Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 195, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1913 — MANAGER STAHL IS DEPOSED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MANAGER STAHL IS DEPOSED

According to Rumor George Stovall and Joe Birmingham Are Also Slated to Be Let Down. The release of Jake Stahl as manager of the Boston Red Sox, the present world’s champions, was a big jolt to the baseball world. It had been rumored that trouble was brewing between Stahl and McAleer, but both had denied these reports. That Stahl was ordered to step aside was due to his own action, and was not caused by any previous misunderstandings by the pair, it was learned from a trustworthy source. Stahl voluntarily went tn McAleer and asked him whether he was to manage the Boston team next year. “Not unless you are able to play first base,” replied McAleer. Stahl then told the Boston president that he was averse to continuing as manager unless he was to lead the team next season. “In that event you had better resign,” McAleer said ,to Stahl. Manager Stahl said he wouldn’t resign under any circumstances, and thereupon the head of the Red Sox deposed him as manager and appointed Catcher Bill Carrigan to take charge of the team. That other managerial heads in the American league will fail is not unlikely. Rumor has fastened on two in the persons of George Stovall and Joe Birmingham. The Ferguson incident, when Stovall was suspended, brought the ax very near to Brother George, but back of that were reasons that were not made public at the time and have not been. The three games taken from Detroit helped Stovall more than a little, for it was the position of the team and

the way that it was'going that weighed more than anything else with the owner. Ban Johnson has never been friendly to Stovall nor has George held the most cordial feelings of good will toward the president of the league. Stovall did not better his position by openly siding with the striking Tigers a year ago, and it was freely predicted at the time that he had forfeited his chances of managing the Browns. This did not prove to be the case, but he certainly did not endear himself to Big Ban. Birmingham’s trouble is that he has made the Naps too aggressive. In his efforts to put fight in the team he has overdone the thing, but now promises to work with his foot on the soft pedal so that all may still be well.

Jake Stah!.