The Washington times., 1915-07-22
Stallings Not Working
At Miracles This Year
He Will Always Be "Wonder Man" of Baseball, But
He Can't Expect to Make 1914 Trick an An
nual Event in National Pastime.
BY KIRK C. MILLER.

There wasn't enough major league
pastiming yesterday to warrant the
opening Of the ticker wires. two games
in each colony bringing the procession
to a distinct lull compared to the
strenuous days which preceded. How
ever, telegraph companies must sur
vive. and there Is no perceptible reduc-
ton in the number Of columns to be
filled on this leahet.
Which surmise brings us to our senses
sufficiently to mention here that base
ball Is a queer Ash. also that lightning
never strikes twice in the same place.
and that there has never been but one
Miracle Man. one Tall Tsctician. and
one Old Roman. Each seems to have
served his time at his respective nom
de plume with nothing off for good be-
havior. and this opinion is quite as true
OF the most recent member Of the Hall
of Fame. George Stallings. as Of his
senior fellow former wonders Of the
world.
If you don't quite grasp along what
lines we are driving, we will divulge a
hint. The Braves are not going to
repeat. stallings will always be the
Miracle Man. but he won't work at It
forever: II Boston ! sees any mira miracles es
perform them. and at that they could
hardly be called miracles. because he
has plenty to work with If he wins
pennant. there will be an obvious
boat and walks across the American
League waters, it won't take Houdini
to divulge the reason therefor. He
doesn't have to feed any multitude on
six C:orbys and six crippled herring.
Rut 70 get away from the sacrilese
and back to Stallings. things hardly
look now as II he were going to answer
the curtain call. AS stated. baseball Is
a queer fish and that means that 1t
next to who sent in the $4,000 worth of
conscience money.
1t doesn't require a wizard nor an
humble sporting writer to concoct the
10 the top after July are not going
to be annual events in the baseball
charity race. and this fact becomes
more emphatic when we see that the
grunts in the direction OF boosting
themselves, but have not been able to
ge. out Of seventh place. However,
tlGy are not far enough in seventh to
rock-bottom price, even though the
latter has adopted a policy Of winning
one game out of each series.
Many of the trailing n. l.. teams are
attrlDQtlnE tnelT lOWly Stdle TO tne UNI
piring which has been prevalent in their
little eiSht-team community. McGraw.
who besides being a manager Is an au-
thor of no little reputation, is one who
has howled loudly under his signature,
but in speaking of Stallings and his
Braves we are glad to say that he has
reverted to no such questionable albis.
Stallinss is more inclined to refer his
present position to the absence of his
chief arsiser and first lieutenant on the
fighting line, Johnny Evers from the
fray.
tvers is one of the crattiest little
PLAYING lieutenants that a manager ever
won a pennant with, and the absence
, Of his conversation, which always keeps
the boys on their toes, for almost halt
the season. has been a serious drawback
TO the Braves. he rs back now, and his
energy and vigor fairly rad'ate from
second base to the other playing post
tons. but alas, it has come too late
10 do good other than that OF keeping
the team from sliding out of the
league think we.
recall that famous second Western trlp
ot the Braves in 1914 II was on this
Cooks tour that Stalllngs got his toe
hold which finally hoisted him to base