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" Cob, for First Time in Ten Years. Fails to Gain Leading Batting Humv in AmeHnL League Pnnan
Questions ca, Answers
By TOM MAC L

NhNu INV bTOOklyn anu CluCluuntI CluUs
were members Of the old American Assoc.
enc sunday afternoon, . game b.tw.s.
nrst inning totsiisd IL. but my rscolisction
= not clear a. 70 whether Brooklyn or
r,fnS,nnsti had the grsstsr numSsr a
In 1889 Brooklyn beat Cincinnati 20
TO . and In 1880 81 to 8. but I have no
record to show how many rum in either
game were made In the frst inning.
IS cind.r or dirt running t,c.s in The
yale Bowl. j, Z. kIRkMAS.
No track in Yale Bowl.
Dear Toni would like TO know II Jack
Johnson and 0unboat Smith ever fought. II
they did. when and where!
Never fought.
Dear Toni an anxious TO know The sal.
1t Is said to be $4,000. but he must
hnish third or better to get full amount.
Dear Tom-Man on hrst. second and third.
with one out. Batter hits an infeld ~.
which 10 dropped BY pitcher. Man on third
score: score c s%@ S'i ss, r s:ss.s ar: "o s.: ,.na. = S ins.1s
batter 10 out. Who 10 ~correctr
ALICE FERGUSON.
This 10 q tickiish situation. as both
big leagues have a different interpreta-
ton Of his rule. In both leagues the
batter 10 out on the inheld ny rule. The
National League would allow the run. as
players are permitted to advance on their
M risk. Under the American League
rules runner would be sent back to third
base.
Dear Tom-was Pudge Hen~innger Of
Iai:'s coaching stan . ue.t player n his
I should cay he was. It will be many
. day before another Fudge will be seen
on a college gridiron.
Dear Tom-Did Home Run Baker ever play
semi.peo bsebsl in this city, II 90, when
BILLY AND JOHNNY.
Baker played against semi-pro teams
in Greater New York several times. In
1911. 1912. 1919 and 1914 he played with
Bakers All stars and a team OF Ath-
letics In post season games at Lenox
Oval. Olympic Field and in Recreation
Park. Long Island City.
Dear ~Tom-Kindly explain an lnaeid hit
HENRY CROwEE.
An inneld hit In scored on any play
where player reaches base on a ball that
does not leave the diamond and no error
IL charged-bunts. slow bounders. hite
to infelders which are beaten out and
balls hit too hard for infelders TO handle
cleanly.
! Dear Tom How often vas Leach Cross
LESLIE TELLER
BY frankie Madden in I round. by
Jack Doyle in 9 rounds. by Dick Hyiand
In II rounds and by Milburn Sa,lor in
s round
Dear Tom Do any OF the bis colleges or
universities sive scholarship TO high school
athletes. lSQtIsITIVE
No COLLEGES or universities In the Fast
give scholarships to high school athletes.
However. the alumni associations OF
most Eastern colleges have adopted a
scouting System. and whenever a high
school lad IL found whose athletic abil-
ity might help the institution these as
sociations represent; the alumni scouts
find some kline OF position in the college
for such students SO that tue athlete
NAV pay his way through college. The
system OF prosslytizns Is gIsdualiN los
ing It's hold In all colleges. Brown. Dart
mouth. Colgate and Syracuse have Or
CARNATIONS thai: help the students in
need,
Dear Tom-u, what are the Official weights
IN the different classes IN America 90 what
are the weights In other countr1esf az Nv
whose authority are these weights set
% There are no oficiai weights in
boxing In America for the reason tina
there has never been an organization in
this country with authority to make ~
enforce weights. The weights at which
title bouts have been contested nave been
set by the champions. who have siAdii-
ated the poundage according to their
own requirements. go The weights in
other countries where boxing fourishes
are uniform. as follows: F1yweight, ne
bantam. IFS. feather. l26 light. 1875
middle, l60. light heavy. l75. 90
These weights We're set in England by
the National Sporting Club OF London,
the accepted authority In boxing matters
In Great Britain by the French FEEDER
alton OF Boxing in France n by the
Australian Boxing Association in Aus
tralia.
Dear Tom When George Bonhat set The
former outdoor record for hye miles, N what
meet did he compete and who were some OF
his opponen's' what wss III. y"srt
AN ATHLETE
Metropolitan championships at Travers
Isla nd. September 10. 1910. Bill Kramer
Fred Beilars. John DAILY. Tom Collins
and Joe Malone were some Of the cracks
who had to take Bonhag's dust that day
Desr Tom Recently had an argument VIII
n friend reg arding the ability OF several Ma
..l.a n.ans XAlN mud . AAreAO IN ~