El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-22
HAUGHTON.HAS
CHANGED IDEAS
Throws Off His Harvard
Silence and Praises Stall
lings; Why He Bought.

Boston. Mass, Jan 22.-In handling
the Braves, owner Percy Haughton viii
give up his Harvard methods entirely
AS an earnest OF the change, Mr..
Haughton has renowned his innmemO-
rial custom Of refusing interviews he
says ne was silent at Harvard through
no fault Of his, but now he viii talk
freely
"Of course. there has been a lot OF
joking about how the Harvard coach
ing system would work out in league
ball" said Mr.. Haughton- That Was
to be expected
There wiz be no college methods
used. however, in the handling OF tne
Braves We who own the club realize
that we have tackled 4 very big bust
ness proposition I believe that am
the only Harvard man among the new
owners
appreciate and try to retain all Har-
ward friendships. we Will likewise
think fully as much Of and cater 70
the other baseball fans Of Boston The
men who have enough money to go
through Harvard and enjoy more or
less prosperity afterward are great
friends OF any business But they
should not and viii not in our business
have what one commentator styled the
upper hand
Naturally while was handling col
lege sport al Harvard there were times
when perhaps had TO be rather silent
on certain subjects which might have
been of public interest. but il was
AAlQ4EA 4l0 AalAAL DA 4u1llE- Ale---1--
now that in a way 1 am being tried all
the time by the Boston public, and con-
seQuently, viii have II in mind always
might have offered an abb at Har-
ward, but preferred TO fight il out my
self
stalIings VIII Have Charge.
-StalIings is a genius. sort OF a
baseball wonder. 1 know. very wen
by instinct He has the Enack OF hand
ling men and getting them also, that
makes great leader. You can put u
as strongly as You like that Staliing5
viii have absolute charge OF the base
ball end OF the Braves To be candid
the fact that Stallings was signed as
manager for couple OF years Influ-
enced me as much as anything else IN
deciding to buy the club
What George says viii 60 all the
time. I believe that when a man has
a job he should be allowed 10 work
along his own lines Then, If he fails.
il is time to break in and help 1t IS
up TO StalllngS to give Boston a gOou
National league ball team. and ! be-
lieve in my heart that he will keep
right on doing it as long as he remains
in baseball
staIIinsx Tutored HauEhton.
Il have admired StalIings from the
first moment 1 knew him. That was
last spring, when the task Of coaching
the Harvard baseball team suddenly
fell on my shoulders Though mad
played the game and liked il, 1 was q
bit vague on the coaching part OF It.
Consequently I looked for help went
to see StaIlinEs at his hotel He was
genuinely glad to see ne The first
night we talked for more than i've
hours. even though the BraTes's mana
ger was sick at the time and Worrled
because his team was not going any
too we'll As I was leaving he insisted
that I come around the next evening
did. and very often after that he was
always wonderfully interesting Base
ball genius stuck out all over him. he
taught me more about the game in =
week than could have learned from
anybody else in a lifetime
How He Came TO Buy.
: Il met M. Gaffuey and we became
very good friends I heard one day
I that he declared he would sell the
Braves il he was offered enough for
them consulted the men who are as
! ISOLATED with me and later We began to
| talk prices
There is no room for roughneck
/ tactics in baseball. and viii not roler-
ate them on my club. I viii probably
20 south with the team next month
have been put in here 10 take charge
/ Of the club and watch out for all its
/ business and I'm not going TO over
| look anything il I can help IL"