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Show BASEBALL HAS GIVEN MACK SNUG FORTUNE G - Connie Mack la worth, perhaps, ?250(-000, ?250(-000, and ho mado It out of baseball, saving sav-ing and Investing his money. Mack wont Into baseball because ho lovod the game. He Is a success through his ability to Judge arid handle men, because of his far-sightedness and unerring judgment, bncktd by hard work. He required no pull. He had ability. Mack was "12 when he quit makjng shoos, His first baseball job wasi as catcher with a Connecticut club, which sold him to Washington. He went next to Pittsburg, For nine years Mack played In the National, and he was in the Brotherhood for a year. Mack bought his release from Pittsburg, counting his ten years a failure, and deciding to begin be-gin over. He signed to manage Milwaukee, Milwau-kee, whero he was given full authority. In Milwaukee ho started his correspondence corre-spondence school, which haB brought him most of the men who havo won Hags for tho Athletics. Tho majority of Mack's correspondents were former playern whos0 friend ho always was, and who are well paid for the discovery of a player whom Mack signs. When the American league was organized Mack was appointed manager man-ager of the Athletics, and he backed his Judgment by Investing ?1S,000 ln club r.tock. Today he owns one-quarter of the club, which has a $500,000 home and spends r.90,000 annually In running expenses. |