Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-21
FARRELL STANDS
BY HAL CHASE
New York Owner Says Player Has
Given Team Best Services
This Season.
STALLINGS MAKES
SERIOUS CHARGES
Is on Way to New York to Lay
Matter Before Head of Club.
One or Other Must Co..
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
| NEW YORK, September 21.-Owner
Frank Farrell of the New York American
League club expressed himself this morn
| Ing as believing In Hal Chase, who, he
says. has given the team his best services
at all times this season. This statement,
coming from the owner Of the club in
| the face Of the charges made by Manager
| Stallings. makes 1t appear very much as
| IL the Highlanders' captain would win
out in his fight against Stallings. STALL
| ings is expected to arrive here late this
| afternoon. when he and Farrell will get
together and thrash out their troubles.
| In speaking of the matter Farrell said
| Its lie from beginning to end. Chase
has played great ball this year and has
| come up to the requirements in every
| way. He is not trying to double cross
anybody and is not looking for Stallings'
| job Chase and Stallings have worked
we'll together all season. If there was
any trouble in the team we wouldn't be
in the first division. It's going to ex-
| tremes when a player is accused of de-
liberately throwing games to further his
own ends, but nobody with common sense
believes any such wildcat yarns
George Stallings has quit the Highland
ers. He left Chicago for New York on
the Twentieth Century Limited today,
| where he will place his grievances in
the hands of Owner Frank Farrell
Stallings said:
II want to find out from Mr. Farrell
who is running the New York American
League team-Chase or myself. I will
leave for New York tomorrow. Of Mr..
Farrell decides in favor of the first base
| man / will quit at once. If he upholds
my regime Chase will have to step down
and out. There cannot be two bosses, es-
pecially when one is double crossing the
| other.
'Chase has refused to obey orders and
| has tried to disrupt the team. MIR. Far
| rel must give me a square answer to the
| question, who is running your team,
Chase or MYSELF
Lays Blame on Chase.
| Stallings places the blame for losing
many games this season on the first base
man. He thinks Chase has remained out
| of games when he could have played. He
openly charges that when he has given
| signals the field captain has ordered them
| disobeyed.
| Stallings is specific in several instances.
| In the first Sox game he ordered the
hit and run. He says Chase, who knew
his signal ordered the batter to wait II
| out and signaled the runner to go down.
| Stallings says Chase has been plotting to
| Dust him all season.
| II am ready to show Mr. Farrell
| said eStallings tonight, that Chase has
approached several players and tried to
| convince them that 1 was unfit for the
| position of manager. He has taken
| days of at a time when we needed his
services. and on several Of those occa-
sions he was in splendid condition.
II think with the handicaps / have
accomplished wonders with the High
| landers. We should have won the pen
nant, and would have if the first base
Team Split Into Factions.
| Chase is in charge of the team to-
night, but will say nothing about his
row with Stallings. Discussions and
open quarrels have split the Highlanders
into factions. and tonight the row took
on a decidedly serious aspect when the
| team rode home from Comskey Park
and the men nearly came to blows oyer
| the defeat at the hands of the White Sox.
Chase has absolutely refused to talk
| about or to deny the accusations which
are made against him.
| Most of the players on the team side
with Stallings. There is reason to be-
| lieve that Owner Frank Farrell has
known the condition of things in the
| team for some time. and has not taken
| steps to stop the quarrel.
The charges that Chase was trying to
GUST Stallings have been going the
rounds for some weeks. but in st. Louis
| the elimination came. There Stallings
| openly accused Chase of double-crOssing
him in the signals of the team. In order
| not to be interfered with from the bench
Chase changed the signals of the team
| for certain plays. and worked in new
set of signals and called for the squeeze
| play when it proved fatal.