The Washington times., 1913-01-19
JOE BOEHL|NG NOT
TO GO TO ATLANTA
CLUB NEXT SEASON
Billy Smith Decides He Doesn't
Want Young Southpaw
Pitcher From Richmond.
BUCK BECKER WILL
BE DEPENDED UPON
"Tiny' Vaughn, Mastodonic
Southside Finger, Is Lost
and Carr Sends Detectives.
By SENATOR"

By SENATOR"
Manager Griffith will not send Joe
Boehling to Atlanta, even IL the Ricn-
mond southpaw fails to show the goods
with the Climbers this spring Some
other town will watch the smiling Jo-
seph perform. Billy Smith. the Atlanta
manager, has decided not to take
Boehling, but to stick to Buck Becker.
who completed the 1912 season with
considerable success in the Georgia
metropolis.
Smith has Becker and Price to do the
eouthside f1inging for his club. Price
performed less than one inning with
the Climbers last year under the name
of ScAegg before going to the bushes
whence he had arisen for that breath
ing spell. He looked pretty good to
the Atlanta fans when he struck that
town and he and Becker will be team
mates again next summer.
Boehling has an excellent opportunity
with the Climbers. He is the only left
handler in the whole bunch CT twiriers.
BY gaining some degree of control and
fastening anchors upon his heels, the
Richmond smiler might manage 10
cling to the big ship long enough to
acquire some skill. But il he per-
sists in whacking every batsman IN
the feet with his hooks it'll be good
night for joe but not to Atlanta. Billy
Smith says he doesn't want him.
Where Is "Tiny7"
Where is Tiny Vaughn, the mas
todonic southpaw, who cavorted on the
local pasture for a while last summer?
Charlie Carr. his manager in Kansas
City, is worried about the big fellow
and has sent out detectives and other
sieuths to find the twirler. The last
heard OF Vaughn, he was here In the
Capital. That was about four weeks
ago. Nothing has been heard or seen
of him since.
Carr has tried to locate him in his
old home in Fort Worth. Tex, but down
there nothing has been heard OF him.
Vaughn pitched pretty good ball in
Kansas City last season and is looked
upon TO be one of the regulars next
summer.
Red Walker, sent to Kansas City
with Vaughn in exchange for Melvin
GaIlia, is having a great winter in
southern California He is playing
with one of those independent teams
and plunking the pill as he was pre-
dicted to do, but never did. in the big
s show drives Hsy bos osy The but ad.5 Ws
wall and he is hot favorite with the
fans.
Calvo Makes Good.
Manager Griffith has progressed far
enough now with his Ollendorff course
10 be able to read the names of the
Havana papers that come to him filled
with Spanish praises of Jacinto de CAL
vo. He is yet to discover what it's all
about. but says he has hopes of get
ting that far by the time the next
worlds series is being played.
Anyway, young Calvo is playing a
cracking good game in center field with
the Almendares. perhaps the strongest
of the Cuban teams. He is hitting in
fifth position. just behind the clean
up man. and getting his two or more
bingies every day. The lad is the most
promising Cuban player ON the island
and Manager Griffith will not lose him
from his sight once they get together
at Charlottesville.
The National Commission has decided
that players coming to the major
leagues. for second or third trials may
be released to the minors without the !
obligatory trials at first supposed. For
these players the forty-five days con-
tract does not apply, either. Under
this decision Tommy Long has been |
sent to Atlanta. However, youngsters |
drafted from the bushes for their first
trials in the big show must be given |
the forty-ive days contract and be |
given a complete trial in the spring.
In This League.
Hank oDay, offered his old Job as |
indicator man in the National League.
may decline TO face the music in hat /
circuit next summer and sign to umpire |
for Ban johnson. However, right now
O'Day is considering the purchase of a |
minor league club and will not make his |
final decision until next month. II |
wouldn't be surprising then II he comes |
to the American League. Here's the
FIRST bet that Grif is benched before the !
first inning when Hank begins officiat-
ing In his first game for the Climbers.
Joe Tinker 10 still wondering how he /
lost Roger Bresnahan. The Reds new
leader thought sure he'd corral the i
former manager Of the Cardinals and |
hasn't yet recovered his breath after
the disappointment Of seeing Roger go |
10 the Cubs. Johnny Killing is stubborn.
too. about signing with the Reds, and |
Tinker's troubles have already begun.
They are busily engaged over in New
York picking out names for "Husk"
Chances team. II the outfit fails to |
deliver the goods by June /, anyone can
tell what they'll call 'em.
Every baseball magnate and manager
In the big leagues, together with most
attend the big joint meeting of the big
fellows in New York on February II.
There should be much doing.