The sun., 1916-10-04
QUERIES
AND
ANSWERS
Tom Mac Nulty

second haseinan. second bAsemsn catches
bail, touches second and throws TO Nrst
ba-ennsn. who touches frs; base. Batter
and runner did. not run. { claim this IL a
doubl. play, Has this anything, TO DO with
IN" inN"ld ny rule Is man on frat fOrCCdT
'Gi Batter strikes OUT. catcher drops third
strik" Batter walks to the bench. TIN.
he did not sit down. and then run 10 first
base. He did not say whether batter went
yer was out II he wen, GU, Of the base line.
TOM KELLEY.
90 Both runners out. Not an inneld
ny. as second and first must he occupied
under such circumstances t2) Runner
would be out II he deliberately threw
away his chances OF beating the play.
Dear Tom ~ Batter III. bal on eva
Of ba,: II rolls foul, hits a ,uft o, sra-.
fair or foul9 90 Batter hits bail In air, Will.
II IL coming down !, lands OF the BATE,
the batter knock. il foui' is the batter
OUT ca Batter hts bal along nrst base
line and reaches the bali the same time
without having his hands smashed I. It
an error or does the batter get an in,eld
Tins averages. FRHScis GRfEESE'
% Fair ball. t2) Batter is out. 81
Inheld hit. 90 Divide number OF hits
by times at bat.
Dear rom-,p Is Mullen o: the Yankees
. r!sht or lett handed batter. and also doe.
arc The age. OF Mcrkle OF the Robins and
MCCarty uf the Giants FRED
90 Mullen bats and throws right
handed. 81 Merkle and McCarty both
born In 1855.
Dear Tom-A player hits the bal over
he fence. which of course entities him to
a hone run. III. rounding the bases he falls
- touch second Nha; would happen In
-u,h a case Dt course We assunl. tina.
'ae x tie opposing players detected thls.
Umpire RS ron was asked about this
play, and he said nothing could happen.
The ball being on the field. Il would be
impossible 10 make a play on him. and
th" rune could easily return TO the
bag he missed. when other side called at
tentlon To Il, ~ the opposite side could
not tag him OUT.
tho play between the Giants and Cubs IN
l""s, When Merkie failed TO touch second
base. \ W. A.
This is ABOUT tho a.aaath time I have
d. scrib.d this play. With one out In the
ninth, Devl!n singled and was forced by
Mccormick. Merkle singled TO riglit.
putting Mccormick on third. Rridwell
singled 10 centre. McCormick crossing
tie plate. Merhlc made a dash for club
house after the hi, and Evcrs, noticing
that he did not touch second. s~igna.lcd
20 Holman TO throw him the ball. and
he touched second, making third cat. ~
- run does not count where third out Is a
force ou;. McCormick's run was not
counted.
pcar ro"-on" out. man on :. Dad and
tk,rl h.stav IrlNaa hal IN fsff ,Antr. sht,
on second thinning nit sais start. Tor
caught and start. for home after catch 1.
made Fielder throws bal. home. pitcher
trying to regain s"coni, the runner from
third scoring brfore pay Is complete. 4
claims run counts, u says 1t doesn't.
ST. MICH \El'S G {. OF L., y Y.
The run counts.
.torran who frequently practiscs ,iu uni
'prmI with thr GIANTS and occasional rs
ST., u the pre- '2% naIe h,t,i nm
aud a to; of other thiuss SPINNEi.
Mr.. Lieb says the elderly gentleman II
known as Orange Phosphate" as he Is s
soda water clerk in Orange, y. j. II,
plays baseball for his health and exercise
and Is IN old pal OF Harry Sparrow's
par rnm-What IL the longes %diStsno'
u baseball has been thrown
FRANK LYN.
4, cincinnati. October II. 1910. Shel
don Leieune threw a league baseball a.,
feet ?ic inches. breaking o h Ilolfcid'
former record OF 400 feet ia inches
made here in New York, October ii
1 ls72,
Dear Tom-iIoN many runs ala Brook!
and Philadelphia score on SATURDAY, Az
. gust T.; a +.
Brooklyn was beaten twice by Boston
each time by . TO I, Philadelphia pluye
, ,rc ron,c heating Giants. = TO