Clipping:More questions about force plays

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Date Saturday, June 13, 1863
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[from Answers to Correspondents] 1. A is on the 1st base, and B is the striker. B strikes, runs to the first base and is not put out. A runs to the 2d base, when B strikes, but the ball is held by a player on the 2d base before A reaches it, but A is not touched with the ball. Is A out? 2. C is on the 2d base, under the same circumstances, and runs to the 3d base, the ball being held by a player on this base, as before on the 2d. Is C out? Or must he be touched? 3. A is on the 2d base, whilst the 1st and 3d bases are unoccupied. B strikes the ball far enough to get to the 2d base without being put out, but the ball is held on the 3d base before he reaches it, but he is not touched with it. Is not A out B returns to the 1st base, and he (A) to the 2d?” 1. A is out, as he was forced from his base, the striker not being put out, and in such cases there is no need to touch him. 2. C is not out, as he was not touched. C was not forced from the 2d base, but could have returned to it. 3. A is not out unless touched with the ball, as he could have returned to the 2d, thereby forcing B back to 1st.

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Submitted by Richard Hershberger
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