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Show MACK LEFT WITHOUT STAR RELIEF HEAVER For two years Connie Mack kept tho; Athletics in front by having Bender and Plank ready to go to the rescue of the young- hurlers when the mttiu betran to waver in the box. Connie's ruular system sys-tem was to have either Plank or Bender, or both, go to the warming-up paddock about the seventh inning, no matter which club was ahead. Each had to finish fin-ish close to a score of games for their-younger their-younger teammates, and now that both , have gone to the Federals, the baseball public is wondering -what Conni will do i to replace them in tho rescue pen. Bush, Peru jock, S hawkey. Brevier and Wyckoff will be Mack's pitching mainstays. main-stays. Each of the J'ive is a star youngster, young-ster, but outside of H hawkey not one has shown any great relief ability. Perhaps Connie figures (hut ea-Mi will go through so well lie will not need a Bender or a Plank in the bullpen, but It-rt one- or more of the five sustain accidents, and the long and lean leader will find himself in the same position as Joe Birmingham, trying to hold a first division berth without a corps of hurler tha t includes one or two veteran stars. But we will let Connie Con-nie do the worrying. Tie knew what the result would be when he let Pender and Flank go. |