The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-29

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IRE Wonders q Sianal Stealing.
The lengths t0 which clubs Rfu =
is arure -he signals of the opuosiu
ANS astounding Is those uc
familiar with the same To ca-c.
signal Iaeaimafe.F ty observation
ar erieh th.ukiuz. is uar. af tht
sport
Marshall cf Dre1Rlvn Kane
/ Ch as1. DooHn 81 PHILADELPHIA ar
/ nast masters OF tte 8.r ot seeir
/ whar no opposing harsmen as rs
ns to Io before ,he effort is mad,
/ In one game thi, Tear Manage
! Griffith of the Cincinnati club sal
~ was forced 10 change signals Sis
times. because PAT Moran ol Cd
| Chicago team KEEP detec ling the 81
aes But efforts have been mad.
in ME past rs steal signals by ITS
most hrazen trlckery and unsport
maulike methods
PEI haps The worst case Of this sor
ever revealed was thar OF an Oh
| Philadelphia club of the Nations
league Here was the greatest a.
1regati0n 81 hatters ever assemble.
on one team. but net satisfied wiz
heir natural hitting ability the
wanted 10 know in advance wha
Kind Cf BAH the pitcher was going
-or-e So rs 20 increase their hitfins
One OF the cleverest men az inter
lreting signals who ever played In
baseball game formulated The plan
Staiioning a confederate in fhe clul
honse IN center field. he had hin
armed with a powerful pair Of fiel
glasses with which 20 watch The
hands OF the catchers. Ar first M
confederate signalel battcrs by rails
ing one arm for q fast blll. fhe oti
rr for a curve, then when the Oh
ponents grew suspicious he worke
lom behind a blind and gave Oh.
signal by raising or lowering a
lwnIng II the awning was RAISED
4 few inches and held i'm that position
A fast ball was coming and If il wa.
raised ana then dropped the sigma
Aas for a curve
Il is remarkable how quickly q
catcher suspects that the opposing
cam has his signals After TWO meI
have batted he begins looking i'm an
directions 20 see who IS tipping On
BITS signs and sta.s changing them
The awning worked We'll until 70
vas discovered. ami then The catcher
and his associates invented some
hing new In baseball. They put
Electric wires underground connect
.ng the club house with the coach.
ers box al third base. and buried a
small wooden box under the ground
he box containing a "buZzer.' a
certain noisy Ohstreperous player
was Stationed al third base with one
DOT on the box containing the "buz-
zer' and as the signal was sounded
The player stationed over the "buz
.er' could feel the tapping under his
oct ana by calling In a secret word
code he warned the batter what the
pitcher was going to pitct.
Not a regular PLAYER Ca. the Phi.
'delphia team battcd under 300 per
'ent while the "buz4.r-- r-As i'm oper
uiln. and several of III pitchei
md catchers were among the lead
ne hauers Of the National Tea .np
opposing teams krew ilst IA some
way the Fhiladoiphians were getting
ne signals, but how they could not
liscoyer until one Ma. The Cincinnati
club was playing on the PhiladolBhia
grounds Every man ON The Cincin.
1ati team was watching 10 see where
Ae signals were coming from and
they saw that one player was sta
ioncd near third base no matter how
Re moved always kept one foot In
The same position In the middle OF
the game. one of the Cincinnati team
wan lering apparently annlcsslv -
ward third base. maze sudden dash
pushed the guilty Phiadelphian on
0f jhe coachers' box and dug up tn,
device which was winning games fol
| Philadelphia The discover. created
big sensation in baseball and ar0us
cd a vigorous protest against sucl
| msportsmanlike methods But in
| stead of stopping. HE philadclphi;
club moved the buzzor to their bench
| and continued using it until stoppe,
Ly league action
Nc; satisfied with having that muct
advantage on the home grounds In,
! man who planned the thing FOLLOWED
his team around the country rentnl
windows overlooking the grounds ia
elCA city and Wigwagging SIGNALS {,
he battets He was caught O
| Brooklyn by some y. the Brooklyn
| players and lronnced, and after tha
The method Of sp3ing gradually wa
abandoned Pittsburg. however. triet
tbe same thing year later. using al
insenius device, a semiphore ar
rangement fastened to the cenle