Show t J Connie Barters Again 1 Tiger IT Weighs But bij FRANK K BAKER BAKER- Its It's 19 years since Connie Mack broke up his pennant winning Infield but that upheaval apparently still stands as the most devastating dev In baseball bf history Theres There's no doubt that the sensational sales announced Tuesday at Chicago overshadow o them Ulem financially but the transactions that began at the Ule close of ot the 1914 season after the As A's had lost four tour straight games of the world series to the amazing Boston Braves ripped the team teRm apart like nothing before or since The As A's lost 11 players at nt th that t time compared to five this week and whereas the ax severed the thc ace batteries from the 1933 lineup in the earlier sh shakeup keup Mack l lost his star pitchers strong strongest t hitters and one of theames the games game's ames ame's greatest second basemen First to go in that selling spree of 1914 which astounded the baseball world was Eddie Collins stellar second sacker who went to the Chicago White Sox for a then record price of By a unique coincidence Collins now part owner and general manager of the Boston Red Sox bought two of Macks Mack's pitchers pitchers Grove Grove and and Valberg Walberg and Bishop his second second sec see ond baseman this week COOMBS coo GIVEN HIS RELEASE Soon after he sold Collins Mack lost his three best pitchers Jack JackMan Iron Man Coombs who went 24 Innings In one game to defeat the Red Sox In 1906 Chief Bender and Eddie Plank Bender and Plank Jumped I to the Federal league and Coombs was given his hI release later Inter Joining the Brooklyn club These changes brought the As A's no cash but the lean pilot garnered I for the club by selling Catcher Wally Bullet Joe Bush star hurler and Outfielder Amos Strunk to the Red Sox In addition to the cash Mack got three players from Boston Boston Gregg Gregg Thomas and Kopp Loss of 1914 Power Put Connie In Second Division I It was about this time the As A's lost Jost Frank Home Run Baker the Babe Ruth of his day He retired temporarily and later joined the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Yankees Pitcher Bob Shawkey Shaukey who managed the Scranton team of the New York Pennsylvania league last season seMon also went to the Yankees for the waiver t price In other deals Jack B Barry a sterling shor shortstop top was vas sold to Boston and Outfielder Rube Oldring to the Yankees The loss of all this power put Connie Back In the tail end class for forthe forthe forthe the first time In his career and he was a long time in the cellar From 1915 he finished In last place for seven seasons In a R row before starting the rebuilding campaign th that t culminated In his splendid triumphs triumphs tri tri- of 1929 1930 and 1931 There was considerable speculation at nt the close of the thc 1929 season season season sea sea- son as to whether the veteran skipper would retire from active management man man- of the As After the weary and disappointing years ears in the I cellar ho lit h had d led the Athletics to a world ch championship again beat Izig Ing the Chicago Cubs In a game five world series rles It was fa a glorious triumph a fitting time for the aged manager to retire Man Many fans longed for Connie to quit while he was on top I winning another championship cham cham- heap but Connie fooled everybody by the next year and getting into the series serles again In 1931 only to lose to the Cards Now then the grand old man of baseball is starting all over again Just as if he were Mere a kid again Scribes at Chicago say there was a trace trace of grief in Connies Connie's face as he announced the sale of his beloved beloved be beloved be- be loved stars lie He had to sell it U is said aid t to make up for a deficit in op- op crating expenses but you'll never hear him complain His ills stars have gone They'll be on the enemy bench next summer summer sum sum- 0 mer mer and Connie at an age when most men are through will be trying try try- ing to develop another team Fox Usually Gives Foe Big Advantage When It Comes Conies to Pounds Tiger Jack Fox the colored puncher who packs a Do mules mule's kick around In either glove started out as a a. light heavyweight In fact the Tiger is Is' barely in the heavyweight division now In a half dozen ap appearances here in Salt Lake the Tigers Tiger's weight has been announced from the ring as and pounds but the dusky from Terre Haute never saw the day he could make male even pounds The most he ever weighed was 19 and that was the day before he stepped into the ring to blast Wild Bill BIU Longson out over the top ropes and nd then floor the referee here last week His ms best fighting weight is around Just two pounds beyond the light heavyweight class His real name Is John L. L Fox and he hails halls from Springfield Mo The Tigers Tiger's manager Samuel Webb saw him get In some dandy licks on the late Young Stribling In an exhibition at Springfield and immediately lined the boy up That was three years ago Now at 26 years old Fox has had experience against palookas and stars and p packs one of the most devastating wallops in the whole game has bas a strange habit of putting different teams on the spot Right now they're doing a sweet bit of work In making it tough for Utah Aggles in football next season 1 Nearly everybody is expecting great things of the Agles And quite naturally in view of the good Aggie team this year and the crop of great freshmen pr prospects j Its It's all aU very well U if those freshmen live Jive up to their But will wUl they Its It's a Jon long way from prospect to stardom j In n reality Utah round found that out this year when an array of t fine prospects ran into tough competition and some hard bard luck and failed to burn up the league as they were wert supposed t L to |