Evening star., 1916-09-17

| nome after that winning streak.
| A. l. MERRILL.
| In 1912 the Nationals Won sixteer
! straight games on the road, and beat
| the Athletics on the local grounds fol
, the seventeenth straight.
| The next day, Tom Hughes pitching
| had the -Mackmen l to 0 in the ninth
/! two strikes on Baker, when he foul
| tipped; Henry, catching. dropped the
| ball.
| Baker then tied the score by hitting
| over right field wall, and Washington
| lost. to /. in the eleventh inning
when Umpire Egan called player safe
at the plate who really never reached
| there. Henry having him blocked four
feet.
Sporting Editor Star:
. Will you kindly answer in your Sun
day column whether or not Fridays
tie game will count in the batting av-
erageS of the players, and oblige,
Yours very truly.
The tie game, in which no runs were
scored. reverts back to six innings and
everything that happened worthy OF
record goes into the official score, both
| the batting and fielding.
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly publish in next Sundays
the following: fa)What day and month
did Hooper knock the ball over right
field wall at Washington in 1913, also
Murphy of Athletics in 1914 and F.
Baker of New York American in 1916?
(b) Give dates and names of American
League pitchers who pitched no-hit
no-run games in American League dur
ing year of 1915.
(c) II Bakers feat of knocking bal
over right field fence was on Fourth of
1r,1y -1,0 fnh ICn IF
pitched when Hooper knocked ball
over? And oblige. A SUBSCRIBER.
Hooper. May 80. 1913. Washington. o
Boston. 1. Johnson.
Murphy. May 10. 1914. Washington
Shaw.
Baker. July 4. 1916. Washington, 6;
New York. 4. Gallia.
There were no hit1ess games pitched
in the American League last year.
Sporting Editor of Star
]. Where is Smokey Joe Wood, who
was with the Boston Red Sox last sea
son? .. Two strikes on batter. who fouls
next pitch directly to ground: ball
bounces and hits batter. then rolls on
fair ground. What is the ruling on this
play? PARKER.
]. Wood is at his home in PennsyIva-
agree on salary with his club 2. It il
a foul ball, since it hit the batter on foul
ground.
Sporting Editor Of Star:
l. Have read Of the famous Ping
nous? 2. Give particulars Of why Fort
Worth suspended Rankin Johnson?
HUNT.
J. When Bodie first came up to the
| majors he had made notable record as
| home-run hitter in the Pacific Coast
7 md 1a{1 1a1 xha 70
| fence buster of the coast. 2. johnson
| was suspended because he jumped the
| Fort Worth club. going to Arizona tc
| play independent ball.
| Sporting Editor Of Star:
]. A goes to bat as pinch hitter for
! with runner on second and two out: be
| fore ball.is pitched to A runner attempts
| to steal third and is thrown out Can F
| return. to his place in the field or is he out
| Of the game? 2. goes to bat for F
! and hits to shortstop and is safe on error
| opposing team raises point that substitu
| tion was not announced and claims bat
| ter is. out therefore: umpire calls bat
! ter out. Was umpire's decision correct
| DIAZ.
! l. B is out Of the game as soon as A
! is announced to bat for him, even II F
never took his bat off his shoulder
2. The rules provide that the umpire shall
| be notified of substitution Of player anG
| provide fine for captain who fails t.
| notify umpire also fine for umpire who
! fails TO notify spectators. but there is nc
such penalty g calling substitute out
when the team captain or umpire is re-
miss is duty. Umpire wrong SO far as the
rules disclose in calling the substitute
out.
| Sporting Editor of Star:
| Score stands 3 to with home team tc
| bat in ninth; visiting team sends In re.
| lief pitcher. who hits first two men up
| Would 1t be best to take him out or lei
him keep on pitching? HOOK.
Well, how many other pitchers did the
! visiting team have In reserve and was
| there any guarantee that they would dc
| any better? Looks like game was abou,
| to float away anyway, so would let him
stay and take it. unless Walter johnson
/ was on the bench.
| Sporting Editor Star:
In case of batsmen going out by The
! foulipg of the third strike in attempt
| to bunt after two strikes have beer
called. is the pitcher entitled to credi,
| for strike-out? This Is conditional
of course. on the foul ball not being
| caught by catcher or other fielder.
| W. A. B.
The pitcher is credited with a strike.
out and the catcher given a put-out
| Sporting Editor Star:
! Please publish in the sporting sheet
Sunday II the National League teams
| play double headers on their first triI
TO any city. II. KAISER.
| The playing of double headers on the
! first trip is not allowed in either major
| league.
| Sporting Editor Star:
| Kindly give the names of the players
and positions they play of the Detroi,
| American League team in the inQuisi.
| tive fan column of The Sunday Star.
| r. c. J.
| Witt. third base: Bush. shortstop
| Young, second base: Burns. first base
Veach. left field: Cobb. center field
| Crawford. right field: Stanage, Spencer
Baker and Mckee, catchers. Pitchers
| Coreleskie. Boland, Dauss, Dubuc
/ James. Mitchell, Ehmke. Cunningham
] Heiiman. outf1elder. and utility man
| Harper, utility outfielder.
Sporting Editor Star:
| Would you kindly publish the pitch
ers' record of the Rosedale Amateur
League for the season just closed In
your Sunday edition and obligs a true
Tan.
These records are not available.