Evening star., 1900-09-27
hANLON AFTER SHET~TZLINE.
Murphy's Signal Bureau Causes
Wordy Battle Between Manaxers.

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WOrdy Battle Between Manaxers
BY hitting the ball for keeps and by sup
porting the superb pitching of Frank Kit
son without an error the Brooklyns made
the Philadelphias look like lot of minor
leaguers at Washington Park, BROOKLYN
yesterday afternoon. Police Captain White
at the request Of President Ebbetts Of the
Brooklyn club, had twenty blue coats on
hand. and they formed Gordon around the
field in front Of the stand
After it was all over Manager Hanlon
OF the Brooklyns cornered Manager shetts.
line OF the Philadelphias up in the grand
stand. Hanlon was just bit excited, and
he said with a sneer:
"Shettsline. why didn't your men hit to-
day? Hey?"
Because Kitson pitched good ball." was
the reply.
1t was because we prevented Morgan
Murphy, your spare catcher, from tipping
on our battery signs. as he has been doing
all the season. retorted the champions
manager.
Murphy is sick. 1 tell you," responded
Shettsline. who was very red in the face.
He is. Is he?" sneered Hanlon. He was
well enough to sit at the eighth window on
the top floor of those fiat houses back of
point and with the aid of powerful glasses
he read our catcher's signsr'
He did not!'
He did. too! Two of our players dis
covered him in the third inning of yester-
days game. and when we changed our sig
mails we could see Murphy straining his
neck to get onto the new ones. Murphy
knows all the signals that catchers use.
When he saw Mcclure sign with his fingers
placed in the mitt close to the ground for a
fast ball he held rolled newspaper YER
tieally on the window sill. Pete Chiles.
whose business 1t is to stand on the coach
Ing line and watch for. these signals from
Murphy, quickly put the batter on with a
catch word. so that the man at the plate
when he got ready to sait'Anew just what
was coming. When Murphy saw the sig
nal for curve ball s}se raised the news
paper Nat across the Wipd9y sill and Chiles
acted accordingly. MqIphy has been doing
delphia. That's all hsyis paid for. He is
back number as a oAtcidr. The glasses
he used are so powerful that he can see q
catcher .er wink his eyes at 80 yards. They
They did not" responded shettsline. TT
DO you deny whatoT have saids' asked
ceeded. '6t II
TT was only two weeks ago that the
methods Of the Philadelphia club on this
line were exposed. Cofeoran Of the Cincin-
natl club dug up the sfound close to third
base on the Philadelphia ground and dis
covered a box. 1t Contained an instru-
ment that was connected by an electric
wire with the room occupied by Murphy
back of the center field fence. Chiles stood
over the box and was tipped off by the
buzzer and he. in turn, tipped the batters
No wonder opposing pitchers We're ham,
mered all over the lot at Philadelphia
while on the road the Phiiadelphias couldn't
hit balloon.
do you call that sportsmanship? Hey?
That's fine way to play ball. isn't 1T?
You couldn't hit today because we stopped
Murphy from going up where he was yes
terday. The Philadelphia club ought to be
censured by the league for such sharp prac-
tice. 1t Is simply case Of marked cards
That's all have to say
ShettsIine stammered some incoherent re-
ply and then. as Hanlon let him go. he
plunged into the office to get his share OF
the gate receipts The opinion OF Colonel