Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1917 — KNEW REDS’ SIGNALS [ARTICLE]

KNEW REDS’ SIGNALS

[ “I have often, wondered,” says I ' Syd. Smith, manager of the j [ Shreveport team, “if the seven i • other big league clubs were wise ] [ to the Cincinnati Reds’ signals i [ last summer? If so, it would ac- , i count for the sad showing. Now < * that a year has passed, I’ll tell , ' you something; We knew every < ‘ signal that Herzog and his catch- , ers had during the exhibition 1 games last spring, and that’s the ( real reason for our beating you ] folks so thoroughly. Those signs < could be read by a respectable * i old. lady with spectacles on. they ( ' were so open, so easy to discov- < i er. And if a little minor league ( | club could catch your signals $ > that way, wouldn’t the major ( J leaguers, with their shrewd bld $ ) generals, do it much more eas- < i tiy ?” f <