The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-21
BY SAM. MURPHY.

most pretentlous opening ShiS'
Eastern League baseball was in
troduced into this city, when George !
| Stallings starts out tomorrow. MOI Only
| will the big leader of the Tigers nave
as guest Governor j, Franklin Fort pu'
the States head will twirl h first pal
against the Bisons, who are h opening
day attraction. The weather mar mas
promised to help things along Win d
fair day. Then If Old Sol comes Out
nothing less than 10000 fans will crowd
and crush for admission into Wleden-
mayors Park.
The formal opening of the Eastern
League season here will be preceded by
g., street parade, in which the players
of the Newark team and the Buffalo
club will ride in automobiles. a
hundred dyed-in-the-wool ans from
Buffalo will be here to help boom things
along for the Bisons, and it is up to
Stallings to trot out a team
that will do the ono for Newark.
Windy City Almost Dead.
Half a d en- years ago George L.
Stallings broke into baseball at Buffalo.
The Windy City was almost a dead let
ter, as far as Eastern League ball was
concerned, and it was well-nigh impos-
sible for anyone to get local capital
to interest itself in the game. The
bank account of the Buffalo Club at
the end of five years showed $122,O0O
had been made by the team under
S%tallings. Two %pennants were won n
the city is now the best in the Eastern
League, as we'll as one of the most
sought for by the big leagues.
1t is Stallilgs who put Buffalo where
it is today. coming to Newark with a
reputation, he finds things different.
Newark fans to a man are with him,
and he is out for their interest and to
give them the best kind of ball. A
born leader, and IL former diamond star
himself, Stallings has said that Newark
will have a winning team. No money
will be spared to give it one, and II
the deals under way now which are
temporarily held up, go through, three
new players will be seen in Newark
uniforms. They will be high class,
high-priced men, one of whom will re-
ceive a larger salary than any one
player in the Eastern League. Stall
ings has always enjoyed the reputation
OF paying the highest salaries. He says
that the payroll in Newark when he
gets the right men, will be even larger
than it was at Buffalo.
staIlings woke Up Rochester.
1 told you how Stallings practically
made Buffalo in baseball what 1t is
today, but let me tell you, too, that IT
was Stallings who indirectly put Rocn-
ester, now admitted to be the best
grandstand city In the minor league,
where it is at present. Stallings brought
his Buffalo club to Rochester about
four years ago. George Smith was
manager of the Brcncos. Baseball had
been poorly p~atronized at Rochester,
and it was no wonder. A crowd of mis-
fits took it into heir heads to run
things. Stallings, with his Bison City
bunch had always drawn well in Roch-
ester, but on the last visit his team lost
money. Interest had died out.
In disgust Stallings hunted Charles t.
Chaplin, then a small Individual stock
holder, but president of the club. 1t
was Chapin's first year in baseball, and
he let others spend his money. Stall
ings talked the situation over with
Chaplin, with the result that the latter
saw the possibilities of making money
III TIE L lOWCI lily. IIdl hight OLldpIil
went to Boston and hunted up Man
ager Bu~ckenberger and signed him to
manage the Broncos. The next year
Rochester opened up to $500 paid ad-
missions, breaking all previous records.
Rochester has not lost money since
Stallings had that talk with Chaplin.
The little Rochester president has great
faith in the big boss now.
M~ahling's Great Work.
Speaking about new men and the pos
sibility of a new shortstop, 1 mentioned
a few days ago hat the guardian of the
short field would have to go some to
beat kid Mailing out. To the few
fans at yesterdays game this must
have struck them as being pretty close
to the facts.
Wiedenmayer's Park has seen Charley
Wagner, Bill Dahlen, Little Roy Rock,
of Providence, In his best days; Bird
well or last Sunday and Devlin dig
them up cut of the ground many times,
but Mailing made a running scoop and
underhand throw in the fifth inning yes
terday that will stand out for many
days as the most spectacular stunt ever
pulled off on the local diamond for
down one that went off like a sure bunt.
The ball went faster than the batter
had intended. On came Mailing like an
auto at full speed.
With his gloved hand he scooped UP
the sphere. Without even attempting
to straighten up he heaved the bal