Evening star., 1915-10-24
Inquisitiue Fans.

Sporting Editor Star:
Will you kindly publish in your in
Qufsitive fan column of The Sunday Star:
Did Milan score or not when Schaefer
stole from second to first a few years
ago? C. u. q
The umpires did not allow him to score
Sporting Editor Star:
Did Harry Hooper win a game from
Walter johnson with a home run In the
first inning May 80. 1913. when johnson
and Collins were the pitchers and the
score was l to o? FAN.
Yes Hooper hit the first ball pitched
over the right field fence before that
field was enlarged. The Red Sox did
not score after that. and as Collins shut
out Washington the one run caused by the
home run won the game.
Sporting Editor Star:
Man on first base. one out. batter hits
high fly. catcher and pitcher both start
to field ball. In the mixup the ball Is
dropped. Man on first starts for second,
pitcher RECEIVERS ball. throws to second
base ahead Of runner. but does not tag
man. Second baseman IN turn throws
to first baseman. Was man on second
'''''' ''' q was It an GEORGE ;aaeis y EAST.
It was not an "infield hy." See rule
81. section s, which tells when the bats
man is out on an infield fly. The run
ner was forced out at second. and the
man who hit the bail was out at first II
the ball beat him there.
Sporting Editor Star:
! /. Man on second, batsman in his box,
coacher at third. While pitcher il making
ready to deliver the ball the coacher runs
toward home. going beyond the coacher's
lines. Is any one out by this action? !?
2. In answer to w. H. Grifln's query you
state the run counts when the batter is
put out at second. Presumably this is
! the third out. and was under the i'm
preston the run would not count. Do
resemblance to the Merkle play Of 1905 /?
J. G. H.
/. Nobody out. but q major league UNI
pire would send the coacher to the bench
for the rest OF the game. 2. The play
was not at all like the Merkle play. as
Merkle was That makes q great differ
ence in scoring runs
| Sporting Editor Star:
Three men on bases, two out. Batter
is given base on balls, forcing in man
walks to within two feet Of home plate,
I turns and starts for the bench without
touching plate. Catcher gets bali and
goes and tags man about ten feet TOWARD
touches the plate, after being tagged by
the catcher. Is he out. or is he entitled
to score. and why? FAN.
| He is not out and In entitled to score
without liability to being put out. Rule
"a. section 2.
Sporting Editor Star:
| I wish you would lot me know II there
was game Of indoor base ball played
at the Arcade in 1911. or 1912. or 1919.
Munich caught for one teona. And let mo
know II the game was played with the
pitchers throwing the ball over-handed
or any way he wished. Let me know the
name OF each team and the score.
| JAMES FISHER.
Indoor base ball was played at the
Arcade in 1911-l2: but no record of
| these games Is available.
Sporting Editor Star:
| Please publish the following question
In your Sunday pink sheet: The height
OF H. Milan. w. johnson. c. Milan.
Sawyer and 7. Barber. B.,W.
H. Milan, s feet 10 inches; W. johnson.
8 feet inch C. Milan. s feet ~ inches /;
Sawyer. feet, 10 inches; Barber. 6 feet
liz inches.
Sporting Editor Star:
| Will you kindly publish In next Sun
days Star the number Of hits made on
Walter johnson In each whole game he
pitched during the season Of 1915.
@. c. TOLSON
johnson pitched in forty-sevsn games
and was hit safely z37 times