New Britain herald., 1929-05-13

| of the campaign. Stallings induced Gaffney to take over the Trojan s contract. Evers, it was thought, would round out the Braves, but for the first half of the 1914 campaign the club floundered about the sec- ond division. its natural place. the experts said. By July. the Braves were back at their old station. last place.
 Then they started squirt. It con- tinued into a ten weeks baseball marathon, during which the Braves | passed all other entries. shattered the hopes of the Giants for four straight pennants and closed the season in front with a margin of ten games. The Braves four straight victories over the Athletics in the world series marked the first time the series had been confined to that number of games.
 How He Won Control Manager Stallings was a product of Georgia farm, where he was born in 1866. It was there he un- consciously developed his throwing arm and gained control by hurlins stones at the stumps of trees. He learned the rudiments of the game at Richmond Academy, Augusta. Ga. and from the academy team went to his first professional base ball job with the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast league as catcher. Later he became a player and man. aser in the old Eastern league, pre- decessor of the International league. In the latter he had been owner- manager of two clubs, Rochester and Montreal. When a young man Stallings married Miss Belle White of Had dock, Ga.. who later obtained a di- vorce. They had two sons. His wife | of a second marriage died and some ! years later he married the widow of Bud Sharp. minor league first baseman and close friend, who had been scout for Stallings' ball clubs many years. One son was born of the third union.
 The Stallings system, by which the Boston Braves won the worlds championship in 1914. proved ono theory of modern baseball and dis proved another. The former was that right hand batters are more successful against left hand pitch CTS and vice versa. The theory dis proved was that it was necessary to have large pitching staff to win a pennant.
 In order to carry out, the idea of batting, Stallinss carried two com- plete outfields, using the trio that batted right hand when southpaw " pitchers opposed the Braves. anl the left handed hitting outfielders against right hand pitchers.
 Manager Stallings' theory that pitchers could take their turn in the box after two days rest was borne out when he used Dick Rudolph and Bill James, right handlers, and Lefty Tyler, southpaw, in regular turn during the last half of the National league season and through the world series.
 Remaining with the Braves until 1920. Stallings announced his retire. | ment from baseball Later. how ever, he and Walter Hapgood puS- 1 chased the Rochester club of the International league, which Stallings managed until after the 1927 season. , He again announced his retirement, only to return when an opportunity presented itself to get control of the Montreal club. He remained at the head of the club until the middle of the 1928 season, when illness force his retirement and he was removed to a hospital at Macon, Ga.
 In addition to baseball. which had been his principal business activity so many years, Stallings maintained large plantation near Haddock. Ga. which he had owned upwards of 30 years. He operated it mainly as stock farm and proved his business ability by making a success of it.
 During his long connection with baseball. Stalings was credited with the development of many players who became stars in the major | leagues