El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-07
/ StaiIings Makes Good With His Braves
Whaling Formerly League
Help to Manager o the Boston Nationals
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Y W. 1 MacBETH

TEW YORK, June George w.
M StalIings, Of the Boston Braves
- has so far proved the most sue
cessfuI major league manager of the
season The race is quite young and
the Big Chief may take a big spill
before October. But the fact remains
that in the first two months of the
National league pennant figth he has
shown more real managerial ability
Ihan any contemporary in either OF
the big leagues
Work Of Other Leaders.
That is putting it very strongly.
into comparison There is Connie
Mack, John j. McGraW, Fred Clarke
and Frank Chance-the quartet which
fort years has been recognized as per-
haps the greatest Of all time OF lesser
reputation and renOWn might be named
Joe Birmingham. who has fitted out a
pennan- possibility Of what was a
flivver year ago-the Cleveland
Maps. Clark Griffith, the original
hard luck guy" of all the managers
RED" Doom, whose QuakerS have put
rear INTO All Nauonal league Oppose
tlCn and Bad BIZ Dahlen. who seems
on the point of raising Brooklyn from
the dust of the second division cellar
fer the first time in almost Is years
Stailings may never earn the fame Of
any OF the big four" He may never
shine with the lesser lights But on
what has gone this season he has
shown more class than any named
because ne has made a fighting outfit
ana = feared rival out of what has
come to be considered a hopeless tail
ender without the least outlook for
immediate Improvement
StaIlinEs' Legacy.
A man is known as much by his
work he has done as by the company
he keeps Or better. he is judged by
the manner in which his work is done
under the cOnvenlences at his COM
maud- A skilled workman is not eE-
not even expected to do competent
work with dull instruments It may
not be the work Of an artisan TO keep
his instruments in repair But II
stands to reason that one who can
should command a better wage and
Tar more respect than one who cannot
The real artisan would naturally be
the man who could IaSnlOn as Wei
as maintain the efficiency of his tools
when there could be no excess TO the
market
This in a baseball way is just what
George Stallings had to do when he
fell heir to the sOrriest legacy Of base
ball history. StalInEs has a lot OF
friends. Without exception they
hreathed a prayer for him when his
name was first associated with the
Boston Braves. He had little or moth
ing on which TO begin His absolute
playing strength was represented by
StalIings appreciated the folly OF eE-
Decting outside help. He had eEper-
fenced on many occasions the lack Of
sentiment in organized baseball In
stead of trying to lend a helping hand
his rivals without exception endeav-
Ored 10 weau from Stallings the only
ball player in his camp
Outlook Was Dreary.
The outlook at the start of the sea-
son was most dreary one for the Big
Chief" sweeney and DeVlin were praC-
tically the only experienced men on
the club outside a few questionable
pitchers. Fortunately these were so
placed al second and third respectively
that they had young Marauville be-
tween them Maranville was naturally
a phenOm- He had been one of the
sensa tons of the season Hap Mey-
crs. at first, is a very fast fellow He
bad He lacked experience But
Sweeney helped him along at first and
he got away with his task well enough
TO round out an infield of more than
passing worth. That is one of Stall
llngs' great attributes He has the
faculty of making his men do the very
best that is in them all Of the time,
and that counts more in the end than
Individual strength divided against IT.
self
Team Is Strengthened.
When Vincent Campbell refused to
come back he left the Boston Outfield
in very bad way John Titus. who
has been cast of from the Phillies