Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
To JAKE STAHL
GOES CREDIT Of
WINNER
By Bill Bailey.


handing figure in baseball. for
~ the reason that he is-Jake
Stahl
You may say that the Red Sox
VIII represent the American league
IN the worlds championship series
because they were lucky. OF course
they were lucky. No team ever
wins a pennant that doesn't get the
breaks in luck. But it was Jake
Stahl and the personality of Jake
Stahl that put the Boston Red Sox
where luck would return them mem
nant winners.
Let's make the case one of Jake
Stahl VS.. luck.
Wen start in by pointing out
what luck did. The biggest piece
OF luck was the fact that they went
through the American league sched-
ule with scarcely an injury and
with but mighty few men out of
the lineup. Heine Wagner was
injured for a short time and was
out of the game. That's luck. It's
admitted.
Stahl Back of Whole Works.
But where else did the Red Sox
have luck?
In the pitching of Joe Wood, say
you? Remember that Joe Wood
ala not come to the Red Sox this
year. He has been with that Bos-
fOy hunph eipnn 1QnO
In the great playing of Iris
Speaker? Iris Speaker has been
with the Red Sox for 10 these many
years. l refuse to believe that the
showing of Iris Speaker and of Joe
Wood can be traced to luck.
would trace their great play to
Jake Stahl.
Here is what Stahl did
Jake Stahl took charge of the
Red Sox at the right moment.
There had been too much John l.
Taylor. Now, the fellow who was
formerly the sole owner of the Bos-
ton team may be one Of the grand
est fellows that ever lived. but he
didn't know how to manage a ball
club.
He had a ball club that possessed
wonderful capabilities. But John l.
Taylor didn't know how to realize
on those possibilities.
Taylor Not the Right Sort of Boss.
Jake Stahl did.
Here is a concrete example. If
John I. Taylor had continued to
boss the Red Sox they would have
had new shortstop Heine Wag-
ner didn't make a hit with Taylor.
There was time when he could
have been traded for and the Bos-
ton club would not have demanded
star of the first realm either
That was before Jail Stahl took
charge The moment he did Wag-
ner was taken from the market.
He couldn't be secured by trade.
And Wagner has shown that
Stahl had the right bunch. Now,
baseball men will tell you that a
team minus a star in the neigh
borhood of second and short has
no chance for the pennant. You
can accept or reject the theory.
But the fact remains that Wagner
has played wonderful baseball I'M
der Stahl, and if the latter became
confidential he probably would in
form you that he couldn't have
landed that pennant with a new
man at the shortstop position.
Credit that to Stahl
Stahl Fills Vacancy.
Then Stahl personally filed one
of the largest vacancies on the Red
SoX lineup. If there was one thing
that the Boston lads OF last year
needed It was a first baseman.
Stahl right at the outset con
vinced the players that he was the
manager. John /. Taylor might own
considerable stock in the team. but
Jake Stahl was the manager. James
McAleer. veteran manager and now
president Of the team. might sit
back and tell what he had done.
but Stahl was the man who was
giving fhe orders these days. SO
the players came 90 realize that
Stahl was not only the manager.
but he also was iho boss. and that
the fellow Who pleased Stuhl was
the fellow who was going "a get
the credit
From that moment the Red Sox
began to get results. n was as if