Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-13

HOL A0lNAtNHN
Wilding will oppose Mclaughlin and
Brookes will play Williams. Anyway
you figure it, the Yankees seem to
have shade, but we must play brill
liant tennis to win
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George Stallings and his Boston
Braves will open a three-game series
at the Polo Grounds this afternoon
and not a few Newark fans will take
in the show. With Boston well up
in the National League race great
interest is centred in the outcome
of these contests, and as Stallings
is big favorite in this city local
patrons of the great national game
are pulling for him to not only win
out in this series, but to win the
pennant as we'll. That's why the
fans are going over to the Polo
grounds this afternoon-to root for
Stallings and his Braves.
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Sir George has been we'll named
the Miracle Man." for he has per-
formed wonders with what looked
like a team of no-accounts. Although
inflicted with an almost hopeless
start, Stallings persevered and bat
tied along until he whipped his team
into a smooth running baseball ma
chine. Now he is there with the
goods, fearlessly fighting for the
championship. It would be a great
thing all around If Stallings were to
win the National League pennant
with Boston. 1t would be the crown
ing effort Of his life and 1t would
stir up new interest in the worlds
series. Stallings has told me time
and time again that his ambition was
to win a worlds series. Then" he
has said so often. IT would be will
ing to lie down and die" He has a
good chance to accomplish his pur-
pose this very year, and you can hear
talk all around-here, there, every
where-wishing Stallings and his ball
team success.
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Stallings, though the Miracle Man"
and all that now, has been a martyr
to the game A whole lot of things
have happened in his baseball life
that he would just as soon have for
gotten. Ban johnson has been his
arch-enemy and Johnson has been in
a position TO best Stallings whenever
an issue arose between them. He
routed George out of Detroit and It
was Johnson who got him out of New
York The Detroit affair Stallings
soon forgot but he never will get over
the way he was driven out of the
American League-driven out OF
Gotham. Stallings was sweet on his
little team Of Yankees and he didn't
want to leave the boys. He had
nursed them along from a poor old
has-been outfit to dandy little first
division club. He had great team,
he said, and in another year he would
have won the American League pen
nant. He wasn't given the chance
and he has been sore man ever
/ since.
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But the old story Is the story after
! all It's what you are today that
counts. Stallings is big man today
His name is on the tip of the tongue
and his praises are being sung by
| fans galore He is in second place
/ now and not such far way off from
the leading Giants. He Is courageous
and he will succeed IL he has the ma
terial to back him up. Stallings Is 6
gamester and he will fight 1t out tc
the finish. John McGraw and the
Giants will find they have foemen In
Stallings and his Braves worthy Of
their steel
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There isn't another manager in the
world just like Stallings, and there
isn't another manager in the world
who Is able to get away witb>his sys-
| TEN of directing his men. On the
bench he Is a devil. No other WORD
would quite describe his manner. His
language is of the common everyday
United States variety. He Is an adept
in the use of the objectionables
Swear words roll off his tongue like
water off ducks back. He frotht
and fumes and he roars. A good play
is as 1t should be, but a poor play is q
crime. He says what he thinks, right
there and then, and it Is over with
No twice-told tales for Stallings
When a player pulls bone" he
hears about 1t, and so does every.
body else within earshot But tina
one "call-down" settles it. The play
ers know this, and they take thei
medicine, when they are wrong, ant
say nothing. That's why Stalling
and his men get along so well to
gether.
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Stallings, though, is a sort of DR.
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde. On the fielt
of battle he In a tvrant. off the fiel,