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Show SilPPO VAUGHN TELLS OF YANKEE FAILURE N'ot Laziness That Caused Him to Fail With Stallings. Chicago Twirlcr Says It Was Not In difference That Caused Him to Be Dumped to Minors, But a Lame Arm His Record. Jim Vaughn has given a Chicago writer an explanation of why he failed whh the Xcw York Yankees so completely, com-pletely, several years af,'o that he was dumped to the minors, to then comt hack ami prove such a winner with the Chicago Cubs. It was not indifference, indif-ference, but n lame arm, says Hippo Jim. Vaughn was charged with being lackadaisical while lie was' with the Yankees in ltilO, "11 and '12 and was roughly panned by some New York Clitics. They accused him of being lazy because he did not exert himself and make his size count for a lot fV ' ' f v ( vj v-y . i -" r :f,,,,,,,,,,.,,... A, sr. Jim Vaughn. in the way of winning ball games. They did -not know he injured his arm in the season of 1910. "I hurt my arm June 1," said Vaughn, in his explanation just given. "George Stallings was manager of the club at the time anil I told him so, hut he declined to let me go, thinking I would return to my normal condition. condi-tion. My arm did not regain its strength until I joined the Kansas City team in 1913. I think the hot weather there helped it. -That fall 1 joined the Cubs and my arm has been great ever since. "Fans said I was lazy while with New York. That is not true. I have never mentioned a word about this before. I was game enough to take my medicine and let the critics have their say, but since I became a member mem-ber of the Cubs I did all within my power to beat the Giants on the Polo grounds just to hear the fans and scribes say: 'Why didn't he pitch that way with the Yankees?' I did not because my arm was bad. Barrett, who was trainer of the club, can verify ver-ify what I say. "I like to pitch, and have never refused a manager yet. I have often worn on out ot my turn despite the fact that it is just as hard for a big man to pitch as it Is for a little man. Size lias not everything to do with twirling. It is the arm, and a man of my stature is just as likely to lire and wear out his arm as a smaller and lighter pitcher." Vaughn certainly has not shown any lazy tendencies since he was secured by the Cubs in 1913. That year he joined the club late in t tie fall and pitched in seven games, five of which he won. In 191-1 he took bis place as a regular twirler on the staff of tho club and has retained it. Not including includ-ing the seven games he pitched in the fall of 1913 he has averaged better bet-ter than 41 games a season. Last summer, owing to the short season, was the first year in which he did not participate in more than -10 games. He twirled In 42 In 1914. 41 in 1915. 44 it) 191(1. 41 in 1917 and 35 in 191S. |
