Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
WHY STAHL HAS
NOT COME TO TERMS
1t is Said That He Was Prom
ised a Thousand Dollars Ad-
vance in Boston.

Ever since the officials Of the Washington
Base Ball Club were notified that ex-Man-
ager Garland Stahl had appealed to the ma
tional commission for an adjustment OF his
supposed wrongs there has been suspicion
current hereabouts that there was large
sized colored man in the woodpile. fgura-
lively speaking, and recent developments
have crystalized this Idea into solid fact.
A well-authentcated story came from
Boston yesterday to the effect that Presi-
dent johnson had assured Mr.. Stahl and
President Taylor of the Boston club that
the ex-manager would play in the City of
Culture this sea son, and the understanding
was so strong that formal agreement is
said to have been made. In this agreement
Mr.. Stahl was to play first base for the
Boston club and his compensation was
placed at 5000.
Cause Of the Trouble.
The agreement to pay Stahl this big sal
airy is the cause Of all the trouble. Close
followers Of the game throughout the coun-
try opened their eyes in wonder when the
Washington club decided to pay Stahl the
same salary he received last season-$4,OO
as his work here last season was Of the
most ordinary; and many thought $1,000
salary would be handsome pay. But Mr..
Stahl spurned the Washington clubs offer,
to the establishment of the base ball world.
took up the coaching Of college teams, and
is now employed by the University of 1lli-
nois This extra thousand dollars Stahl
was to receive from the Boston club makes
the matter very plain now and puts Presi-
dent Johnson in very bad light, no matter
from what angle it is viewed, as he is
in the attitude of encouraging q player to
hold out against club the interests Of
which the president OF the league is sup
posed to look after. The officials of the
Washington club have become FESTIVE under
the dilatory tactics of the national commits
sion, and those of President Johnson in par
ticular, as they naturally believe that they
have not been treated right, to put it mildly.
President Noyes Asks for Decision.
President Noyes yesterday wrote an indi-
vidual letter to the different members Of
the national commission, putting forth the
status of the case and asking for speedy
settlement. He told the members that in
holding up a decision the commission de-
prived the Washington club Of the services
Of Mr. Stahl both as a player and as q val
liable trading asset, and that an injustice
was being done. AS the matter stands at
present nothing can be done either toward
getting Stahl to come to Washington or in
considering him in a trade, and as the ma
tional commission has the reputation for
being square and aboveboard a speedy re-
ply to the letter in the way Of a decision is
expected
Paul Eaton. the Washington correspond
ent of Sporting Life, has the following to
say regarding this now celebrated case:
1.-THE developments in the Stahl case
have been Unexpectedly interesting; and
contrary to expectations, 1t has not been
settled yet. A Typographical error in last
weeks letter made 1t read: The national
commission will have to pass up claim
by Garland Stahl What was meant was
will have to pass upon a claim The
writer who can make decisions for the ma
tional commission has not been found yet
Status Of stahl's Case.
'It Is understood that Mr.. StahPs claim
is that because he has been discharged as
q manager that fact releases him as a
player. Such a claim will not bear analysis
to Callahan. or Boston's to Collins? A man
ager is held by contract A player is held
under reservation. A manager Is free as
manager when his contract expires. A
player is never free from reservation SO
long as his club wishes to reserve him. A
player manager Is under contract as a
manager, and under reservation as player
The expiration of his contract as q man
ager has no effect on his reservation as a
player, which continues uninterrupted.
There are dozens Of precedents, and they
all support this view. Another statement
on which the ex-manager bases his claim
is that the Washington management prom
ised to trade him. have seen the retained
copy of the letter Manager Cantillon wrote
Stahl on this subject. In it he says he will
exchange the player II Cantillon) can
make a trade for you (StahD that is salts
factory to me-.
Another Version.
Another version Of the story Is that