New-York tribune., 1912-08-12

from lot OF baseball players SIAM
knows the game from IT, every angle
and being q PLAYER above IN" ordinary no
inspires his men with confidence and
commands their respect He well de
serves all the good things which are be
ing said about him. and his friends al
over the country. because II his connec-
ton with the Red SoX, arc roofing hard
for Boston TO win the pennant
In view Of the fact that Stahl may lead
his team TO first place in the American
! League race, II is high time that thoS"
who are not familiar with his baseball
life get better acquainted. With this IN
mind. quote from Harvey r. Woodruff
who tells in an interesting way OF Stah' -
life from the cradle to his present position
as manager and first baseman Of a pros
| pective pennant winning team:
/ Garland stahl was born at Elkhart. III ,
on April 49, 1880 His parents. both oi
whom are living. were American born,
his father of German and his mother. Of
| Scotch Irish extraction. An older DrothrI
! IS engaged In the hardware and agri-
cultural implement business in his oid
home. He las two sisters. one Is ma %
ried and lives In Chicago.
| First, where did Stahl Get the hlch-
name Jake? That story has no con,
nection with baseball. In Elkhart hy'a
| a hermit known as "old Uncle JAKE IL
character He took fancy 10 the boy
and they became such boon comPaApiS
they were soon known as Old JaK.
! and young Jake" When Stahl went 10
| the University of Illinois, althoush 1 NJ
did not know a soul there, the name Io'
IOued II has stuck ever since.
Stahl attended the Elkhart pubic ana
| high schools, from which he was granu-
ated in 1887. He played on the town team
as the regular pitcher; In addlu9hi ,gb r
jumper in the school meets When STAN
was graduated from the high school hI-
father offered him a college educauoi o'
Il place in the store. Jake chose the a'
| ter In less thar two years he was cured
and asked his father II the other ofter
"stiu went" 1t did. SO Jake entered t,e
University of Illinois in the fall o. lH.H
! There he played four years of varsity
| baseball a1d four years OF iootoull. ot'Il..- to
When Stahl began his college career ne
weighed only AS pounds, but piayeu
guard and tackle on the freshman loot.
: ball eleven. The next spring he wenl out
( for the baseball nine. carl bundgreIl, u,
| Erred" Falkenberg and Jimmy COOK
were freshmen at the same time. None
! of them made the varsity, which was
! composed Of veterans. In his first year.
! Walter Thornton was coaching the pltCH-
ers and devoted much time to Stahl. but
! finally advised him 10 give up pitching
| because of lack OF control.
Stahls first varsity game. the folloW-
| ing year shaped his early baseball career.
| In the ninth inning of a contest againSt
| Michigan. with the bases full and Illinois
! leading 9 10 6, a Michigan batsman MT a
| long fy toward Stahl. who had been sta
| toned IN the outfield. Stahl misludged
, the hall. 1t went for home run. Illinois
was beaten, 10 to 8: But Stahl got louI
| hits that day. and the Illinois catcher did
| about as poorly in his position as STAN
/ in the outfield In the next game Di-
rector George Hun who now acts as
scout for Cleveland in summer. put Stahl
behind the bat. After that he was the
/ regular catcher
As left guard on the football eleven
Stahl scored three Of the touchdowns
which defeated the University Of Chicago
! in 1902 by q score Of % to 0. / we'll re-
member that game, and how or a fake
| interference play Stahl time and again
tore around the opposite tackle for sure
gains when the distance was needed for
| a first down
After his graduation in 1903, stah had
! offers from the Chicago Nationals and
| Boston Americans. He wished 10 join his
old battery partner Lundgren. at chi
! cago, but Henry Killiea, then owner OF
the Boston team. had seen him play In
"a college game and offered a salary OF
500 a month. Chicago did not meet the
| figure, so Stahl went 10 Boston. He took
| part in thirty-eight games, owing 10 IN
| luries to Duke" Farrell and Lou Crigcr.
and battcd .239.
Stahl was sent 10 Washington tho fol-
! lowing season and became first base
man He took part in l4l games and
batted .251. In 1906 and 1906 Stahl acted
! as manager Of the Senators. Their poor
| showing affected his own batting, and nc
was succeeded as manager by Joe can
tillon in 1877. Stahl then was sold TO the
Chicago White SOX but chose 10 cast his
lot with the seni-prO game, which was
Hourshing in chicago al that. time. X
became owner Of the South Chicago clut
ior league paydayS, and he applied for
and secured reinste element from the ma
tional commission in the fall, figuring
in a three-cornered deal by which he
went 10 New York. Laporte to Boston and
I Parent 10 Chicago
Stahl reported to New YORK IN the
spring Of 1903. but was sold 20 Boston
in July for a cash consideration. He ful-
Glled a three-vear contract. which ex-
pired with the season Of 1910, and then
entered the banking business. He did not
Stahl married in 1895 Miss Jennie Ma
han. who had beer a classmate at the
University of Illinois. His father-in-iaw
Henry ". Mshan, IS president Of the
hank which allows him to- divide his ac-
tivities between a MAHOGANY desk and
baseball diamond
On Thursday the Giants will again 90
battle with the Chicago Cubs, HeTe'
boning HERBERT.