Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
VOLS MUST GET
BUSY; TEAM IS
SLUMP INC FAST
Failure to Secure Ameida and
Dodge From Reds Puts Big
Hole in Team.
NASHVILLE. TENN. July g.

NASHVILLE, TENN, July g.
! v VIII wonders never cease?
| The Vols have at last stuck a
few plugs in the numerous punctures
in their inner wall of defense, by
landing a batch Of new faces for their
| lineup. While the bugs were wait
| ing, breathless, for William ("Alibi')
| Hirsig to round up the cream of the
| Cincinnati Reds, Bill Schwartz got
| tired of fooling with his boss and hus-
! tied around and annexed Infielder
| Baumgartner from the Macon Sally
Leaguers while the Vols mogul was
| editing a story about Tinker sending
Third Stacker Granfield to Nashville,
after Dodge and Almeida had failed
| to come.
The poor old Vols have been fioun-
| dering about since Kitty Goalby had
his fin punctured by Dave Robertson's
| spikes, and the only crumb of comfort
in the disaster was the hope that the
accident would force Hirsig to shell
out for some real ball players.
Granfield a Mystery.
Just as everybody expected, waivers
could not be secured on the Cuban
Almeida, and Dodge, hitting like a
house afire, was too valuable a man
for the Reds to turn loose. Hence
Mr.. Granfield, If one happens to be SO
| affected by the intense heat that one
| can have faith in Hirsig's statements.
| Outside of the fact that Granfield Is
reported to be a third baser, he seems
to have no antecedents at all. Where
| he came from or what his record Is
| is as big a mystery as who hit Billy
Patterson.
But Baumgartner, who will relieve
| Breckenridge, the pitching second
| third sacker, comes highly touted IN
| all departments, except in the hit
and run column, which fact isn't caus-
ing anybody to be hilarious over his
arrival in camp. There are already
too many weak sisters on the team
handling the ash, the wretched Vols
seldom being able to pry more than
| five bingles off any twirlers deliv-
cry, and at the same time sandwich
ing in about half as many boobies as
| hits, which is about the real reason
for their miserable showing at pres
ent.
Doak Fails to Report.
Nothing has been heard of Pitcher
Doak, the star of the Interstate
League, who was to be traded for
| Charlie Case. But the fault of the
| lowly Vols showing isn't all with the
slabbers, for Mathewson or Walter
| Johnson couldn't bring home the ba-
con did their pals fail to push a tally
or two across for them, as is the hab-
1t of Hirsig's hired men. They did get
Phil Redding from the Cardinals, to-
gether with a thousand real dollars,
| in exchange for big Harry Glenn,
who with Akron has been clouting the
| ball in terrific fashion, and landed
Adams, a dig right handler from Sa-
| vannah, paying 1880 for the Sally
League finger. None but Hirsig can
| imagine what ne intends to do with
| all these slabmen. Maybe he intends
/ to trade the entire gang for one real,
| honest and true batter, who can do
more toward lifting the poor old Grip
pied Vols out of the ruck than all the
pitchers in the world.
| Not bug in town but sympathizes
with Bill Schwartz, who It is admit
ted, can do wonders with a bunch of
bushers, but it's thumbs down for tho
boss with the 10-karat alibi who sits
| calmly by and hopes that somebody
win walk up and hand him perfect
| ly good ball player.