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Show .-,,,. t STEALING SIGNALS 5 t (letting wise to another club's J signals often is the result of an t accident. For instance, the Xew J t York Giants had a system of sig- i J nals tliRt depended on figures on J ' the score hoard. We will say t i that if certain score-board fig- J ' ures were "even," then a finger t sign meant to do this or that. If ' J the figures on the score board ' i were "odd," then the finger sign J might mean Just the contrary. It ' all depended; John McGraw t watched the score board and ' wiggled his fingers accordingly, t , In a certain game between the J ' hints and Braves. Fred Mitchell t t was coacliing on the lines, a cer- J ' tain phiy was signaled for by t McGraw and Fred Toney balled ' J it up. Two New York players ' met within Mitchell's hearing at i J third base and one said to the J oilier: i t "Toney spilled the beans be- J ' cause he can't read the score , hoard; hell, he don't know odd J ' from even." t , "And so," figured Mr. Mitchell, , ' "Hint's the system. We shall n ( work this out. If the figures are J J odd it's so and so and if even so t t and so." ' J And the rest, basing calcula- ' t tions on plays attempted or , made, was easy. ' - i |