Clipping:Signals between the shortstop and catcher; who covers second?

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Date	Saturday, February 1, 1873
Text	[The shortstop] should also be able to understand signals from the catcher, in order that the latter player, in throwing to second base, should be posted as to which man to throw to—second baseman or short-stop. Thus, for instance, if a player be on first base, ready to run to second, and he should see the second baseman ready to receive a ball, he will hesitate to run; but should he see the baseman standing at “right short,” leaving the second base apparently unprotected, he will run the risk of attempting to make the base. In this case the short-field should be able to signal the catcher that he is ready for the point, and at the same time that the catcher prepares to throw the ball to the base the short-stop should be there to receive it, the latter starting to run from short to second just as the base-runner starts to run from first to second.
Source	New York Clipper
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Submitted by	Richard Hershberger
Origin	Initial Hershberger Clippings

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