The sun., 1916-10-15

Giant, m. the Brooklyn Rationale
HENRY AKrMAN.
Brooklyn won fifteen out OF twenty
two games with the Giants.
Dear Toni-In your issue Of October .
you s!Gts that McGuillan -: the p"rn"n
Grays got s'rtkcou's aud made a t9tal
80: - .triko"ut' IN three ranies How
many strik"outs l!d u. have In each one ot
the games !. ]. I.NFFAY.
He famed twenty-one players In III"
D.gnou Gray = Highbrijge Athletics
game. seventeen IN game with Minog
league stars and fourteen in second
game with ~lIichbe!dge Athletics, max
ing a total Of iifty-two.
rear Toni, \ claims cha, N. G'an,''
'ry'nt record ~ ,"enty.s'N victories car
much .. M Giants, record was irarred ny
d, ~" game played with P!tts1urs. aud
twenty straight" consecutive Victories st!lI
j. IN, major league record for consecutive
Victories, II %clRins tina, tho Giants at
FAMED and have a clear ufle TO IA" nl!"r
.oa.ue record. 90 Wow many games dii
In, old cincinnati Red Stockings win in
'>ts. when they wen, through the ent'rs
-"u without suffering a defeat
\ y. MI y.
Il A. the Giants were not defeated
hy rittsburg their run OF consecutive
victories hardly could he broken. tc)
The Cincinnati Red Stockings played W.
seasons without defeat. winning eighty
one games.
Dear Tom--Ir there II a runner on sec
tnl hnar and the batter, who has two
STRIKE called on him, buuts foul, tho latter
T. naturally out, hut as th" batter hiht'
the ball lhe p,aye' on second steals thir.
~ n" compelled 10 Go back 10 second or IN
II, allowed - say on third? As.
No runner can advance or n foul bail.
He must go back to secoud
uonc out. three ealls and two strikes on
the batter. IL 4: good or had baseball for
me runner. 90 start running with the
p.'oher's wirdurr A snys T. Is good y
says IL Is bad--thnt they only should start
running when ther" are two out.
Any pitcher who would wind up under
the circumstances should he banished
from baseball, II you mean delivery OF
the ball instead OF wlndup. il depends
runners on bases. sc, Too much for this
short column.
Dear Tom--Laet ha,' OF ninth; score q
tie; bases fun; three balls ana two strike
on nntIsr p h., doe, w, mo-, % Wind !" M n'" or m Ts
motion to pitch. As soon as h. steps or
rubber runner on third starts for home
{ DtfthtF uOeS NOT tdhr uHF HA'P ~ az li
: throws TO catcher a foot outside OF plat.
catcher touches runner, who then touche'
home plate. Umpire calls runner out: latter
claimed that as soon as pitcher stepped
on rubber he mad to pitch the ball, that n,
did deliver "a ball 10 the batter which wa,
not struck a.. and ms - was pdmittcdly
moi over The plate It was the four,h hsil and
the game was over Who was right an
what rule goNernF' H. II, Is,
S,nco the pitcher made no legal de
livery TO the plate, ms your description
| indicates, runner WAS out. as pitcher wa
only throwing to block an attempted
stolen base, That the throw was 10 n,
plate made no difference.
Dear rom-A team At tho end Of tn,
sixth inning T. leading. ! to U. In tn,
seventh the team thar was trSt to Rat get
To runs. The team WITH ono run tool
not get IT, ,uyu AZ bat h-"uls" the permit
expired 1t 'l'. Who wins the game
l., w. e, /.
The team with one run, az the seventh
inning cannot be counted since II wa.
not played.