Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-12-07 | Page 7 | Connie Mack will Stick as Manager

CONNIE MACK WILL STICK AS MANAGER Rnmor That Ha Will Become AUi - letics President Wltliont Foundation, John Shfbe secretary of the Athlet its, who is with the all Americans says that Connie Mack is not ready just yet a wh le to cuxl up and become a club pros dent One of the beet little rumors to emanate out of the east reeently was to the effect that Mack would be grad uated into the presidency of the Ath letics and permit Harry Davis, or somebody else to do the heavy work such as managing the team That Connie should contemplate doing do-ing anything like that was received w th regret on every hand it being felt that the game conld not afford to be without his managerial person aj. ty Hardly anyone can bear to th nk of Mack as anything except a man ager the master hand who fashions championship teams from crude ma ter al, and who by the magic of his Ken us translates the raw and untried eoslmg into the finished and expert I athlete l It would be a crime against society i Jo make Connie a club president All f tbat a tores dent has to do s to look I wise That would be too 1 ght a 70b for Mack. f I can t conceive of Mack s retiring irom the "management of the team " declared Shibe who with h s father and -Connie owns the Athletics He intimated nothing of the k nd before 1 left the east and had he contem Plated such a step I certa nly would have heard of it . It s true that he owns a half in tereBt m the elub but that is merely 1 , a additional reason why he should . remain actively at th9 hejm He un f donbtedly realizes that he can make a j greater success of the club than any man who could be h red for the job and as a heavy stockholder it is to j atereet to have the team man ajed with the highest poss ble degree of effect encss For Mack to g c uv h s place on toe bench fo an upholstered cha r would be not only a severe blow to Athletics but to baseball n gen