The evening world., 1913-07-26

1 two years among the sensations
M tho big leagues. Diamond Annals
fail To reveal the equal Of the record
OF washlnston's ninetssn-ysar-old sw'u'
or this season Of winninR eleven stra'sht
xsmss and going through three montn'
of the campaign without defeat Az
ready possessor Of several pitchlnU rec
ords. Bochllnx also leads h!s team 10
batting, q marvellous showing for =
youngster brsshins iato the mAso'
leagues.
JUS, two ysars ago BoshlinE--its Joe
now 10 thousands Of apprsciatsvs wssn'
,nrton fans-was twirling with moderate
.uccess on q semi-professionai nine ~
R,chmond, Va. No one outside OF me
Southern city heard Of the young SOUTH
ma "a provsss on the mound. One DAY
Boshi,ns went to washinKten - play
an exhibition game and met guardian
anss, In the form OF . local Newspaper
man. The scribe was impressed with shs
Boutherner's ability and went post
haste TO Clarke 0rifith with the news
Of his Find"
Tn, Senators - leader. having been
halted with other exploded phsnom'
ena, didn't 70 Into scstaciss at hesrins
the report, but CONSENTED to So me
younKster perform. He was on hand
early the next day at Richmond. when
Bosh,lng was scheduled to pitch. The
newspaper man dismissed the subject
from his mind. but meeting 0rimth the
following spring. the OLD Fox slyiy told
him he had signed w the grsatsst
pitc.hsr In the world.
The scribe received the surprise OF his
life when 0rifiith said that the new.
comer's name was BoehlinS. the same
youth who pitched on Richmond SAND
lots last year. and that he was goinS
TO give him . trial.
hG WASN'T TOO GOOD At THE
sTART.
Boshiing didn't give an indication Of
his present form At the start. 0rimth.
a pitcher himself. quickly discovered
that the Richmond xouthpaw lacked
nnish to his work. He was very wild.
but 0riff liked tho variety Of curves he
shot over and decided 10 send him TO
Chattanoota for further sch1 r'lng.
Boehling's stay was brief In the South
ern League and he hit the return trail
| for Washington.
The young,tsr stiii had trouble oon.
| trolling his shoots and Jesse Burkstt
soon came along and carted him on to
Worcester. 0rif'ith all the while kept
| his eysA on him. When BOehlinR won
fourteen and lost eight games the Sea-
stors' manager thouEht It time to give
him another trial No back Boehlins
came to Washington last september,
and this time to stick He didn't do
| ANYTHING rema rkabie at tho end Of last
season. This year IT'S been an entirely
new story.
The younsstsr. displaying hns con-
troll and wonderfu ASSIGNMENT OF
| curves, busisd himself moving down all
opponents. Tho baseball world looked
up In surprise when boehling passed
the record his team mate Walter John
son made winning. ten straight games.
Then began a rush to show what the
younEster had, the reason for his signal
success. The Detroit players tried to
solve the mystery by declaring that the
| Waahington pitcher didn't have any
thing but an unusual amount OF luck.
Boshling promptly answered this ex-
PLANTATION by letting the Tiger slugEers
down with six hits In q same.
| WHAT CATCHER HENRY SAYS
OF e0EHl.iNo.
| However, Catcher Henry. who has
| been instrumental In the stars success.
threw light on Boehlinxs ability when
he declared the southpaw had . pushing
change OF pace and explained his vsri
Gus curves. ''B0ehllng can shoot his
fast one over with the sams effective
meas that he ussa on his slow ball" said
Washington's star catcher.
"He uses his fast one tho most. foI
bstters have found Il the hardest tS
connect with. His quick breakinx curve
| 4. vsrv dece ptiye Nerye-hs has lots oi
! It, and when he nnds himself In u tigh
situation he's Just as calm a. when IN,
team Is ten runs In tho lead"
Boehling. Just turning his nineteenth
year, has tho ideal physical fitness fol
a pitcher. He has very easy and
graceful delivery. despite the fact tina
/ he Ares from the port side. and tudgei
believe that hen last for many yeara.
While Bo-hiins goes alonK beating al
the clubs In the leagpa. probably thu
happiest man 10 Clarke Grlnith. his boss
Tho Washington manager chucklss Il