The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-06

That : the secret OF my success 1oe
boys made nc, aud ! IN thankful TO
them.
Really Born Leader.
On the other hand, the Boston player.
idoliZe their manager There is moth
Larry Garduer before the opening game
at the Hilltop last spring. "He's one
prince of fellow as we'll as the best
first baseman in either league Mind
Just what tell you. That man knows
baseball backwards. The public in
general docs not reali5o that he is a
'born leader But be has shown US
more of real bacsbsll strategy than We
ever dreamed. I'm not saying ue'll
beat out the Athletics this year-they
form ono of the toughest buuches in
baseball history-but we'll get 'em
next year sure, and if they trim us this
season they'll know they werc in a
! hot fight
Personality il one Of tha chief at
tributes OF managerial success, aud this
nary portion. Without his peculiar per-
sonality John j. McGrsw might have
lasted no time as msusger. OF course
McGraw is shrcwd fellow, possessed
Of wonderful baseball brains and tha
best Judge of playing ability IN the
country today. But his personality Is
his one chief asset. McG1aw commands
the respect of every team member. His
men would simply die for him If neces-
sary. McGraw can reprimand q player
In The most scathing terms without
leaving ono sting Of resentment. He's
about tho only manager in the business
who eau pull that kind Of trick.
Jake Stahl, like Hughie Janninrs,
goes after his players In another way.
He works on their pride through his
own good fellowship. A genius for
strength must be behind the mask OF
good nature or the players viii take
liberties stahl commands the admira.
ton Of his mon for many reasons First,
he has boon a long time associated with
major lesgne baIl--long enough 10
learn It's every angle and ipt-icsey.
Then he is rattling good plsyer-uot
4 Chase nor Wagner nor q Lajoie,
but steady, conscientious, plugging
sort of fellow. And abovo all, he is
gsme 10 tho core.
Gameness Is Proven.
There never was any question Of his
gswcness. He proved his mettle in the
old college days az one Of the greatest
football players the University Of uh-
nois ever produced He proved it IN
Washington and here in New York
with the tailend Highlsnders OF 1908.
He proved IL as q plsyer In Boston In
1909 and 1910 snd this year ss man
agcr Of the same Hub club. A man
who can rise to the best ball Of his
the same time carry the burden Of
Leadership has no yellow streak in bis
makeup,
The pages Of modern history srs
crowded with 'eome-hscks. We have
Jimmy Callahan, Mike Donlin,
Moose Mccormick and half dozen
others who have made good. Stahl Is
not the least among these Twice, now,
he has proved that they can come back.
Stahl had retired from the major
leagues for semi-pro. ball in Chicago
couple OF seasons before the Yankees
secured him for the disastrous 1905
campaign. lie didD Z show much as an
outfielder on the Hilltop. But neat
season with the Red sox be was, In bis
natural sphere at first base, one Of the
pillars of the club. Last year he did
not take a baseball in his hands This
season be played the gamo of his bfe-
Now as 70 .Jake's luck in the mad
scramble toward fame. He leapcd into
tho spotlight over night, as II were
At tho close OF the season of 1910 be
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