The sun., 1916-10-29

s Ssss;r. 4 i B,sy,ns al p sa 3; and nd, c a sn 81
three. This would make a double run OF
eight and as there Is no such count In
could make q run would be a S or a .
your decision. &C. V. TANT.
Runs in play are made by the Sc
auence of cards, regardless OF the order
in which they fall. Your oldest crib
players" will probably admit that IL the
cards fall A 2 3 5 6 and the next a
lays down a deuce that he gets n run
OF FIVE. yet there Is no such thing as a
double run OF six cards in cribbage. In
the case disputed the cards fall I 5 6 4.
The last Z makes n run with the 6 and
s. Get a copy OF walkers Cribbage
Made Easy and look II up.
Dear Tom-Piayins. vinst-.t-un. p draws
two cards. making him %. so he says
Enough" Dealer draws a card and busts.
Does take the pot without SHOWING his
Any player who passes 81 must throw
up his hand at once. 40 that the banker
may know what he has to beat. II the
banker busts. any player claiming the
pot must show 81 or less.
Dear Tom-GD There are three men on
bases, two out and two and three on the
batter and the pitcher Ia ready to deliver
the ball and all OF the men on bases start
man walked; catcher throws bail to second.
third to home plate. who Is touched by the
ea,Sh T before reashi o1 ,hs plsts' . oa' ,,r..
on the batter. one out. pitcher Is about to
deliver the ball when man starts to run Tor
man walked: catcher throws ball to second.
man out7 w. ELFERS.
/. Runner Is forced home. May not
be tagged out.
2. No. Runner Is forced to second.
INC ne play can be made on him.
Dear ~Tom-Kindly state In your COL
umns n any team In any league ever won
Giants. JACK o'NEfiL,
Yes. several. Jersey City team OF In
ternational League won "a games in
1903 In 1911 Austin. Texas. League club
won 2? straight in 1902 Charlotte team
OF North Carolina League won %
straight. as did wilkesbarre team Of
New York state League in 1912. corsi-
cana team OF Texas League won 27
straight in 1902. the record.
Dear Tom-In your answers and pne,ie.
of Tuesday, s%ep;cmb.r 10, you stated TIA:
foul i. fair III, rolls in fair territory sefors
passing nr,, base. am sure ~ you look
must strike fair ground after leaving the
nat. then IL can roll foul and fair again II
the rrs' baseman is foolish enough to let
c%Sou;dn', . FOUL bal. hi, the grand stand
and bound IN again.
Justice Of the Peace.
FRANK MoEBAcK.
Associate Justice.
Your are correct. your Honor. II takes
a Judge 10 keep track Of all the rules. l
erred In my answer.
Dear ~rom-Aft-r playing ,pinoehls 70,
nearly two hours we found three lacks OF
pack. A bet. all tho money that changed
hands on that pack shoV'i h- -eturned "
bet. the score stands EDWARD PFAN.
The deal in which the imperfect pack
Is shown and proved Is void. but all pre-
vlous scores made with that pack stand
good. This IL to prevent any person
making a pack imperfect when he fnds
he Is a big loser.
Dear Tom-Play,ng pinochl- two hand
4 NEEDS enough 70 put him ont NY - ~.
9 PAUL.
r Is wrong. The trick taken before
the meld makes II good In two hand. II
A won another trick he could score an
other meld, which he does not want. IL
is thinking OF three and four hand, In
which the trick makes all The melds
good.
Dear Tom-A team named the Knicker-
booker. played tho EScels!ors. steve BUR
20 catch a train just as the eish'h, inning
closed, The score stood . 20 Moth man
ayers decided TO lot their teams play II ONT
without the umpire. In the ninth inning
when the Knickerhockers went 70 bat the
EScelsio-s were leading. 3 20 ?. There were
two OUT and a pinch hitter went 20 bay.
! NClsh tu.A 18th. - ktn, hA hNrtaN anl ~
went foul. The ENcelsiors' captain and
manager said he was out. but the opposing
side refused to admit Il what Il your
opinion wAIIIE BrNTON.
The best advice l can give you Is
don't hire any umpires who have TO catch
trains. However, II a batter hunts a
third strike foul II counts as a strike out.
Dear rom-Sons out, men on nrst and
second bases. Batter hits infeli ny which
paubert dropped, Daubert picket hall UP
and threw TO Mowrcy. who touches third
base for a force play, Batter Is ca ed safe
Does this play not come under the inneld
ny rule j think this should come under
the inneld Az rule. tho batter being called
out and the man safe at third. as Mowrey
touched the base and not the runner.
IRVING YATES SUTTON.
It would seem that the inheld fly rule
might have prevailed here. hut the UNI
piltS ~ ~ pay hS NfNy saw u
Dear IONA bets batting Lev'rsky
won the las. two Hght. with Jack DILLON
r bets ne won the fight before the last,
the last being a draw, who wins
JACK M'CARTY.
DICK SCHULHAM.
A loses. In the last bout NJ Memphis
n month ago the referee called II n draw
at the end OF the eight round limit. In
the preceding bout at Baltimore, ten
rounds. no decision. Levinsky got the
popular verdict.
Dear Tom-You have repeatedly decided
that the round trip and the trump sequence
NEEDED. As n referee Of bets We think
you should quote your authority. We had
always called 1t $50. KlCKEES
Refer you to Stokes. Dick & Fitz-
gcrald's, United States Playing Card
C~ompany's. New York Consolidated card
Company's. A. l.. Burt's or Bohn's
lIoyles. Or to Complete Pinochle.'
These are my authorities now let us
have yours. full titles and date Of the
edition.
Dear Tom--CDA long time ago Detroit.
then n member OF the American AssocIl-
tion. ! think. had a pitcher by the name
81 Get2ien, whose nickname was 'PretZel"
Tell me, please. IL he Is now alive, A, q. II,
Charles II. Getzien. who was largely
responsible for the CAPTURE Of the Ma
tlonal League p~ennant by Detroit In
1887 and the subsequent winning Of the
worlds championship from ComIskey's
st. Louis Browns that fall. Is st!ll alive
and lives In Chicago. lie was called
pretZcl GetZien because he originated