Evening star., 1915-06-13

man on th1rd. The man on second leo
of and the ball was put to second and
the baseman ran the runner down ia
third and he stood there on the bag
The ball was put home and the run
ners went back to third and second
bases and were called safe. What ie
your decision on same?
]. A. BROWN.
with the ball
Sporting Editor Star.
"a If first only is occupied with NO
outs and an infield fly is hit. is not the
batter out whether the ball is felded or
not? CD Can a double play be made!
(3) A is knocked out of the box in the
first inning, five runs being scored. b
relieves him. The game is lost, 8 to 2.
Which pitcher is credited with the de-
feat? Z. T. BUCKLEY.
az Batsman is not out unless the fly
Is caught. CD Not If the batsman runs
TO f1rst as he should do. (3) Most
league secretaries used to charge the
defeat to A. There are no rules gov
erning the point.
Sporting Editor Star.
~ A is at bat, nobody out The pitcher
pitches the bali hits it. 1t hits the
plate, bounds up, hits A, who is stand
ing in the batter's box, and ro!ls 1oui.
Is out or is it one strike? 2) at
bat hits the first oall pltchea. u n,,s ~,
in front of the plate fair, bounds up.
hits b, and rolls foul. Is he out. or Is
1t strike oneo (3) C hits the ball for
home run. The second baseman steps
on second base and the other 1oot IN
front of second base Is the second
haaeman interfering or has he got a
right to take this position when no
body is making an attempt to throw
the ball? raw
q and y 1t is strike in both cases
because it first touched payer Vhe
batsman) on foul ground t5) II tne
second baseman merely stooo IN eIA ~.
position that the runner had TO go %
hind him to touch second base, ne was
not interfering with the runner
Sporting Editor Star.
With a man on third base and no one
out, the batter hits ball to the ehllu
baseman. The man on third staIts Lol
home and the third baseman, haVins
plenty of time to catch the runner a.
the plate, throws the batter out at nrst-
Is the third baseman charged with All
error IN 'he 'A' H. NJ. NYLEN.
No. unfortunately the rules do not
narmi+ hone plays to be scored as er-
rors.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish the following aues.lon
If a batter hits the ball and makes
two-base hit and tries to stretcn II
into a three base hit and makes out, Is
he credited with a hit or not?
A MARTINSBURG FAN.
The batter should be credited with a
two-base hit.
Sporting Editor Star:
"a Please tell me where Washing
ton started it's winning streak when
they won sixteen consecutive games?
(2) Where the winning streak was
brokeno so Did they play any games
in Washington during this time?
w. B.
Washington started it's winning
streak May 80 in Boston, when John
son shut out the Boston team and
struck out thirteen men. From that on
seventeen straight games were won,
sixteen on the road, and the final one on
the Washington grounds with the Ath-
1etics as opponents. The next day in
Philadelphia the winning streak was
broken by home-run Baker. The score
was to o in the ninth inning with two
out and two strikes on Baker. when
the latter hit the ball over the right
field fence for a home run. Tom Hughes
was pitching, and he lost the game In
the tenth inning, 2 to I.