Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-03
By cHRlsTY MATHEwsoN.

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! So many fans have written and
asked me what know and think about
George Stallings and his methods that
/ will make an effort to answer them
Stallings is the greatest constructive
manager in baseball, the greatest con
structive leader that the game has
| ever known, with one possible excep
tion-John McGraw Mac took the
Giants when they were tailenders in
1909 and made them pennant winners
! in 1904 and worlds champions in 1906
The big secret of Stallings' success
as / see it, Is his ability to keep his
team going at full speed continually,
During the game he is the worst man.
ager in any league to ride" his play.
ers. Josh Devore got his schooling
under Stailings in the old Eastern
league, and Josh is the type of play.
er who needs constant pushing. When
he first came to the Giants, McGraw
tore into one of the other players one
day for pulling bone and this man
kept grumbling in the clubhouse later
over the abuse he had received.
Manager Drives the Club.
You don't mind that talk he handed
out, do your" asked Devore. ''If you
think that Is bad you ought to work
for Stallings awhile. The talk Nc
Graw gave you would sound like a
boost If you had
On the bench Stallings is red hot
and does not care what he says to a
player for making mental mistake.
After the game is over he forgets his
feelings. Stallings never quits no mat.
ter how far behind his club gets, and
figure that this is why the Boston
team has pulled out so many close
games this season The Braves got
away to one of the worst starts in the
history of the league, and by June
were so deep in last place that most
managers would have conceded the
season and started to build for next
year. But not George Stallings. When
the Giants were in Boston the last
part Of June and the Braves were
laundering along far in the ruck Stall
lings said:
Il know I've got good team and /
will get up there yet before this race
is over. / predicted would finish in
the first division, and am going to
do it,
1t doesn't look as if you had much
chance observed McGraw, :" but we're
pulling for you. i"
The Giants were pulling for the
Braves then but they are not pulling
so strong now, because the club is
dangerous, the one team in the
league that has achance to beat us to
the pennant.
There is a story of Stallings when
he was managing the Yankees. A
young infield recruit fell down on a
play which ultimately cost the Yam
KEGS the game. Stallings rode" this
youngster all over the place for his
mistake and the recruit thought his
release was sure. Therefore he picked
up the paper the next morning to find
out where he should check his trunks,
only to see printed interview with
his manager boosting him as a conner.
Stallings' players got to know he did
not mean the things he says in the
heat of a game, but they sting at the
time and make the men play harder.
Mild hammered Of Field.
on the field Stallings is mild man.
nered and quiet. He does not forget
baseball as does McGraw. but he does
not bother his associates by talking it
His attitude at night will indicate as
to whether he has won or lost that af-
ternoon. If his team has been at the
wrong end of the score, he seldom
opens his mouth and carries grand
crouch. "
Stallings' record in both New York
and Boston are strangely parallel.
The first season with the Yankees he