Show EVERY LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS A MEANING OF ITS OWN Camouflage Plays Important PartIn Part PartIn In Baseballs Baseball's Quarter Backing r r 4 i t Q 1 i TAKE BUNT lIlT AND RUN S S S cull I 4 f 41 I SINGLE STEAL SQUEEZE Clever Sign Stealers Keep Coaches on Toes By Associated Press Few fans realize that almost every baseball play is ordered by signal You dont don't hear or see any quarterbacks barking numbers but they are there with signals care- care futty camouflaged or hidden Once the signal is given it is up to the player to come through with th such a sparkling individual exploit as a screaming triple or a daring base jase steal But in almost every case the athlete has had his or or- ders Various Posts S Joe McCarthy of ot the Yankees gives his signals from the bench and they are relayed to the players players players play play- ers through Third Base Coach Art Fl Fletcher Casey Stengel of the Boston Bees operates fr from m the third base coaching coaching coaching coach coach- ing box and Bucky Harris of Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington from the first base box These coaches signal batters whether to take the next pitch meaning to let it pass without attempting attempting attempting at- at at at- tempting to wallop it to hit or to bunt They also signal base runners I when to go down When a batter has been given the hit sign he flashes the run hit-and-run signal to the base runner Catchers signal for tor whatever type pitches they want the hurler to throw They signal infielders when they plan to try to nab a runner off base Infielders and outfielders are often orten signaled to move left or right forward or backward Bucky Harris above illustrates some of the signals he uses For instance he touches his cap giving ing the batter the take Stake sign But that touching of the cap is just one one of several motions he makes Mixes EmHe Em EmHe EmHe He may rub his hands across his trouser leg hitch up his belt with the same hand touch his cap slide his hand down his uniform and slap his rear trouser pocket There are five different actions any anyone one of which the opposition might figure figure figure fig fig- ure to be a signal But Buckys Bucky's players know that the third signal is the one to watch and that the others are waste motions motions mo mo- motions solely to confuse rivals To guard against opponents solvIng solvIng solving ing that system Harris and other managers use different signs for different players The take sign for the first hitter might be the second hitters hitter's hit sign and the third hitters hitter's bunt signal I |