Show SIG SIGNALS ALS T TL L LAND O B BALL LL G GAMES SOnIC Some SOI IC Information Regarding the Methods Iet hods of Players Pl in iii Big lg Leagues Ic NEW WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY Not a 1 Word ord Passes r l cs Hut But Pl Know Just JU l What is k Coming and They Thc Obey O Ob ObI 1 IS 8 n 11 peculiar fact fuel that tho the average IT I baseball enthusiast that Ito tha national name gains Is a n simple one and yet It Is ono of the tho deepest of gnome game known to American sports How Itow often It II Is heard beard at jut tho the local hall park especially on Oil the Iho bleachers that thu game Is so easy that there thoro Is lit not much to It aini that children could play It tt childs play plo pla III In other They riley say on Oh tony allY ono one could play pin it II If It Aye theres thoros tho the rub If It if th this the y could only scoop up 1111 some of ot those dif difficult difficult and amud burning grounders If li thy they could only hit hll those mysteriously curved balls Not Nol many mail funs tills really know that ev ov every 0 cry ery professional team has hns n a code codo of signals signals that hut cause victory victor and allot sometimes defeat rho Tho catcher gives the pitcher n II sIgnal tolling him what kind of a 11 curve cure to throw The Tue gives the tho bno runner a n signal to go 0 clown down when the tint ball leaves the tho hand and at ott tho Iho lamo uno I 1 gives fives this the battet a n signal to lilt hit the tho ball bAli no muo matter where It conIes comes On this Interesting subject tha Iho th lbs lios ton Post hns tho 1110 following article Few baseball cranks evor eor attempt to 10 follow tollow a to gorilla game ns nil It looks from rout tho the managers viewpoint cranks will that from tho the start of ot the tho game until the bc last man mon Is lii retired both bOlh teams arc are working under an on 1010 of signals und lad few fans fails Indeed over ever vol no notice nolice nolice lice tice the tho shifting one ono foot to another und and think that It menus means any anything thing Tho pome shift of ot tho lie toot root often moans victory It culls calls for a it 1 bunt or a 11 steal or for Cor the tho lie hit blIt and run game Raine At the tenth south end onti Fred Tenney can call nl al ways bo ho seen scon on omu the lie coaching line lino with his hla hand on Oil either knee The Tho think it Is III his hits natural position and anil perhaps not hot live In every ter hundred who watch him consider that hand resting on his bis right knee calls rolls for the Iho theman theman man on ott first to steal second on time tint lint bull ball pitched or If tt his hand In on oil bin hili huh left knee for the Iho man mall to 10 steal on Oil time tho second lIall pitched The rIme opposing pitcher may ma know that Tonne Tenney has lotus sig signalled lg I naIled for n II steal He lie 11 hoes docH not flot know the lie signal hut but the lue runners actions hue niia given glen him his hits cue cut It IH Is to tu watch the tue pitcher Watch closely his nun auto mind and you ou will see soo lilt bin loft left hand slap KIRI his head or his hue left heft foot placed In front of hll tight right It perhaps mean maCall anything nn to 10 you but to every player on oil hl his leam H It means meana that lout the tha next to tn the th bUt Is Ii I to bo hoe watt ed that Is III the tite pitcher u II going to IC throw it II high and wide so that limit tho catcher may null the tho hoe man going down downto to second Often nt tOt either BOlton ball par Pan you eel soi the batsman bateman swinging at lit o it I wide wIlle wIllel boll l It N is ho luo U Ii I under orders he be has hili det the pitcher trying to 10 wante onte the th ball He lie nil at atthe the huh ball not nol for the purpose of or hitting It but hUI to block this the catcher monO and delay tae t ie throw do flown n to Many Mull Am times during the lie MaRon you ou will see pee the getting ready to In tot toC C t tell p to 10 the hoe uI t with his hlA Ill to thumb thIn tub ox ex extended tended ns as o ho grips the hoe I bat t It If you look you Oll can see lire eo tho lie baie hIllis watching the tho bailors thumb tho thit Imio runner sec sees It II the this batsman grabs rub bu hll hint bot In Ill the tho ordinary ord a 1 way Somo hind of ot a it play lla 1111 Is III on 01 Tho The extended thumb moans either lither that till the lie batter bolter Is hit doing coln to bunt buIlt Is lit going to 10 hit lilt tho time see sec second ee ond onil ball pitched or 01 he IoU U is I going to try Ir Irto to place the thi ball down the lie base be line or ortho ortho orthis tho this outfield limit ban always A been considered the game of or If signals II 1111 III s and to Itt the th vast ost majority of nf Its admirers looks like u n straight game gauno Ime In iii time the league fugue match malch titers there are just JoIst as nit many as nR In lii a 01 1 football caine between Harvard ll and Yale Timers Thole In Is ho u it 1 hit big In lii tIme tho working of tho thoo signals In football om tuiS of the hue players calls out omit 11 IL series of ot apparently meaningless m numbers In 11 baseball n ut shift from one foot to tho the other oilier tIme the manager nit lit silting nitting ting with one leg teg across the thu other oIlIer nth l lor or lois his right In III his hlA t or the time kneeling lug ts lb I It n hun nfl on nil otis one leg I elf takes tako thin the place nova of tho the numbers called out by ly a ii I college |