Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-03-29 | Page 7 | "Chick" Stahl Commits Suicide

CHICK STAHL ST AUt COMMITS SUICIDE Famous White Sox Outfielder Swallows Carbolic Acid in Indiana West Baden Bailen Ind hod March farch S.- S. Charles Sylvester Slvester Chick SChick Stahl the famous outfielder and acting manager of or tho the Boston Doston American league lague baseball baseball base base- ball bail team committed suicide at the Vest West Baden Daden Springs hotel this mornIng morn morn- Ing lug b by swallowing carbolic acid His Ills body was wa found Cound In tile the room of Jimmy Collins Collin a teammate at nt 10 o'clock Several Se lea reasons have ha been heen advanced a for Cor or Stahl's action Close friends of oC the tile deceased declare delare that the tIle former Cormer great outfielder tool took his Ills own life as a re result of family troubles Nervous eMOus prostration lion tion from froni o over o the responsibility of managing the Boston team Is given gi b by members of the team Stahl has lIce been unusually moroso morose for fOl twine mc time and anti the tile combined efforts of the players could not nol cheer him UI up The death of or Stahl is a great shock it to the baseball world as us he lie was vas reco recognized recognized as one of the greatest outfielders outfield ers els in ill the country country- Until three days hals n ago ngo o Stahl was manager manager man man- ager tiger of ot the Boston Doston team Lenin Ho TIC resigned resign resign- ed eU 1 th the tho position telling President John T. T Taylor that the tho strain was too great for far him and anti that he lie could not look after artel the tho mana management ement of the team and play his best game ame Taylor accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac the IN resignation and ancl n assumed the thc management mc nl himself elf intending the position of Held field captain for Stahl