Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-12
STALLINGS TO LEAD
LOVELY HIGHLANDERS


Frank ]. Farrell of the New York Amer
lean League club has finally made public
the fact that George T. Stallngs, who
was last season manager of the Newark
club of the Eastern League, will Sue
coed Kid Elberfeld as manager of the
Highlanders next year. While Farrell
signed Stallings three months ago, 1t Is
known that last month he offered the
manager Of a National League team a
five years contract. agreeing to pay him
OO00 for the five years. Farrell offered
to deposit the money in any bank the
manager might name. to be drawn &C
cording to the stipulations Of the con-
tract. The man to whom the offer was
made has good team, and refused Far
rells offer for the reason that he would
order to land the Highlanders in a good
position In next years championship
race.
In the minds of many base ball men
Farrell has made good selection in
putting Stallings at the head of his team
He has been very successful as MINOR
league manager, showing excellent judy
ment in selecting his players and mold
ing them into base ball machines. Stall
ings is native Of Georgia. having been
ated from the Virginia Military Institute
in 1885, and afterward studied medicine
for a year in the College Of Physicians
and Surgeons in Baltimore. While at
school and college he was a catcher on
the base ball teams. and made such 8
reputation for himself that he jumped to
fast professional company without any
MINOR league experience.
The late Harry Wright signed Stall
ings for the Philadelphia National League
club when the Georgian was eighteen
years Of age. There were nine catchers
on the team, and tSallings. lacking the
necessary experience, was loaned to the
Toronto club of the International League.
There he caught the late Ed Crane, who
afterward pitched for the Giants. In the
following year Siallings went to the coast.
where he caught for Stockton IN 1883. and
Oakland In 1889, each team winning the
championship of the California League
the year Stallings played with it.
In 1890 he was with the Brooklyn Ma
tional League club That team also won
the championship that year. Tom DAILY
Bob Clark and the late Doc Bushong
were the regular catchers OF the team.
and Stallings did not get much work. AT
the end of the season he secured his re-
lease, and the following year and In 1892
managed the San Jose team of the Call
fornia League. That team won the pen
nant in both years. In 1893 Stalnngs
managed the Augusta team of the South
ern League. winning the pennant as
easily as he had done on the coast. In
1894 he managed the Nashville CLUB, nm
ishing second, and in 1895 with the same
ern League. In 1896 he managed the
Detroit club Of the old Western League
The success Stallings made while man
aging minor league teams secured MIN
an offer to manage the Philadelphia club
in 1897, and he accepted It. The Phillies
had their famous bunch Of heavy bat
ters. and the first part Of the season was
successful Then Napoleon Lajoie. Dick
Cooley and other players on the team
fell back into their old rut and Stall1ngs
could not control them. On one occasion
he fined Lajoie and Cooley 500 each for
breaking training rules. The players COM
planned to Col. John !. Rogers. who was
then chief owner Of the team. and he
remitted the fines. Thereupon Stalltngs
resigned, because he did not want to be
q manager in name only.
Stallings spent the next three years IN
Detroit In 1901 he managed the team.
but got in trouble with President Ban
Johnson of the American League, and
was forced out. The following five years
Stallings spent In Buffalo, managing the
team. He was very successful, winning
in the five years. After winning the PEN
nant In 1904 his team was riddled by
the National and American League clubs
but he came back two years after with
a. pennant winner. Last season Stalltngs
took hold Of the Newark club and finished
third in the Eastern League. after making
a good fight for the pennant.
Stallings will be backed by Farrell in
anything he undertakes In the way Of
trades for players. He has several trades
under way at the present time which can
not but strengthen the Highlanders If they
confronts him is what to do in the case
of Hal Chase. who has declared that he
will never play with the New York club
again.