Evening journal., 1914-08-17
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Sport Editor, EVENING JOURNAL:
Q) In your opinion. which Is the
best league in batting and fielding
between New York State League.
American Association, Tri State
League. Southern Association and
Atlantic League? (2) Is Johnny
Dundee an Italian? go Is he the
bantamweight champion? (D From
what country does "a Lithuanian
come? /.
Q) American Association. (2) Yes.
90 No. W From Russia, princi-
palIy.
Sport Editor. EVENING JOURNAL:
O) Was X. o. Brown ever light
weight champion? (2) Was Kilbane
or Dundee ever matched with Patsy
Callahan? 60 Is Callahan con-
tender for the title? SPORT.
CD No. co DurnediiinO. (S) What
Sport Editor. EVENING JOURNAL:
In a game of poker A deals, b
opens pot. c. ID and A stay. After
they buy cards B passes. c bets d
and A stay Has b the privilege TO
see or raise? B.
No. not usually. Sometimes, how
ever. house rules permit him.
Sport Editor. EVENING JOURNAL:
VIII you be so kind as to publish
In your column who were the cham
pion pitchers in the National and
American leagues last year and how
] lafn trHU 4nrtt ssNN
NJ.
Walter johnson. Of Washington
and Chrisfy MatheWsOn OF New YOrh
were the American and National
League pitching champions Of 1918,
The supremacy was arrived at on n
basis of earned runs scored against
each pitcher. An earned run Is n
run made on any combination Of base
hit. sacrifice hit. base on balls. hit
batsman, Wild pitch or balk. When
fielding error or passed ball helps
usher In a tally, run Is unearned.
johnson only allowed 100 earned
runs per nine innings last season.
Matty's average for 1913 was 2.O6,
The pitching percentage under pre-
sent system is arrived nj by dividing
the total earned runs by the number
Of innings pitched and then multi
plying by nine 10 find the pitchers
average effectiveness for complete
game.
Sport Editor. EVENING JOURNAL:
Nl A claims that IL a pitcher on
the mound who has not faced the
batsman makes a throw toward any
base occupied by a runner and fails
TO complete his throw he has made a
balk. b says this only concerns
first. and not second and third Who
is right? CD Can a pitcher make a
halk to second or third base? II so
how? 60 Does the rule about the
- coaches touching the runner concern
first base also? (4) Did Jack Knight
b formerly Of the Yankees. play In the
24-inning game that the Athletics
won from Boston? (5) Did Bucl
Freeman play in it? Co Did Billy
] Hamilton ever steal over 100 bases
CO Does One-Armed Hugh Dailey
; hold the record for men struck out
2 per game? Hoping you will answer
2 these questions. / remain, ALEX.
tD b is right. (2) Only by start
;, ing his delivery and then stopping I
/, for throw or fake throw 90 the base,
. mentioned. Technically, how, yer
the balk consists of his not cOmplet
, ing delivery. t5l No. 4) Yes, HI
!. played third base for the Athletics
!, 60 Yes. Freeman batted for Carrlgal
in the fifteenth inning. CD Yes. II
}. 1896, when with the Phillies, Hamil
J, ton stole 1902 bases. In 1891 he stoI,
!. 1l5. the major league record. C.
y Yes. the Strike-Out record per game
= While pitching for the Chicag,
Unions in a game against the BOstOl
- Unions. Hugh struck out twenty men
4 In the year the Union League existeI
/. il was on a par with the NatiOna
r League, as the Unions had raided tn
older organization and took the cream
Of their players. Dailey'S record
thus must be considered the maiO
league record by fair-minded critics