The sun., 1916-11-05

Questions c.. Answers
BY TOM MAC NULTY

Dear Tom-The Desnon Grays Of Long
island City and the Farmers of Glendale
the nrst and the second was played at
Glendale later on, With the score 10 TO
! N favor Of the DeGnons the Farmers 80
put over three runs and have only two out
ming. The Degnon Grays fail TO publish
pearsd in Mondays morning SUN. with
score 10 to !. emitting all mention Of runs
scored by the Farmers In the eighth. We
their half Of the eighth the Farmers
are entitled to credit for all runs scored In
the last half, and that score should appear
Sas Incomplete: We also contend that ali
hits and runs. Ac.. scored In this half ma
be included In our batting verases.
You are correct. Farmers were en-
titled TO the four runs. and all hits. runs.
&C.. belong In the averages.
Dear Tomas team plays rs team. AS
team up first. In the eighth inning As
team 10 ahead with a score Of IL to 10.
After the eighth and as BIS team was get
tins up As team called the game on nc-
enc out. w. ".
Team never can call n game on ac-
count OF darkness. That is entirely up
to h umpire.
Dear T~om-There were two strikes
on . batter when the pitcher threw a drop
ball which struck the plate. The batter.
who though, the ball was good. struck
rolled away from the catcher. dropped his
bat and ran fer hrst. The umpire called
II q ball. but as the catcher did not hear
his decision he threw the ball Wild to nrst
IN an attempt 10 get his man. What II your
decision? J. 0. +.
I believe umpire was thoroughly justi-
fled in calling 1t a ball.
boa Tom-uD THE SUN claims the
Giants won twen'y.six. straight sames.
Q tie rant does not count In consecutive
wins. II so. how IL II hat zack Wheat
broke his hit a game record In The tie
Monday. and ! believ. he 90; two hits. t2J
Did Pitcher Malls OF brooklyn. play with
them last year. FRED WESTON.
% In a tie game no decision is
reached. and In the standing Of the
clubs II Is h same as though no game
WAS played. However. whenever n tie
game runs over the legal five innings,
hits. runs. errors. &c. all 10 Into the
oficial records. as a legal game actually
Is played. cd Mails first Joined the
Dodgers in the West in midsummer.
1915.
Dear Tom-t) Was there ever = team.
and which team was Il. that won every
game they played. and when were they
games straight? I AMI G. c.
90 The original Cincinnati Reds. an
Independent team. won all Of their games
during the year 1863 and were not
stopped until June ~. 1870. when they
Lost to the Atlantics of Brooklyn. All
told they won ~ straight games. They
were not league games. however. CD
In regularly organised leagues the
Corslcana team OF Texas League holds
the record with go straight victories in
1902. The Giants, with their recent rec
ord OF &c straight, hold the major league
record.
Dear Tom-In the second eams be-
tween st. Louis and Washington on Angus,
3 A be-. II that there wers two GU, in
the ninth when Foster got the only hit
none out. Who winsf rrfTASY.
Our account of the game does not
tell how many were out In the ninth in
when Foster made the lone hit on
Plank. Williams had walked and stolen
second before Foster doubled.
Dear Tom--ti) Two snen out: on. man
on second. batter hits the bali for two
bases. Man on second reaches home safely
without any play being made for him. But
a. he rounded third he made . big sweep
outside Of the base line. A says he IN ou..
u says he Ia safe. who's right 90 Rat
ter has two strikes and three balls on him.
fourth ball was pitched batter runs toward
mrs, as pitcher wi.'s UP. Does batter &c,
. base on balls. or II he out for leaving this
V. AND o. u. II. C.
"a II nc play was made on him ne
Ia safe. Umpire does not call ''ou." AT
any base unless his attention is called
to runners failure to touch base by side
In held. t2) I asked President Tener al
the National League about this play. He
said II n man deliberately left hts box
before the ball was pitched his umpires
would call h batter out for trying 10
confuse the pitcher. However. should
the batsman see pitch YOU he bad he
fore ball was up to him and started for
hrst he would be awarded his base on
balls.
Dear Tom-Il. Where Is Ebb.,s Fled
sttuatedf tG Where do Vim Campbell.
scheer. Gilbert and whitehouss play'
I) Ebbets Field In surrounded By
Bedford avenue. sullivan street. Cedar
street and Montgomery street. ca
scheer WAS somewhere In h American
Association last season. One White.
house was with New London in Eastern
League and the other at Terre Haute.
Campbell has retired.
Dear rom-N) 10 a player gu, ~ after
three strikes he walks out OF the base line
ana seein~ that the catcher has dropped
the bal! h. runs to n,;, base before tn:
p.sysr out on the same Play y he Ell, on
In the National League no man Is re-
tired until actually thrown out, though
Secretary Heydler says some umpirea
would use their own Judgment in calling
man out should no sit on the bench.
Dear Tom-Bat,er gets base on balls
Before runner reaches nrst next battel
batter out Was ss light, MFR II such CHI !. ,hs
case was n",o h. ,,yh,, in oS S"l,,ns batter Uu'
even noticed this 'infraction OF the rules
Let mo also add that pitcher wa. holding
ball all the time. CUBAN.
Secretary Heydler OF National League
says ne could see no reason why batter
was called out. What was the 'infrac-
ton Of the rules?
Dear Tom-Man after hitting bail 10 SAT,
a. second base. Next batter IL up. TIL
nett ball thrown TO the catcher Is a striks
The catcher eventually returns the ball I,
the pitcher, but in doinv so he throws low
the ball bounding away from the pitcher
Man on second. however. has a good ieat
on base and starts for third. ON the Wa,
to third base he notices that the ball strucl
the umpire. The pitcher RECEIVERS the bal
In time to get the man at third base; bu'
the man that ran from second to thirt
claims the ball should bs declared Q deaC
ball and runner can 70 back to second.
MICKEY WALSH.
Ball was In play according to sectioI
7. rule 81 and pitcher had the privileg,