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

NASHVILLE. TENN, July s.
Y 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 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 nus
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
affected by the intense heat that one
can have faith i'm Hirsigs statements.
Outside of the fact that Granfield "a
reported to be 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 hobbies 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
sIabbers, for Mathewson or Walter
johnson couldn't bring home the ba-
con did their pals fail to push tally
or two across for them, as is the hab-
II 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 pig right handler from Sa
vannah, paying S1,500 for the Sally
League finger. None but Hirsig can
imagine what he 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, 1t ls admit
ted, can do wonders with a bunch of
busherg, but it's thumbs down for the
boss with the 10-karat alibi who sits
calmly by and hopes that somebody
will walk up and hand him a perfect
ly good ball player