The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-09
Star in Minors, Bust in Majors
!, Boehler Fails to Make Good in Big Tir
BY BILLY EVANS
DITCHER GEORGE BoEHLElt
Il " the mystery man OF base.

DITcHER GEORGE BoEHLEH
i " the mystery man OF base
ball
The other day the wires carried
tho report that the rittaburg club
OF the National league had turned
him back TO the Tulsa. Okla, team
OF he Western league.
It fall tho Plttsburg club is re.
puttI 70 have paid $4,000 for Boeh-
Ter Believing the addition Of some
pitching strength would make the
Pirates a pcnnant contender. Owner
Dreyfus grabbed Boohler as the
most promising minor league pros.
pect.
Boohler. IN his third trial in the
majors. has failed 10 deliver In all
probability he In doomed 10 spend
the rest Of his days as n minor
league star
noehler Is one o. the freaks" Of
the game In the minors he is aim
ply lnyinclblc In the mnJon he
lacks certain something that rem.
dcrs his remarkable ability Of little
or no use.
Lack OF confidence In his ability
la the real fault In the bushes
Boehler regards the winning OF Il
bali game as mere Formally. ~
a result he Is hard 20 beat In the
bis show he apparently Is constant
~ wondering how long he viii last
He seldom finishes game.
Last year Boehlor WAS tho pitch.
ing sensation OF tho minors. work
ing for the Tulsa club OF the West
ern league. he won rs games and
lost only -. His remarkable pitch
Ing was largely responsible for
Tulsa winning the pennant. He Of.
ficlaied In 80 ball games. and saved
many a contest as a relief pitcher
OF which the records show nothing.
HIS strikcout record waa phenome-
nal. saa hatten being retired In
that manner In the 4fi innings no
worked Any time Bochler worked
for Tulsa that game was regarded
as almost In tho percentage won
column
Major league scouts unanimously
pronounced Boehler the best minor
league pitcher IN the country. There
was considerable bidding for his
services Tft,sburg was the highest
bidder.
Back five or six years ago Boch.
ior was member OF tho Detroit
club Of the American league. lie
had world Of stuff. but was wild,
For perhaps three ycars he was
carried with the hope that he would
overcome this fault. Unable 10 do
20 he waa shrnted to the minors.
A big season in the bushes caused
him 10 be picked up by the st.
I.ouia Browns. Lack OF control again
caused him 90 do little more than
warm tho bench. st. Louis sent
him 10 Tulsa with string at
tachcd.
Having twice failed In tho Amerl.
can league. Boehler is said 20 have
AiAAfsANtA ~ NAfH&At AaA*tA kAF w sum
10 the National. believing he was
linked In the Johnsonian circuit Ru.
NOR has II that he expressed him.
self as prcferring Tulsa 10 an Amer.
lean league berth.
Pittsburg secured him and Il was
believed he would so big with the
Pirates. strong club. Once again
Boehlcr haa failed. even as dlsmnliy
ms he did in the American league.
The possessor Of great speed and
n fast.brcaking curve. Boehler has
far more stuff than n majority Of
the big league stars. yet as n major
Lacquer he has been pronounced
bust"
AS big Lacquer Bochler does not
believe in himself He lacks
pitchers greatest asset. confidence
Back in the minors once more he Is
certain 10 win with monotonous
regularity.