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Show By NORMAN E. BROWN. According to word from New Tork, baseball scribes soon will wrlto a chapter chap-ter In baseball history under the caption, cap-tion, "Tho Passing of the Miraclo Man." Vbr said wdrd Is to the effect that George Stallings, manager of tho Boston Braves, has announced his decision de-cision to retire from baseball at the end of this year. Stallings earned the title of Miraclo Man when ho led the Braves to the National league pennant In 1914 and then won tho world's scries by licking Connie Mack's famous team in four straight games. Tho Bravos were In last placo in July that season when Stallings started them on their famous spurt which carried them through tho league to the top. Stallings has. been prominent as a managor of major and minor league teams for the la3t twenty-five ye'ars. He was born In Augusta, Ga., in 1S6'J. He graduated from tho Virginia Military Mili-tary institute in 1SS6 and then went to Baltimore to . study medicine. His baseball ability during these years gained him notice, and he was talked into giving up medicine for the diamond. dia-mond. Harry' Wright, then manager of the Phillies, signed him and sent him to Toronto for seasoning. Ho went from Toronto, then in the Eastern East-ern league, to Galveston In tho Texas league. In 1888 he played with Stockton, Stock-ton, Cal. Ho played with Oakland the following yeav, and then he made a abort trip to Brooklyn, going back to San Jose, Cal., the next season, 1801. He remained thero in 1SD2 and then returned to Augusta to play with the team there, lie played with Nashville in 1S94 until the club blew up. He then Joined tho Kansas City club. The next year ho broke into the managerial man-agerial game and led the Nashville Southern league team to a pennant. Tho next season he wa3 signed to pilot Detroit. The Phillies grabbed him for manager in IS 9 7. He stayed thero two seasons andhen went back to Detroit De-troit for threo years. Then followed five years with the Buffalo club, during dur-ing .which time ho won one pennant. A year's layoff and then Newark signed him in 1908. His work there eai'necrhlm a New York Yankee contract. con-tract. Trouble in the club caused Stallings to leave, and back to Buffalo he went until? the Bravo owners signed him as managec-at tho close of tho 1912 campaign. He succeeded j Johnny Kllng. As a catcher, Stallings nevtfr was a star, but was a hard worker and a student of the game. oo |