East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-31
PENDLETOK|AN MAKES
GOOD AS MANAGER
GEARGE STOVAIL ABLY
DIRECTS CLEVELAND TEAM
Eastern Baseball Authority Glasses
Him a. Howling Success and Equal
tn BrcSnahen n Developer of Raw
Recruits.

Him rs Howling Success and Equal
To Bresnahen ~ Developer of Raw
Recruits.
All old fans in the city win re-
member George Stoyai. first base
man of the famous team that made
Pendletoa champion Of eastern ore
son and who Is now covering the in
ital sack and acting as manager for
the Cleveland Americans. They viii
De gratiled TO learn that he Is what
is termed q "howIing success" in his
. managerial capacity and bids fair 10
handle this reins of the Maps perma-
nently.
stovell got his first experience at
first base here in Pendletou. He
started on, as twirler but did not
prove TO be very great enigma in
that position and was switched To
first where he remained until the
close of the season. He was consid-
cred a good man at that bag but moth
ing phen1menal As sticker he was
briHian performer.
After leaving Pendleton. most of
the fans lost sight OF him for a
couple of years after which he reap
peared in big company and seems 10
nave made good in every way This
is the way ". g. Farnsworth writes
about him from New York.
Deacon Jim Mcguire, after two
disastrous weeks. resigned the man
agership Of the Cleveland American
league club on May of this year
saying that he was not possessed o.
the material TO turn out winning
team Georve Stovau was placed in
temporary command ana since then
has made what we Proadwayite=
would call a howling hit He is no
longer acting manager, but perma-
nent manager. and let it be spelled
in caps"
Today Stoyall is the Bresnahan of
the American league. Never a sensa-
tional player himself. although above
the ordinary first baseman at that,
ne has developed a lot of raw re-
cruits into a corking good ball team
ana one that is going to cause a lot
Of trouble in the pennant race before
the season is completed.
Looked Like StovaH.
When Stovall was put in charge of
the Maps, it was generally understood
4 that as soon as Harry Davis had fin
4 1shed schooling "Stuffy' McInness in
4 the art Of playing first base for the
= Athletics. Connie Mack would let the
veteran 90 to Cleveland to manage
? that club.
n But St5vall has upset al that plan
and it looks as though Davis viii moi
N14r ~, -. 4,,1- r.,- a
T ager, at least not for the present
n Stovall has given Cleveland the firs
-. real team it has had since 1908. wher
. they finished fourth 70 Detroit, ant
were only two games behind tn,
leader, at that. Charley Somers i
beginning to reap harvest and he il
! 50 pleased with StovalTs work that i
> j. likely he will add a sweet bonus L
=, his salary.
@ Different From Mcclure.
. Stovall's policy has been entirel!
4 different from that pursued by Nc
0 CURE. and it has proved to be IN,
q right one. Mcclure worked on tn
4 theory that Cleveland had a chanc
i to win the pennant and the Nap
= must win right from the start. A
n any rate, he intended to try until tn
a last man was out to win every game
regardless of the manipulation o
players he regarded necessary.
Working on this system. he der
ricked his young pitchers often. H
. removed Shortstop Olson from tn
Is opening game of the season at
Il time when the Maps were eight run
l. behind. sending in a substitute bate
'e for him when there were two out an
, none on the bases. In fact. ne wa
"a constantly shifting his players az
} parently striving to hit what Nigh
/ prove a winning combination.
Is Stovall. Of course, had the succes
g Of the team just as much at heart a
McG uire, but he believed that the de
sired results could be secured by ad
opting a somewhat different polio,
\ Had Staff of Youngsters.
He realized the fact that, with tn
p exception of Falkenberg, Clevelan
t had TO depend upon young pitche,
as entirely: he knew that he had an out
A. field which had much to learn aboI
he fielding; he knew that both of h
II catchers, although "combacks," wei
ir recruits; he knew that he had an ea
le perrin shortstop.
le With such situation, he felt thi
III Cleveland could not be expected
ne start off the campaign like pennaI
winners. He knew it must lose a l.
E. of games through lack of cooperate
I'd and because of blunders. But, in th
a. event of better team work being az
In quired through practice and pat
II ence. he was of the opinion that tn
Ill team which was losing for the reai
IT. ons mentioned, would begin to W
when the players found tnemselv
and became more of a baseball mi
IP chine. Believing that, he realize
that what he would have to instill II
III to the. youngsters was confidence
Id themselves and incidentally in Il
ch team as a whole. Consequently,
8? adopted the system of leaving h
e. young pitchers in the box from sta
to to finish, regardless of their lack
OF control or ineffectiveness in spots
e. Kept Men in Game.
y. As Ad1ie Joss remarked two weel
es before he died, Stovall believed thi
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