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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 688

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singteam with quite uncanny skill. Catcher Schmidt of Detroit gives signals to hispitchers with his hands, as do most catchers, but This was legitimate signal stealing, just as thecapture and use of the enemys telegraph-line, orthe detection of his wireless message, is a legiti-mate strategy in… … THE CROWD LEAVING THE POLO GROUNDS AT THE CLOSE OF A GAME. he also uses his eyes, particularly when runnersare on bases. This double system gives him achance to signal two things at once, one for hisown team, the other for a possible guesser. Butsometimes the possible guesser outguesses the manwho…

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