The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-02
NEW YORK CLUB
HAS A SCANDAL
Had q Mar in Centerfield Disclos.
ing Signals of Detroit
catcher.

! Boston, Oct. 2.-Scandal of SER
f-~ lst''ro threatens the American
league In the closing days of the sea
-. ...- ....4ss,-C sensation since the or
ganfzarion OF the league has been un'
earthed in New York, and the outcome
. of It is hard TO predict, but 1t is GER
, tainty that some of the officials OF the
! HlghLanders will have to be dropped.
and perhaps the franchise taken away
from the present owners OF the club.
The trick OF disclosing the signs of
10 opp'sing batteries and giving them
to the New York batters, which was
discovered by Trainer Tuthill OF the
Detroit team last week, solves the
mystery that has been puzzling the
other managers of the league for some
time. The squirt that the New York
team has taken OF late has been so
noticeable that 1t had caused much
comment among the visiting players,
but now II is clear, and many In
stances are related to substantiate
the charges by players. who suspected
wrong things of the New York team.
A man was stationed behind a fence
In center field with pair Of field
glasses that We're pushed through a
hole In the fence and he gave the sig
nal 10 the New York batter whether
the opposing pitcher was to deliver a
straight or curve ball. No effort
was made by the batter to hit curve,
but when he got the signal by means
OF red or black disk that was turned
that straight fast ball was TO be
pitched he set self for the ball and
hit II So th7t ''' almost every case II
meant base hit
This I1Sn was n paid employe OF the
club and had been doing the work for
several months. He is a former pitch
OF of the National league, but his
name has not yet been made known.
Trainer Tuthin and Manager jennings
have refused to talk about the scan
dial, but the story has leaked out
through the Detroit players. and has
been printed In Detroit and Washing
ton papers.
New York napers were induced tn
ignore the affair and nothing was
printed there until the papers outside
of that city published the story Tho
uncovering OF the treachery came as
direct result OF the deposing OF Joe
CanJillon as manager OF the Washing
ton team last week. Cantlllon has
suspected something wrong In New
York for some weeks and set about to
solve the mysterious manner the signs
were being given, When the Detroit
team left here last week Cantillon
told Manager Jennings there was
some method pursued in New York,
tipping of the signs OF the opposing
battery, and Trainer Tuthill was de
tailed 10 look for some such a con-
trlvance as was discovered Manager
StallingS is blamed by the baseball
men for the trick, but there Is suSpic-
ion that Owner Frank Farrell was cog
infant OF the facts also
When the Tigers reached New York
Jennings decided to do little scout
Ing, and detailed Harry Tuthill. train.
er OF the Tigers, and an old New York
er. to hnd The place where the man
was hidden, Tuthill after the game
was started. went outside the park
and found II IS said, little coop"
back of the center field fence I'm
which was seated man with power
ful pair Of field glasses. watching the
signs OF tho Detroit catcher and IndI-
eating them TO the New York batters
by The movement OF d paddle Tuthill
lost no time In raidiug the coop"
the man and taking his
glasses away from him and reporting
10 tho Tiger leader. delivering to him
The fruits of his expedition, II Is said