Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-09-17
ANOTHER GEORGIA
PLAYER LEADING
ZIG CHIEF STALLINGS RAISED
BOSTON NATIONALS FROM
CELLAR TO TOR.

con Rucker have manopONzcd the
spotlight among native Georgians In
the world OF baseball Any refer
ence to Georgia was not complete
unless Tyrus and Napoleon we're
mentioned as products Of that state.
These two birds were the last word
In diamond affairs from Catoosa
County To Traders Hill and they
certainly deserved all the praise
heaped upon them by their fellow
citizens.
But this year the Georgia popu-
larity trust has expanded Ty and
Nap have been compelled TO move
over and share the limelight stuff
with another Cracker" known far
and wide as Big Chief" George
Stallings, manager Of the Boston
Braves
Today Stallings is as well known
and equally as popular among the
fans as either Cobb or Rucker. But
unlike these two he has not gained
his place among baseball celebrities
as player cold timers declare that
Stallings was only a mediocre play
or at his best His reputation Is
based wholly on his successful work
as a manager In making over the
tail-end Braves into a pennant pos
sibility he proved his capacity IN
this direction. In addition. he pilot
ed many minor league champions
between the years 1891 and 1909.
Stallings will reach his forty-fifth
birthday next Thursday. Augusta,
Ca. was the place Of his birth he
graduated from the Virginia Mill
tary Institute and later took a course
In Baltimore medical college II
was as member OF the medical
school baseball team that he first
dOnned the Spangles He was an
outhelder and catcher His work at
tracted the attention Of the Phila-
delphia Nationals and he was signed
by that club in 1887 After mid
season the Phillies loaned him TO
Toronto, which club won the lnterna-
tional league ponnant that year So
Stallings finished his first season In
professional ball with a winning
outfit
The next year ne was with the
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played with tho champion Oakland
Club. He put IN the season OF 1890
with the Brooklyn Nationals anoth
er pennant winner and in 1891 he
returned to California as manager OF
the San Jose club This was Stall
ing's first season as a manager and
his team walked away with the
championship. lie remained In san
Jose the next season and again his
team proved pennant winner. In
1893 he took charge of the Augusta,
Ga, club and COPIED the southern
league flag
In 1894 and 1895 Stallings pilot
ed the Nashville team. landing In
second place the first year and win
ing the championship the second
season In 1896 he signed a. man
agcr Of the Detroit club Ia the old
Western League. In 1898 he pill
uted the Philadelphia Nationals. the
team with which he FIRST broke into
fast company
Tie returned 10 Detroit In 1893
and the following year the Detroit
club with Stallings A. manager be
came a member OF the nea American
league In 1907 Stalliugs had
falling out with President johnson
and In consequence was barred from
the American league for a time
In 1902 be entered upon a five
year contract as manager of the
Buffalo team OF the Eastern league
During his five year, in the Bison
city he won two peunants. finished
twice In second place aud once ia
fourth place
During the season OF 1907 stall
ings was forced 10 remain idle on ac-
count 81 sickness This is tho only
season he has remained inactive dur.
ing the twoniy-scyen years that he
has been in the game IN the nll
az 1907 S'alliugs applied tor po-
sition as manager u the Cincinnati
Reds. but Was turned down by the
Officials OF that club. tie spent the
season with Newark and the next
year signed a. pilot Of the New York
Yankees. 10 ran nth in his first
season Ia NcH York and developed
a team which landed iu second place
the next wear
In l3ll-l- Stalliugs was back IN
Buffalo A. the close of the 1912
season. prompted by an ambition 90
win a pennant loo the biz league be
fore he returned he formed an al
lance with James Gaffney for the
purchase Of the Boston Braves. and
last spring took that club under his
management Tho Big Chief has
made good In Boston and Is nov .u
fair way 10 annex the National lea
que pennant and perhaps a eorld's
championship