Arizona republican., 1912-09-29
RED SOX SAVE
 THEIR STEAM
Recent Defeats Due to Slackened Efforts; Stahl Gets Real Willy and Dims Crown of Clever Connie;
 Makeup of Boston Team

Much has been said and printed about the willy doings Om the foxy Connie Mack, but if Connie has any thing at all on His Royal Redness, Sir Jake Stahl, manager de luxe, Ameri- can league pennant winner of 1912 and crack first baseman of his clan, it is nothing but a sadder expression caused by his defeat this season.
 Since the beginning of the present season, Stahl has played the game in side and out, like a sport and like a regular manner. He has exhibited rare judgment on the field and in the selection of his men, which coupled with the fact that he has been allow ed by the Boston owners to do as he pleased. has carried him with flying colors into the van of managerial demigods.
 Right now Stahl is doing some thing which few leaders would be willing to do. He is losing games, because he wants his veterans to do just enough work to keep on the edge for the big series with the Gi- ants A glance at the box score of Thursdays first game, shows that exclusive of the pitcher there were but three regular players at work, That number was increased by two in the second game of the double header. because two of the other men nwated a little workout. Stahl is not trying for a useless record. He does not care about winning more games in the American league than any other manager has ever done. z h,J twill chances for the worlds championship, and as it would do that, he's letting that measly record stand where it has stood for the past two years. But at that. the chances are that without exertion Stahl will be able to capture that minor record also The record for the greatest number of games won in the American league was made by the Athletics in 1910, when they won 1O2 games, lost AS, giving them a percentage of .6S0.
 It is not out of order right here to enumerate few of the things which Stahl has accomplished. In the first place, the Giants will go up against an outfield which hasn't a peer in the major leagues today That outfield was made by StahL True. he didn't put the ability in the individual man, but heres what he did do. He taught Hooper and Lewis how to be stars in the Outfield and at the bat He kept Iris Speaker al the top of his game the whole year, and unless a cog is lost in the final shuffle. Iris will be one of several banes to the New York National club
 To continue with Stahrs record, he has an infield together which errs about as frequently as d village Methodist parsOn. They are fast, work well together are splendid hit killers, and at the bat. they are each and every one apt to break up game without moments preliminaries.
 Yerkes at second base has found his position. just as Gardener found his at third. The latter had been tried all over the diamond and never dld well until he was stationed at the last turn for the plate. Wagner, Ike his namesake of Pittsburg, is great ground coverer, fields clearly and has q powerful arm. Stahl' himself plays first base and is reckOned as one Of the best in the business. Carrlgan is the regular catcher and will do the bulk of the receiving in the worlds series.
 As for pitchers, Stahl is well fixed even better than Connie Mack was last year. Opposing Mathewson, Mar ouard. Tesreau and Crandall, the Red Sox can show five high grade men: Wood. Hall, Bedient Collins ana O'Brien. And that isn't quite all There are five other hurlers on the Red Sox string who are far from bad. Then there is in the second string of catchers. infielders and outflelders-
 Taken all together, Stahl is just waiting for the dates to be set for the worlds series and he'll be ready to carry his 1912 campaign to an en- viable finish.