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The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
StalIings, Maniac On Bench, Quiet
Off Field, Driving Braves to Top
BY HUoH s. FULLERTON.

This year OF 1914 has brought to
the front three managers OF baseball
Hickey. Charlie Her
Eog and George staiitngs-and the
greatest Of these is Stallings.
The astonishing Improvement In the
tail-end teams this season has been
due almost entirely TO the selection
of brainy, capable managers, for the
material with which they have worked
Is poorer than In any OF the last ten
years.
Counting the Federal league. Bill
Phillips, Joe Tinker and Otto Knabe
must be added TO the list OF men who
have proved themselves capable and
efficient In the handling Of men and
In directing and leading them In
games.
One day last season an owner was
complaining Of his manager. ! offered
TO name for him six men who could
take his club and make q winner OF
Il. provided he would let them do IT,
The men | named were James Tilden
Sheckard. now manager OF the Cleve'
land association team; Jack Hend-
ricks, manager Of the Indianapolis
association: Jesse Burkett, Fielder
Jones, Kid Gleason and Charlie Her
zog. then a private. He passed them
all by and chose a go-between who TO-
day Is the joke of the league.
The only manager who has fooled
me this season Is Bill Carrigan. | ex
pected him to make frightful splash
OF II and am rejoicing that he has
done wonderfully well. Carrigan has
broadened. developed and is showing
a lot OF force and Initiative. The big
thing he has learned Is how to squelch
a fellow who seeks TO take advantage
of him.
But Stallings Is the big noise OF
the season. To me he Is one Of the
wonders OF baseball, and he has been
held back from fame by matters out
side baseball When Stallings was
manager at Detroit Ban Johnson made
violent charges against Stallings, read
him out OF baseball, called him all
sorts OF names and accused him Of &C
tual crimes.
Stallings must have been chuckling
for while President Johnson was read
ing him out OF baseball he had con
tract already signed to lead the Yam
KEGS In 1909. Stallings stiffened the
team, pushed It up to second place
stuck In the fight to near the finish
and finally finished fifth. Then two
signal tipping scandals in succession
put him bad again. Chase put him
In worse, and at the end OF his con
tract he retired and went to Buffalo.
Stallings came back to the majors
to take the hopeless, tail-end Boston
Braves. Last year he startled the
league by leading the team into first
division by spectacular squirt, and
this season he has stunned them by
an unprecedented climb from last to
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
;zUatest Players Have Evinced
Wondrous Dislike to APP
pearing on Diamond
blight INJURIES OFFER
EXCUSE FOR IDLENESS
Qnly Two Teams Have Had Reg
1 MAR Lineup in Field For 60
Per Cent of Games
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON

I - 10 /.
What erect has the Federal league
had on baseball? II do not mean on
1ho financial or business part of the
0Amo. but upon the playing and the
/. t1nyers. ss. VI.
VA unfinished around all last week
.ooking managers. club owners and
some players that question.
found them practically unanimous
\ 81 declaring that the coming OF the
Feds has reduced the quality Of the
baseball being played by at least 20
Per cent: that II has made the play
ers listless and inclined to loaf on
their jobs; that II has made many OF
the players Independent and that
4 has rendered II more and more diff.
4cult for managers to maintain dis.
clplfne and keep their teams hard at
work.
"It's the toughest thing ever went
against" declared one outraged man
/; ogsr. II was ball player myself,
u know their troubles and always
have tried to take the players end
2of al arguments. But this season has
Ibeen the limit. They loaf, and II they
ere called they give you the laugh
and mention the Feds. II they want
% 90 Joy riding they 60. and the
threat of fine either makes them
IUet fresh and threaten to jump, or
makes them loaf.
"The worst feature, however, has
been that they lay OF twice as often
~ they used to do. A spike cut that
they used to tie up and forget Is
worth week now, and IL they don't
EEL just right they report sick and
drop out just when the team needs
them most. have talked with q lot
~ managers, and the experience IL
shout the same as mine has keen."
His talk set me thinking. | got
out the records OF the last three
years. and looked up the number OF
Enmes the regular players have been
"A. The manager was right about II.
The players have been laying on
more than In other years. Scarcely
, man In the three leagues has been
a every game.
Roughly figured II appears to me
that only two teams could have had
their regular linesup in the field In
- per cent OF their games. Twelve
american leaguers have been in 100
or more games. Wilson, OF st. Louis,
MS the only National Lacquer W.
Pad played In 100 games up to Aug.
and only three Fed leaguers had
been In 100 games.
S a study OF the figures of the
Egtars' was even more discouraging.
\ Speaker had worked In every game,
4 but tia records OF the others showed
hat they had been in from As to so
PER cent OF the games their teams
played.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
State Fair Auto Races
GiUen Sanction of A. a. a.

purpose, as II Is for motorcycle ana
harness horse contests.
Mr.. Dickinson and the directors
took the position that there would be
automobile races at the fair whether
sanction was given or not.
II was known the National Associa-
ton of Expeditions and Fairs was sup
porting its Michigan member and
that, II necessary. II might conduct Q
series of auto speed contests at all
its tracks under its own auspices.
General Manager Dickinson also
has received word that wild Bob
Burman will be one OF the drivers
who will appear here next month.
Louis Disbrow. Eddie Hearne, Johnny
Rainey, Heinneman, Strong and sew
eral other drivers of equal promi-
nence have also signed for the big
meeting here.
In order to get these speeders II
has been found necessary to advance
the card one day. The auto race pro
gram, consequently. will begin the az
ternoon OF Monday, Sept z, which is
Labor day and the frst day of the
fair
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

stars. inquired or them how the
pace was telling on them and they
declared they never were better and
that they were certain they could 60
the route
Tyler has shown some signs OF
weakening, but the others appear as
fresh as at the start.
Besides. I am told from the inside
OF the club that during the victorious
spell of this trio. Stallings has been
working steadily with me reserve
pitchers and that he has two more
fretting on the bench to get in there
and help.
I spoke with Evers about the strain
on the pitchers and the danger OF q
big slump due to overwork.
The danger Is very small" he
said. Look at II this way: Almost
every club has one pitcher who works
oftener than any one OF these men
are doing. II takes n strong nan to
do Il. but II one man on each club
can stand II why cannot three on
one club 90 the routs7
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
AIDED BY MAPS,
TIGERS GRAB A
WEIRD CONTEST
Clevelanders Give Fine Exhibi
ton of How National Game
Should Not Be Played
DETROITERS SCORE EIGHT
RUNS ON TWO BINGLEs
McCreery, New Hurler From
Butte (Mont.) Club, Makes
Unsatisfactory Showing

CLEVELAND. o.. Aug l7.-(Spe-
cial) THE Maps slew the national
pastime yesterday afternoon and.
while the killing was going on, the
Tigers scampered away with q base
ball game. Score, ID TO 6.
The game was featured by Detroits
stunt OF scoring eight runs on two
hits. Coumbe's wild pitch cleaned
the bases In the second.
McCreery, the Tiger recruit from
the Butte. Mont, club OF the Union
association. was touched for six hits
and FIVE runs In the two Innings he
worked.
Bush opened the game with sim
gle TO center. Moriarty sent him to
third with double. Cobb was hit,
filing the bases. Crawford forced
Cobb, Bush scoring. Veach hit to
Wamby, who threw over Egan's head.
Moriarty scoring. Kavanagh ground
ed to Turner, who might have touch
ed Veach, but threw out Kayanagh
at first instead. Crawford scored on
the play. veach scored on passed
ball.
;. amby's error gave Stanage a life
to start the second. McCreery, trying
to sacrifice. popped to Blanding. Bush
hit to Chapman for what should have
been q double play, but Chapman
dropped the ball as he attempted to
touch Stanage. He recovered II In
time TO throw to Wamby to get Stan.
age over-running second, but Wamby
failed to touch the Tiger receiver an
all hands were safe. Moriarty fannel
- Tra urfor II nH 20
age being forced across the rubber
Coumbe relieved Banding. and his
first pitch went wild. the three Tigers
perched on the sacks counting
Three more came for the Tigers In
the third Kavanagh and Burns sin
gled In turn and Stanage sacrificed
Heilman. batting for McCreery, walk
ed. Morton, who replaced Coumbe
walked Bush. forcing In Kavanagh
Moriarty's double scored Burns and
Heilman. A double play saved fur
ther trouble for the Maps.
The Tigers scored two more In the
seventh on Burns triple, passes Il
Cavet and Bush and Moriarty's single
The Maps did the bulk of theil
scoring in the first two frames
pass to Turner, followed by singles
| by Jackson and Lajoie netted one II
the first.
Four more were registered in the
second on singles by Wamby ant
| Turner, a pass to Chapman, Jackson,
double and Kinks single. This endet
McCreery's reign on the mound.
| Woods single and wamby's double
| produced another In the seventh.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
CYCLECARS TO BE AT
NEW YORK AUTO SHOW

At the national automobile shows
to be held In New York and Chicago,
Jan. 80 and Jan. 22-30 respectively,
Il Ia the intention Of 8. A. Miles,
manager OF both shows, to give prom
inence to the cycle. light and small
car industry, by setting aside Sec
ton commensurate with the desires
Of the manufacturers In this field.
Manager Miles has written F. Ed
Spooner. secretary OF the Cyclecar
Manufacturers National association
and secretary OF the Cyclecar Associa.
ton OF America. thanking him for his
promise of assistance In rounding up
the makers OF the country and secur-
ng from them the number OF models
10 be displayed and the amount OF
space that will be required. II Is the
of Mr.. Miles. when assured
,f q sufficient number Of exhibits OF
,ycle, light and small cars, TO set
aside q special section and the ques-
ton OF the size Of this section will be
determined by the replies received.
This matter has been taken up with
the manufacturers by Secretary
Spooner, and each has been requested
TO Immediately notify the c. NJ. N. A.
Of Its desires with regard to the
show. Manager Miles says that II
would not do TO set aside certain
space. turn down other makers and
then discover that the space would
not be filed. That the manufacturers
will come forward readily after their
experience Of last year In taking any
space available at the final minute,
Secretary Spooner feels certain.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

The auto race meeting, which will
open the Michigan State Fair this
year, will have offcial sanction.
George w. Dickinson. general man
ager Of the fair. is In receipt of tel
egram stating that the differences be-
tween the fair and the American
Automobile association have been ad-
justed and that the sanction for the
races here will be along within a
week. Mr.. Dickinson refused to make
any statement In the matter save to
say that he was gratified at the news.
A short time after the FIRST inter
national cyclecar races at the state
fair grounds ON July and 5, an
nouncement was made throughout the
country that the Michigan State Fair
track had been black-listed. The rea-
son given was that II permitted the
cyclecar races, which had not been
approved by the A. A. A. contest
board, to be held upon It. The reply
OF General Manager Dickinson was
that the cyclecar races we're not held
under the state fair auspices and that
the track merely was leased for the
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
NO STAKE OFFERED
AT WINDSOR TODAY
Good Fields in Every Event,
With Great Britain and DR..
Samuels as Starters

The Windsor track has regained the
best OF condition and speed OF the ex-
treme order may be looked for dur
ing the remainder Of the meeting
across the river. O.
Though there is no stake down for
decision this afternoon. there are
stake horses aplenty entered In the
various events. which are OF good
grade for a Monday Offering.
The fourth race will serve as the
feature this afternoon. Great Britain
IL the favorite over Dorothy Dean.
vandergrift, Knight, Duffer, Paint
brush, an English horse, Harbard and
other good ones.
In the third DIR. Samuels. winner OF
the Canadian derby, win measure
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
MA J0R LEAGUE STARS
HAVE PLAYED ALL SEASON
JONES WILL MANAGE
St. LOUIS FED CLUB
He Will Begin New Duties Fri.
day, Succeeding Mordecai
Brown As Leader

CHICAGO, Aug. 17.-Fielder Jones,
who gained fame by his management
of the "Hitless Wonders" the old
Chicago Americans. has been signed
AZ manager OF the st. Louis Federal
league team. He will take command
OF his new aggregation next Friday.
James A. Gilmore. president Of the
Federal league. announced his latest
acquisition Sunday night. Jones re-
signed as president OF the Northwest
ern league Saturday afternoon.
Mordecai Brown, who started the
season as manager of the st. Louis
Feds. will remain with the team az a
player.
Jones has refused attractive offers
from major league clubs on various
occasions.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON

- GORGE STAIL.INGS has over.
turned another tradition In
~ baseball. He has reverted to
the old idea on which pennants were
won in the best days OF baseball and
IL winning on that theory.
Stallings. together with many OF
the older generation OF managers. be.
lieves that pitcher Is better when
he works every third day than he Is
with q longer rest. and Il has been
the carrying out Of this theory that
has lifted the Braves close to the top
OF, the National league race.
Almost every manager In baseball
has the Idea that II he can get four
pitchers into condition TO work In
rotation, with a fifth ready to act
as reliever and ready TO cut In and
pitch one.half of a double-hesder, he
can win.
Stallings worked this season on the
theory that he could win II he got
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
SOUTH MICHIGAN LEAGUE

fes.erfayr HcsuIu.
South Bend Ga, Kalamazoo SO.
Flint s-s. Mt. Clemens SIS.
Saginaw "a, Toledo 2-2
Bay City 16-0, Adrian OIL.
Today'a Games.
Adrian at Saginaw.
Toledo at Bay City.
jackson at Kalamazoo.
Battle Creek at Mt Clemens.
Flint at South Bend.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

strides with Polly H., Privet Pedal
and Impression.
The first event is for all ages and
Is the first event Of its kind on the
Canadian circuit this season. There
are no two-year-olds entered. how
ever The second is for youngsters
which have never won a race. the
NTH 10 for two-year-old fllies. the
sixth ia q selling affair for sprinters.
and they will 60 a mile and six
teenth In the last event.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
Catches Twenty-Pound Catfish.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark, Aug. IA.
Edward Kasinger, young farmer
on the North Fork, caught 20-pound
catfish with his hands. He was on
the bank and saw the fish splashing.
The water was about eight inches
deep and very swift. and before the
Ash had time to turn and go back
down stream Kasinger got It out on
the bank
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Newark at, Montreal Is; second
game called seventh account darkness.
Jersey City 3-10, Buffalo As.
Rochester OILS, Baltimore 80
Providence 8, Toronto q.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

Comiskey has signed Felch, cham
pion home-run hitter Of the Milwau-
kee team. Ping Bodie has q saw
ready to saw up Felchs bats.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION


Minneapolis Ia. ST. Paul so.
Columbus 7-5. Cleveland 81.
Milwaukee 8, Kansas City 1.
Louisville 2, Indianapolis I.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

Jimmy Breton. Of the White Sox.
had chicken pox and Chicken Gandil
has whooping cough Some Of these
fellows have been trying to make
Chick cough up long time.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

McGraw now has Sac, Chero-
kee and q Mission Indian. not to
speak OF Larry Mclean, who Is an
Apache when he takes the war path.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

-lEoriarty, Kavanagh and Burns. FIRST
B00o on balls--Mitcheii 4, Dubuc q.
nc by pitched ball---By Mitchell
[XUof1arty) Struck out--By Mitchell
First base on errors--Cleveland 3,
ofr0(t 4. Left on bases-Cleveland
Detroit 3. Tfme--1:45. Umpires--
OLoughlin and Hildebrand.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

McGraw declares that the umpiring
this year Is the worst he has seen In
rs years. proving that the jumps are
getting fairer.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

II might wake up Ward II the fans
decided 1t was wrong to eat his bread
on Sunday.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Nesterday's Results.
Brooklyn 6, Cincinnati ).
ST. Louis 8, Chicago !.
Only two games scheduled.
Today's Games.
Boston at Cincinnati
Brooklyn at Chicago.
New York at Pittsburgh.
Phillies at st. Louis.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

A. Carnegie's ideas seem to be
about as popular as Ed Barrows pro
position to cut players salaries.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
FEDERAL LEAGUE

hestcrday's Results.
st. Louis 3. Buffalo 3; 10 innings.
Baltimore 4, Chicago 0.
Indianapolis IL, Pittsburgh g.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

Bill Watkins of Indianapolis. has
the best idea yet advanced, He wants
10 muzzle all baseball officials and
magnates from Oct rs to April IL.
We doubt n strap could be found
large enough to nj the worst case,
but the idea Is all right.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

No, Frederick. we aren't really pre-
JUDGED In favor of Germany. but yol
see our hired girl reads our stun ant
we're afraid to remain neutral.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Detio oft IL. Cleveland 6.
Chicago 81, st. Louis 1-9,
Only two games scheduled.
Today's Games.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
Washington at New York.
Only two games scheduled.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17
innings
0nfroff ~,

X<AiH 90 Nv 81 IN
sBatted for Morton I'm eighth.
fBatted for McCreery In third
Innings faa 1za4 7ss
Cleveland .1I o. Dol o o.
{ bsfroif u. 4 l....4 1901 0--is
= Two base hits---Jackson. wambs-
RAns. Moriarty q Three-base hit
Burns. Sacrifice hit---stanage. Stolen
beses--Lajois Double plays
WambsFans and I>sjoie Egan and La
,5oie: Bush. Kavanarh and Burns. Hits
Ion Blanding, IN "a innipe.; OF
"a DlIlinesr, In 4: on Mccreery, 9
~ 3: on cayet In =. First base on
.()r6sry 8 Cavef J. HIT BY pitched
4 &a1le--By Blanding Cobb: by cavet
sos struck w eus,Mcrto9 a,a :; Nc.
|rn1 On errorD--Drfroff g. Left on
! - -c1sviloSd Il, Dstroit s. Time
o1yA t'mptrer fIildebrand and
~. they cannot say Tom
49, - Al 49,
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

The affair at Liege reminds us OF
a fellow who started out TO become
heavyweight champion OF the world
and might have done II n the first
135.pounder he met hadn't knocked
him out.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

The only man we have met who re-
joices over the war Is a New Orleans
man who grins joyously when anyone
mentions San Francisco and the Pan
anna exposition.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

In Chicago two dramatic critics
have become war experts--but what
are We going to do with our baseball
writer's?
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

British officers mistook Frank Mo
ran for German spy. Ted Sullivan
should be careful
Europe would better beware--one
motor car maker advertises that Rus
STA uses its cars for war II they get
those manufacturers fighting each 9TH
er the rest will seem tame.
Martin Delaney is organizing an
Eat Half club, and II the meat and
grain boosters have their way well
|, all join II.
Extra-The fellow who Just wanted
US to help him find Job has been
writing Daily Fashion Hints from
Paris for years.
| In Chicago two dramatic critics
have become war experts--but what
are We going to do with our baseball
writer's?
The only man we have met who re-
joices over the war Is New Orleans
man who grins joyously when anyone
mentions San Francisco and the Pan
anna exposition.
No, Frederick. we aren't really pre-
| JUDGED In favor of Germany. but you
see our hired girl reads our stun and
we're afraid to remain neutral
| -
| McGraw declares that the umpiring
this year Is the worst he has seen In
rs years. proving that the jumps are
getting fairer.
! Jimmy Breton. OF the White Sox.
had chicken pox and Chicken Gandil
has whooping cough. Some Of these
fellows have been trying to make
Chick cough up long time.
| Comiskey has signed Felch, cham
pion home-run hitter Of the Milwau
! kee team. Ping Bodie has q saw
| ready to saw up Felch's bats.
| McGraw now has Sac, q Chero-
kee and Mission Indian, not to
speak OF Larry Mclean, who Is an
Apache when he takes the war path.
v
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

Extra-The fellow who just wanted
US to help him find job has been
writing Daily Fashion Hints from
Paris for years.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

Martin Delaney Is organizing an
Eat HAIR club, and II the meat and
grain boosters have their way well
/, all join II.
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

British officers mistook Frank Mo
ran for a German spy. Ted Sullivan
should be careful
The Detroit times., 1914-08-17

Europe would better beware--one
motor car maker advertises that Rus
sia uses its cars for war II they gel
those manufacturers lighting each 9th
er the rest will seem tame.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-12
IL INJURED IN WRECK 81
I'd ON INTERURBAN LINE

CLEVELAND, Aug. - Eleven
persons were injured. four of them
seriously, this afternoon when an
Akron to Cleveland limited car
crashed head-on into an Electric
Package Company baggage car near
Bedford, Is miles south of Cleveland,
on the Akron; Bedford & Cleveland
line. Thomas Ibbesson. motorman
OF the limited. sustained internal In
iuries and may die. ff
The wreck occurred on n single
track and officials of the interur-
ban company say Motorman Ibbesson
failed to observe orders and take a
siding. Ibbesson is said to have de-
nicd he had such orders. There
were about 30 passengers in the
limited car, most of them women,
and several of them were among the
injured.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-12
GLASS INDUSTRY WILL
BE CRIPPLED BY WAR
MoRcANrowN,. W. Va, Aug. I he

MoRGANToWN, w. Va, Aug. 12.
1t is feared glass factories using
potash as fluxing agent in the man
ufacturc or glass will be obliged to
shut down as soon as their present
stocks of the chemical are exhausted.
The worlds supply of potash comes
from Germany, and Austria and the
war situation means that no more
potash willfbe shipped to this 'coun-
tryiuntil peace is restored. It is un-
derstood the factories here have
enough on hand to run them several
months.
Potash has been selling at 3 conts
a pound, but since the declaration of
war on Russia by Germany the price
has shot up TO IL cents. In Morgan=
town alone about 500 tone of potash
is used annually. There is no substi-
tutc known.