Show Perhaps fifteen years ago Connie Mack MacIc originated the idea of holding a meeting before each game The object was to talk over the weakness or strength of the op op- op- op position S S S SMacks SMack's Macks Mack's baseball Idea was more or less lessa a slight change In a 0 football custom that has been In vogue for years As long as one can remember It ha has been the policy of football coaches to talk talle to their elevens before and between halves S S S For years Mack was the only major league league- leader to use the dally daily conference Idea Now it Is a part of ot the routine olevery of ol every major league club and a 0 number of minors S S S Ball Dall players refer to these conferences as skull practice At these meetings the mistakes of the previous games are discussed Incidentally plans are aro made for winning the afternoons afternoon's game S S S Donle Bush Dush formerly of Detroit now with Washington always used to say that at these meetings the players learned how to make mako runs run without base hits Often players say It Is a meeting held to arrange arrange ar ar- ar range details as to how the game should be played and then have the players do dothe dothe dothe the opposite when they go on the field While these meetings are held to dl dis discuss discuss dis- dis cuss everything In a vein it Is la only natural that something humorous should crop out every overy now and then to afford a abit abit abit bit of amusement In this connection I recall an experience that I heard Lefty Leifield relate last fall It seems that 1 Manager Fohl aside rr tram from m the routine business would every now and then spring some SOm stuff on t the e recruits relative to the rules and the like Leifield telfield tel Lei field was appointed Instructor to the re re- re S According to Lefty Letty each evening he would look up a dozen questions In the I Irule rule book set the answers down in black and white and the next day paper in hand would be ready to spring the ques ques- i I In the spring of the year Bill Bm Gleason I Iwas was playing second base for tor the Browns Drowns One day Leifield picked on on Gleason thusly Say Bill Bm what is the distance from th the home plate to second by a a. direct line lipe through the pitchers pitcher's box Gleason didn't know the exact figure ure but rather than confess his ignorance of the question replied S How should I know I never run th that t way It Is 15 customary for me Ue to touch first on op the way to second S S S That broke up jp the meeting for the day o |