Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-07
STALLINGS HAS
ORIGINAL IDEAS
AND USES THEM
of Boston Nationals
Largely Due to Manager
ial Methods


, methods and system that are
completely opposite to those EN-
ployed by anyone else in baseball
that's the easiest way to introduce
George Tecumsed Stallings. He doesn't
dwell upon the rowdy type; he's ag
gressiye; he wants TO- win; he's al
ways trying to think a step ahead oil
the opposition, and that's why George
Tecumseh Stallings is hailed The
Miracle Man.
The majority Of big and little league
baseball managers have graduated, but
only after years OF experience as a
mere player. Not Stallings. He was
manager the second year he played
baseball, and he has been a manager
for % years. That's WY we call him
natural leader. ..........- ...........:
Gifted with extraordinary baseball
ability and brains--the power TO lead,
StalIings forced himself into the ranks
as manager. That was back in 1892.
Playing the outfield with the San Jose,
Cal, club in 1891, Stallings saw his
club finish absolutely last In the
league; he saw members OF the team
loaf; he saw his manager attempt
plays which seldom went through; he
framed his own ideas, which he be-
lieved would meet better success.
Has Managed Since 1892.
Stallings wasn't shy. When the 1891
season closed he went to his magnate
and In plain tones declared that che
was the man to get q winner for San
Jose Stallings explained the situa-
ton. and when the 1892 season opened
Stallings was the manager He pro-
duced winner; not the pennant, but
a second place club. And for % years
Stallings has been a baseball man
ager so don't wonder at the success
he has attained with the present Bos-
ton Braves.
In his ideas George StalIings is quite
peculiar. In baseball we have types
and styles. We have Connie Mack,
who sits on the bench, crosses his
knees occasionally, never reaches the
coaching lines and runs the game with
his code signals. We have Hughey
Jennings, who "Eea- Yaheds the Tigers
into three American league penHants.
Hughey doesn't remain on the bench.
he uses the pat on the back. that "a't
a-boy." hit ser over the fence, Ty."
and other expressions. The fans never
hear a murmur from Connie Mack
Stallings IL a combination of Connie
Mack and Hughey Jennings He In
Mack In dress on the bench and on
Of the coaching lines, but he is Jen-
nings with that confident talk. not on
the lines but on the bench. He runs
the bah game on the bench and prac-
tically every move made on the field
comes from q signal from Stallings.
Why stalIlnps II . Success.
In his own opinion Stallines does
not believe himself "The Miracle
Man" With two explanations he tells
why and how he has developed one of
the worst ball clubs CT two years ago
into a pennant factor. Here they are;
Never play two games the same"
Get youngsters who win try for
you and develop them
That's Stallings' answer TO the 1914
Braves becoming a rival for the Ma
tionRI league pennant.
Stallings was manager Of one club
Of Individual stars. That was with
the Phillies In 1897 and 1893 That
club enrolled Lajoie. Delahanty and
other notables in the realm OF swat.
But Stallings couldn't win with them.
They refused to master Stallings idea;
they lacked that aggressiveness; they
lacked that determination to win.
Stsllings was semi-failure.
II was different with the New York
Yankees and the Boston Braves. As
sociating himself with young talent
who were really minus the big league
class George Stallings became famous.
He introduced the Stallings' methods,
featuring I'm the boss and what I
say goes. And Staliings Is the boss,
with never suggestion coming from
one member Of the team. He relies
upon himself to win; n II goes wrong
he takes the blame
Mix EN- Up and You'll Win.
Players who have been with Stall
ings claim he's the mystery of base
ball. He's q fighter, but he loves to /
win. The easy loser. the one who
doesn't fret or frown with defeat finds
himself down IN the second division.
They say Stallings raves and fuses on
the bench; wastes no language with
his players. but then on the field he's
loved and admired By every member
OF his club.
ITO be a success in baseball you
have to outfgure the other fellow"
was the way Stallings put 1t to st.
Louis scribe who interviewed him re-
Gently Never try two plays the same;
mix EN- up; do the unexpected. and
you'll see that you viii force your
breaks in getting the victory.
Il may play the sacrifice in the first
inning with my first batter, on or
may call for the hit-andFun. Some
times you're going to lose. You cant
always go through perfectly, because
the other fellow is trying to guess Just
what you're trying, and he may fall
into your own scheme. You must ex-
pect that in this game"
But tell us, what 90 you think is
the main cause for the success Of the.
Brayes2" was put to Stallings.
Greatest Since cobb-Maranvllle.
That's impossible to answer was