The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-07

wnv, had my doubts whether the Atn-
! letics actually did this or whether ION
! ME Mack let the other felio"s tntnS
they did so that they would spend moro
time and energy worrying about tho
sign stealing than the ball game when
playing his club.
To be sure. on different OCCASIONS ~.
past years. there have been rumollnss
| Of sign stealing. Stallings was ~
cused Of It when he had charge OF me
| Yankees in New York-the claim he
ing that he had q keen sighted man
with field glasses posted In an apart
ment house directly across the strees
! where he could look over the fence anu
However. It was later found tnat
man who lived in the house hnd tuper
culosis and used TO attend the oali
game on fine days. His Wlfe Wouto
signal him when TO take ms In ,inninc
from the window-so the slenal 'ipp'"e
bureau story blew up.
Then to go back further. the, Phila-
delphia club, years. ago, was the pro
prietor OF a buzzcr system unoer tno
third base coaching boN-the whole pc
ing about as complete and satisfactory
as tho German spy system.
But II discovery Of signs by artlr-
cial mea has no place In modern
baseball. Few managers would lake
chance on tipping n batter TO the SIG
nails IL his coachcr were picking them
up-or thought he was.
don't believe the report that the
Philies have put Chlef bSnuer
charge of q wireless bureau with head
Quarters In center field ut BandboN
park. In the first place, Fat Moran ls
as SQUARE q man as know IN DIE
league baseball. and big league baseball
is full OF square ones. re "ouIq .
Is TOO smart 10 risk valuable ball play
crs to the vagaries Of signal tipping
bureau. As / have said before pre-,
pairing to hit n certain kind or a pail
up at that plate. after being tipped OIL
should DO rated as one Of the very haz-
orSo1Is professions and Il bad risk for
any life insurance company.
However. no loud denial has been
heard from Pat. His attitude prob
ably Is that they can think SO II they
want 10. The more worrying his onpo-
nents do about Eisnan tPnd1ng g, ing S. issr
chance the Phillics have TO win. l
Wouldn't be surprised If he had Bender
disappear mysteriously OCCASIONALLY
but ns for him distributing information
no.
Now the Reds have come east with
| the pitching staff in good shape, hno
with the club singing the ball. Gron,
! Seale. Chase. Rnusch and the rest are
all batting consistently ana ms ",ns
1
| other favorable sign in our team -
Thai thew don't admit they are lickeo
until the ball game Is over. You WIN
notice, if you have followed the ooN
| scores nj nil, that We have come from
! bchInd in several games lately-a very
! eonI sign In others. where the pitch-
or has not been right. We have STOOD
| n. 10 too and cGtslugged our oppo-
! ncnts We won the afternoon game on
! the Fourth Of July in Chicago by IL TO
| 10 We expect TO surprise some of the
fasteners.
| Inst after We: got already TO put Ho-
ms Wagner right In the managers job
/ i'm Pittsburgh, according 10 our last ar
ticIc. Barney Dreyfuss crossed US and
! Amounted d stranger, Bezdck. formerly
/ a scout, 10 head tho club. still. l un-
: dcrstand that Honus may yet become
! The permanent lcadcr-at least MT.
/ Drcvfuss and tho fans of Pittsburgh
I nrc eager enough in have him II ne VII
accept. And ! still maintain he. would
! mako p good ono. HonuS Will ha"o 10
20 in 10 square MS.
The Giants have at last measured
! Colby Jack Coombs for a defeat. John
NM IN almost AS stubborn resistance
as the kaiscr. It's Williams turn next
II cost John McCiraw $500 TO punch
! Ryrou. while 1t only cost Babe Ruth
slnn To take one nj Owens.
For bargain rates In punching UNI
piros 70 10 the American lengue.-Adv.
downright. 1917. by the Bell Syndl-
cate, lnc)