The sun., 1916-10-15
Wide EddnHs Brilliant Fyuaqt Is Establishing a Ring Record That Will BeH lar to 5
Questions and Answers

Dear Toin--A pitcher is removed in tn.
ninth ming wi;h the score a tie; a secoho
inning. who gets the credit for
the game? .. IL
second pitcher receives credit for the
game.
Dear Iem--At 8 r NJ. FRIDAY. ssptsm;
s IS: rors' p SAD i IT, =. q / IS, p. S !.
y. The Dodgers were only eight
games ahead Of the Giants.
Dear To,n-Bow many times At bat
were Enun and Robertson OF tho Giants IN
their two san,ss on saturday: Ssstsm per SS
times at bat aud how many hits Mern,e
got In the FIRST game and Daubort In the
. .ssS.d az. s"i Johnston got 70 ~sS ssis ssalss o"
Kaurr. G n. b.. / hit Robertson. : a. b..
3 hits Mcrkis. 4 q. b.. l hit Daubcrt. 8
a. b., I hit Johnston. 7 a. h., I hit.
Dear Tom-Did the Yankee, have :ny
chance for tho nas as they stood on Au-
gust IL. either mathematicaily or posi-
hly7 ANXIOUS DAN SMITH.
Yes. Boston was only six games
ahead of the Yanks ON the day men,
toned.
Dear Tom-How many successive sames
did Dick Rudolph win this reason ,-,
Ten. He won HE tenth straight game
on August IS, beating Chicago. I TO =.
Brooklyn broke hls winning streak.
Dear rom-Did Ritter pitch any day
during .hc week ended september 20?
ANXIOUS.
NJ.
Dear Tom-To decide a bs; please pub
ilsh ;lHie OF shortest basebaii same played
Shortest nine inning game played. Mo-
bile .. Atlanta I, September 10. 1910. at
Atlanta. Ga. Time. Q: minutes.
Dear Ton-wha, wa, tho batting aver
axe 81 u. KuuK. the Giants outlcid-r. at
the end Of the fsst Is games this season.
J. 6.
He ba,ted .:si for his frs, twenty
i've games.
Dear Tom a bets 10 ) TO. } tina, the
f"s vii win IN . game VITA "a. os. Thc
lar s " SsseH ,nn ON "C MIN ,bs s narsn n tie
ii. u claims he wins the bot as the
re did NJ, win. = insists tina; a, the
game was no; finished ana win be played
nor.
Draw bet between real sportsn"n.
pcs- Ton- Kindly favor m out Of tow
reader. ~ Two teams ties With the same
p"r"en'aEu. on team play aud wins, other
team remains idlo. Doe team that pays
-Ul vny gan . tu,i ra,ne o. h9't gam
,nrc" games ahead NJ Sc~ York tSst.l
vh.r standing va. a. follows ,oeordins
- yoI6 par"'; 80 no Ic No" sc & Y"
Passa'c. y. y.
a. Gsine only half a game. t:> Only
.-c and one.ha!t game. ahead Of Giants.
Der r:m1wh" .on /. Ia, ,er'e, b.,
many games d!i the Giants VIM
Brooklyn took three tn. Giants won
one.
pesr IONA aud p have q be, On the
attendance az the games played saturday.
september %. between the Brooklvns ~.
C0icrEu and the Giants " -. Louis. A
be;- IA" Giants crowd .ou;numherei thai
attending the game In brooklyn. u bets
tina, .h~ Brooklyn crowd was the larger
o: tho two. Can sou settle this, m -
a wins. The Giants played before a
larger crowd.
Dear Tom-Piease let Us know 4: three
game, have ever been played by any Two
II 60 please give the bait.rl.s II possible
4. y. ~.
Three times. brooklyn W. Pittsburg
Sept. 1. 1890. when Brooklyn won 10 10
2. 3 - 2 and : to I.
on Sept. !. 1856. Baltimore and Louis
vile ~ tho National League played
, three games. one IN the morning and two
In the afternoon. the scores being I u ;
7 80 tf,N s,NNyyaRtaH~ "a - 4 aud y 20 IN IN.
afternoon, Baltimore winning all three
games
On oct. .. 1918. three games wcr,
played IL New Yori; between the Giants
and Phillies, but In reality there were
hut two 'uil games anu t0o~h,rts a
an inning of The zane transferred from
: Philadelphia. winch was Not finished n
that city and w,s prdcr"t - b. p'avo-
IN New York. so rho s"n.du.r called
-: three IN tina. day.
pear Ton-w, vote tA1' VOW ~ -,
forty trump AN bc NEEDED i-.. 49,! IL.
co. ton and tack aided fo' 80 more. -yci
Ntcr, i- h TO be- fouud? HAERY l..
No. it Is q very old rule. AID the onl,
one. which may h" found in ANY Of IT,.
No - Gate Iio,l~ @. any book on pi
n"chl".
Den Tom-or.g!nai dca' e. complete Il
+ "a poker game Whom - LnIs u mas >,
'aTds. y says his hand Is d~a1 = bot.
hand ~ siV CARDS l. DEAD oulv after IA
Hi.g"rl ana DIV. Br'"p IN" ar.M /, :
Tn most important fact IL not stated
Ird & IN "r look at any part ot the fou
lard II he did u 's dead. Ii not "
-u u"'rHud I r"N deal or hc can asl
~" dealer Ia draw II card face down
l'ut Il Il be- h,s been made by any nlaye
1t must b" - mis'i.al. The logic OF ;hi
part %, "a" ru." Is Obvious.
Dear T~0m--r,ay.nr c~ass,no. two hant
\ ho'4, 40 trr'f. Hc gathers Pr ace An,
'"!dy' on NJ board aud puts a ire" oil #
'rd '''l. r. an "'gh.. n th"'c l. No rnir 4
IN" h'h'. 4 ft,SEkh.
Ii docs not matter " i"ther the ,loNbI
build rous.ste ~ two cards ~ the sam
ucupmruatirn ~ not. Voc NJ! practira
,,utI'os'r the pu.ld il n pAlr ot ircys. an
as Il would AXE Two cards to inrress
them - Iny,hin" eis.. whNe only OF
card az q time ma r" played from Tn
hand, II Is clear that these double build
cannot Be Increased. Il is in error.
brsr Tui.. I" l.r..r IL. ice, W. 80
please explain h"" a." Giants scored the
'"o runs - n" mint inuiug 90! The gam
Htth P.ttsr'Tr. which was Played on Srr
mutT -, tae scurn i"ius NrN York. ,
burg AUSrlT 4. HARRIs'
Fletcher opened with "A double 10 iet
> Kauf tried 10 sacrifice hut Cooper she
,lpur Arii, NJ rhirJ Earcs h.I.. ,