| Show I SIGNAL AL SNIPING HELPED YN WIN WN VI WAY 4 Y TO WORLD SERIES SAYS SAYS WRITER WHO VHO SAT ON TEA TES BENCH TO GET INSIDE FACTS The third of four articles telling how ow the Brooklyn Robins are winning their way into a world series written by Harold Johnson THE TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S special sport writer who sat on the Brooklyn bench during several days to get the real inside dope on how they are doing it Johnson got into a Brooklyn uniform and disguised as a player eluded the umpires who are under unde strict orders to keep outsiders off the grounds during games EDITOR By HAROLD JOHNSON BROOKLYN N Oct 5 Alls All's Alls All's fair in I war lov low and and baseball I II I never neve realized p though the importance import- import x ance signal stealing played in baseball until Manager Manage Wil Wil- bert Robinson consented con con- tt for me to sit Lii on the bench with his r B Brooklyn 00 k I y n Robins prospective National league champions and principals in the F tx world series In Jack Jacle Coombs 4 Chief Bender and Stuffy McInnis the theold theold thew old Athletics boasted w of three master masterminds masterminds minds in the bla black blackart k kart ii f art of getting the sIgnals signals sig sIg- nals nab of an opposing team Coombs in addition to being one of or the mainstays of the slab staff is the man who calls the turn now for Brooklyn He reads the brain of the enemy pitcher with uncanny accuracy and his findings are Imparted to the theother theother theother other The Dodgers dont don't rely on swiping signals but It helps To the fan its it's a weird mysterious mys code that flashed from Robinson to his athletes in their mad pennant dash You in the stand may ay hear hea a batter batte Shall I put him down and wonder wonder won won- der de what its it's all about In the code this means the batter is asking if he shall aha II attempt to sacrifice hit a runner runne to the next base The order to hit clean as flashed by the Brooklyn boss means the the batter batter I may suit himself He is not duty I bound to sacrifice nor Is he required to play the hit and run In this case as a rule the batter Is hitting g behind a a. poor base runner or Robbie m may y regard him as such a a. heavy wal wal- loper that he will let him choose his own methods Work with him In another order bawled out by Robbie when he wants the hit and run play made In this case the batter Is duty bound to wallop wallop wallop wal wal- lop the ball baIl and protect the runner who has st started for the next bag the In Instant Instant Instant In- In stant the ball baIl Is pitched As the battle progressed I heard athletes about me on tho bench muttering muttering muttering mut mut- Inside or Outside Thus they render their own decisions on a straight one from th their their r position o on the bench many feet teet removed from either side of the plate Just as easily as they can always tell when a a. pitcher uses the spit ballAnd ball And Aird they're a a. critical bunch Faulty form displayed for the fraction of a second by any player on the field an awkward motion nn an Incorrect position post post- tion when taking a ball or putting it J L t t f c i ar I I balls and strikes designating whether I they're too close chose or too far away I They're an eagle eyed bunch these Robins They can tell a curve from II I II 4 1 a i T 1 S 11 on a a. runner will be detected In the I twinkling of or an eye by these all an seeing Inmates of ot the dugout One of the unwritten laws of the bench is strict adherence to truth Often batters who have been called out on strikes and ane who in turn have created a scene by arguing with the umpire have retired to bench and admitted to teammates teammates team team- ma mates es that the ball was a darby waist high and over the middle By the same token these Robins may be heard confessing to one an another another another an- an other that they missed plays on runners runners run run- ners mere after atter they had threatened to manhandle an umpire for some alleged mistake In judgment You Tou can never diagnose the Inner side of at a ball player For Instance the batter who strikes out returns to the bench fussing and beefing that the pitcher hasn't a thing except his glove and a a. prayer On the other hand let the average batter get a hi hit off the same pitcher and hell he'll say the pitcher has everything In irs the world Hes sure got a a. hop on his fast one today Gosh I dont don't know how I ever saw it iU usually Is his comment Another story telling of the Brooklyn Robins in their rush for fo forthe forthe the pennant will appear in THE TELEGRAM tomorrow I 1 Ic Coomb 1 c O t |
