The sun., 1916-11-05

from 1898 TO 1896. He resigned at tho
end OF the 1896 season on account Of ILL
ness n went TO his home In baltimore.
where he died on March s. 1897. Don't
confuse Dave Foutx with Dave Fults.
Fultz never managed brooklyn and 10
very much alive.
Dear Tom-tD Who did Hobo Ferris play
s srG base for Il the Am.rie., tsa...
give his batting average. A SPORT.
% Ferris played with Boston Ameri-
cans from 1901 to 1907. and with 81.
Louis Americans in 1908 and 1909. t2)
It takes too much time to go through all
the back records to dig up his averages
His performance doesn't appear in recent
books.
Dear Tom-where is George wilt.e. for
mer Giant pitcher. and what position does
he play. . Il. Il. aud ".
Wil,se Is manager OF the Heading New
York State League team. He pitched
and played FIRST base last season.
Dear Tom-who umpirsd the eams
played on sept. ~. 1910. between the ST.
catharincs and All stars at the Polo
Grpuni. A claims penrie kaur played in
New Haven with the Giants on the abovs
date, while ID claims he umpired the
above game. LARRY MANNING.
Kauf played with Giants agains, New
Haven Colonials on that date.
Dear Tom-Nisitors az bat with two out
In nrst half OF The eighth inning. man on
third base tries TO score on a scratch hit.
a close play follows at home plate, the UNI
plrcs disagreed and no agreement can be
reached. game cannot be continued on nc.
count OF darkness; does not score revert
to the preceding inning so that both teams
WOULD nave hau an equal number OF timpa
at bat? SPECTATOR.
The play should have been called by
umpire behind the plate. and In tho event
Of a dispute his word should have been
final. The a I SEQ II the game
should a been forfeited. . to o. In
favor OF the team willing to abide by
plate umpirc's decision.
~ A bets y that Philadelphia wins "
g1fnes; Philadelphia wins first game. sec.
ond game II called at the end of the NTH
inning on account Of rain. score being
fhilalelphia 0. Boston .. A claims he
wins bet, II claims bet IL a draw. Who Is
right? 90 How many bases are there on
a baseball diamond? 90, who Is faster
runner. Ty Cobb or Johnston Of B~rooklyn7
% 4 wins. Second game was played
on the following morning. resulting In q
victory for Philadelphia. CD There
actually are four. as home plate counts
a. ~ u ID IVY ntNcT ultI vi -
race. so l can. answer you.
Dear Tom-wnl you please answer
Was playing the outfeld for Montreal In
ternationai League Is the same Peoli
k"es rs a catcher when Frank Chance was
the manager? I. q.
lie Is not the same player.
Dear Tom-Plssse inform ma ~ q: 10
possible for n batter to place u hi., and
does he try 10 do 80 each time he comes
to bat. or does he merely swing at tn,
ball and trust to luck FOR II TO fan safely
las co. FAN.
There are times when famous bat
tiers place hits. Perhaps Lajoie placed
n hit AS well as any ball player We aver
had. But In the great majority Of
cases players take their swing and try
to meet the ball on a line. trusting to
luck as you say. that II will! go safe.
] will admit. however. there is some
science in hitting, For instance. oh the
hit and run some players are skilful IN
driving the ball through position va
Gated by man covering second base.
Dear Tom-IIow can a triple play be
mad" unassistea read Of II in THE sun
Of Tuesday. Sept. ~. 1916. WAITING.
Runners on first and second. on hit
and run play. batter lines TO shortstop
over second base. lie catches ball. Tags
second base. retiring runne who had
been OF that bag and then tags runner
who had been on first before lie has n
chance to return 10 first base.
Dear Tom--Kindly INFORM me II any col
ored teams have played with any league.
National or American. In exhibition esmss'
r.. 2.
Teams consisting Of major league
players have played colored players on
barn storm!ng trips The Giants have met
the Lincoln Giants m the Athletics rave
played various colored teams, Major
league teams. playing In Cuba In the
last ten years. have played against
some OF the star colored players on the
Cuban teams. There Is a ban against
playing colored teams this year. how.
ever.
Dear Tom-A bets B that Harry Cove.
leskie. now playing with the Detrotts. 10
the same, CoveleskIe that beat the Giants
out OF a pennant a few years ago. We are
anxious TO know. J. d =. a T.. q II.
II is the same Coveleskie.
Dear rom-W ! would Ike TO know
how many home runs Wheat hit this sea
som ':l Did Brooklyn win any pennan,s
or world series since baseball started!
ca Who won the most world series and
p~ennants? JOSEPH.
% Wheat hit nine home runs. ca
Brooklyn won the championship OF the
American Association In 1859 and the
National League championships In 1890,
1893. 1900 and 1916. Were defeated by
Giants In worlds series OF 1888. six
games TO three. In 1890 Brooklyn
National League champions played
Louisville A. A. team a seven game se-
ries. each team winning three games.
while ono resulted in a tic, (3) Red
Sox won the most world series (four) /:
Chicago the most pennants tten).
Dear Tom--Can a player. after making
a hit ana reaching frsi, be taken out Of
| the game and replaced by another runner
tain" u. J. GLEASON.
Certainly but once he has been sub
stituted for. he canno return to tho
game.
Dear Tom--Beginnins OF eighth inning.
score q to : In home teams favor. visiting
| team scores run on a close decision. In the
/ argument that follows game IL called be-
cause Of darkness without the home team
revert to preceding inning? A. b.
Yes.
Dear Tom-A bets b that the Giants did
no, win twenty-six consecutive sames in
view OF tho fact that the thirteenth game
PLAYED atte, the star. Of the string ca
innings, while they did not lose tho game
they did not win It. and the consecutive
string OF Victories T TnA sTSkt \ xAN1rv
have answered this before. Tic
uames do not interfere with winpin1