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Show j TOM M CAREY, famous Los Angeles boxing pro-rrfoter, pro-rrfoter, who will organize game at New Orleans EV3ACK !!QT THROUGH WITH CLMEES Baker, Lapp and Oldrmg Likely to Be Put on Market. L03 ANGELES Dec 12 Connie Mack seems to be bent on a complete rehabilitat on of the Athletics. Lr sten to this from an Ameri an leaguer now on the Coast The decibion to pet rid of Bender Plank and Ooombs was only a starter Trank Baker is in none too st one tv th Mack, and will probably be sold or traded Baker was hooked up to a fancy contract last season and then toll down n his work Before leaving for home Baker declared that he had an offe from the Feds and must have more co n neit year Conn e repl ed that he had gone tho 1 mit with him and let it si de at that Others likely to go are Oldr ng and Lapp Both are st 11 capable ot good b 1 but were more or less trouble to Ma k last season and he has dec ded to r i bin self of tho n alcontents I think that it is Mack s inten tion to play Ivopf on th rd He s a better fielder and base runner than Baker but not so handy w th the st cl MeAvoy the youngster v.ho was here w th the all Amen cans s 6lated to succeed Lapp as second str ng catcher He certain ly looks good enough for the job Mack ot course expects to use these men tor t ad ng purposes The man he wants s Keat ng or M tchell of the anks Mitchell of Cleveland or Baumgartner of the Brownx However he may not be alio to i t over any of these deals as the Teds f the war con t nuei w H nake a b d for some of these players Ind anapol s oil not use I app and lvnabo of Bait more certa nly could use Baker |