| Show YARN OF GEORGE STALLINGS baseball career of manager of boston knives braves nearly ended by dark clark griffith of washington one of the fanning bees incidental to the recent big league meetings in new york developed a story about how manager griffith nearly ended george stallings baseball career in boston according to the new york globe the pilot of the braves tells it this way that fellow dark clark griffith came within an ace of costing me my job in boston it was on the day that we i dedicated ded the new braves field two years ago griffith was asked to come over and attend the opening ceremonies there were or more people in the park someone conc conceived elved the x Z Y f 4 1 T 2 M V manager george stallings brilliant idea of having baying griffith pitch the first ball across the plate while I 1 stood in the catchers position to receive it 17 1 I fell for the idea I 1 went out in my street clothes with a catchers mitt on griffith strolled to the box in uniform I 1 expected him to lob one over to my astonishment and consternation ster nation he cut loose with a fast curve curvet 1 1 I caught abail a ball in a dozen years if be had kept it a bit lower I 1 never would have bave caught this one I 1 just did reach it and clung to it for dear life it id missed it with fans looking on I 1 would have been kidded out of boston it reems reema the whole thing was a 1 plant my III ayers got griffith to t warm up for far five minutes nil under the grandstand just to throw that one ball und make a sucker of me |
