The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-09
Jake StahI Hates
 To Leave Baseball
Now vice-President of Bank But Doesn't Find it Excit-
 ing Enough

.. Chicago, Nov. 9.-"1 have not ac-i cepted the manageme of the Bos- ton Red Sox for next year as yet said J. Garland StahL Vice-President of the Washington Park National Bank, third and Evans avenue. Banker Stahl was not averse to talk ing baseball, however, for he loves the game more than he does the banking business, evidently. T do back in baseball for the excitement. and the excitement of the life is Fsomething that few people can for get if they have ever had 1t in their veins. Boston is one of the, best cities in the country for ball play appreciative. If the conditions are such that I can return there next year l will enjoy going more than l can tell
 Stall is an officer in the same bank with his father-in-law, H. w. Mahin, who is a veteran in the business.
 The Washington Park Bank was organized a year and a half ago, with former City Treasurer I. N. Powell as the president And the control of the stock in the hands of Powell, Mahin and Stahl The bank has prospered since it started, but the former ball player has not forgotten baseball, for he has watched every bit of news that came from the ball field all last summer with more interest than he. ever had. The staid business life is not as alluring for him as the spot light of the diamond. He was the leading home run maker of the Red Sox in 1910, and the fever will not get out of his veins. Twelve home runs in his last season in the game made Jake Stahl famous as a ball player, and he quit just at the zenith of his career.
 The banking business has no ex- citing ninth inning finishes, however, and there are no cheers as when a home run wins the game for the Red Sox. There are no thousands of wild-eyed fans pushing and jostling each other to get a chance to speak a word with the hero that slammed out the hit that won the game for the bank officer that is boring over grist of applications for loans in his palatial office.
 No matter now large the dividends are at the end of the year, somehow there is none of the satisfaction for the banker that comes to the ball player that is the hero of the fans. So, when the Boston club was turned over to James McAleer and Robert McRoy, two of Stahrs best friends, this fall and they asked him if he would consent SO return to the game as the manager of the Speed Boys,
 
 to the giant first basemah, although he had enjoyed his work as a banker as much as any one could.
 There is plenty of reason to be- lieve that Stahl will have an interest in the club if he goes back. The dividends from hIs stock and his sal ary as manager will make him a gOod-sized income. His banking in terests i'll the meantime will not suf- fer. for 1t is a family affair, and he will get his returns from the invest ment just the same as if he were there to look after it.
 Mc4Aleer and McRoy do not take charge of the Red Sox club until the first of the year, and there is little chance for them to make any con- firmation of the signing of Stahl un- til they are in the saddle
 The return of the old first-saeker will make a great hit with the Bos- ton bugs. without doubt He. was the best first baseman that ever held down that position since the Red Sox were organized, and the troubles of the team in the past season were all due to the fact there was no man to fill the job as Jake had been able to do the previous season.