Show YARN YAHN OF GEORGE STALLINGS baseball career of manager of boston braves nearly ended by dark clark griffith of washington one of the fanning boes bees incidental to the recent bl big league gogue meetings in new york develop cevelo A d a story about how manager grimsh nearly ended george stallings baseball career in boston according to the new york globe the plot pilot of the braves tells tella it this way that fellow dark clark griffith camo came within in an ace of costing me my job in boston it was on the day that wo we tile the new braves field two years ago griffith waa asked to como come over and attend the opening ceremonies there were or more people in tile the park someone conceived the j A A regj J I 1 pl A i pa manager george stallings Stul lings brilliant idea ot of having griffith pitch the first boll aerie the plato while I 1 stood in the catchers position to receive it 1 I fell for the idea I 1 went out in my street clothes clot lies with a catchers Catcher 3 mitt on GrIl grillich lith strolled to the ilia box in uniform I 1 expected him to lob ono one over to my astonishment and con lie cut loose with a fast curve urvel 1 1 I caught a ball in a dozen years it if ho he had liott it a bit lower I 1 never would have caught this one I 1 just did roach reach it II and clung to it for dear life it if id missed it with nn looking on I 1 would have been kidded out of do doton boton ton it seems the holo thins thing was a plant my players got griffith to warm up for five minutes under the grandstand just to throw that hint one mo ball and mako make u sucker of me |