. See action s
of rule 81. The runner on first was
forced out at second. Whether or not
the man who hit the ball was out de-
ponds on whether the ball beat him to
first base =. No.
Sporting Editor Star:
i. Batter hits fly to first baseman and
while running to first collides with him
a bout ten feet from the base right on |
the line. .. What umpire gives the de-
cision? Also what umpire decides the |
out on fly ball that is caught? 3. |
Runner advances from second TO third |
a stolen base? NJ. n.
l. The umpire-in-chief. although in
the major leagues they work together
on such plays. 2. The umpire-i In chief.
J. ~Tever.
Sporting Editor Star:
Runners on first and second. Batter
hits foul ball Runners fail to return to
their bases, merely going back to with
in a few feet of them. Ball is returned
to pitcher, who takes his position to
pitch, but before delivering the ball to
The batter throws to first base and the
throw goes wild. Both men advance a
base. Ball is returned and both men
touched Umpire calls both out for fail
Ing to return and touch bases. Was he
II SO, under what rule?
READER
Yes, if the umpire had declared the
ball in play again. No. if he had not.
Read rule Sc. The trick is an old one
and should not be worked except by
previous understanding with the UNI
pire.
Sporting Editor Star:
There is a man on first base, one out