Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-09-12 | Page 10 | Welcome Upward Trend, Though It's Only Notch, after Years at Bottom

I WELCOME UPWARD TREND, THOUGH IT'S ONLY A NOTCH, 1 AFTER YEARS AT BOTTOM NV" V i .7-- V"S ) - ' CONNIS MACK. sure greatly to Improve his fielding now that he hi being played regularly. The outfield satisfies me. The Athletics must be rated as a oke ngrregntton no longer. My team has panned out of that claa. "I want to finish seventh this year. Nxt aeHfrnn I will be aiming a notch or two higher." By Billy Evans Seven to plac wilt mak ag big a, hit with in In 1921 aa ths winning of pen i napts did not so many years ago Con- 1 nl slack said to ms recently, when I Game to Philadelphia to umptr a aeries between Boston and tb Athletics s. rles on which seventh plac hinged. I had Junt com over from New York, from officiating at the series between the Yankee and Bt. Louis s hectic eiruggl for first plac. 8L Louis Invaded New York with a half gam lead. Hy winning th first game It Increased this to a gum and a half. Then the Yankees won th next three, leaving New York In front by a gam and a half Th final gam went eleven Inning. smiling but semou. Whan I oamo out to start the first Cm between Host on and the Athletics, irk remarked to me-"Well, me-"Well, you r la for anothr crucial srles. A bit of a smtle played over his countenance coun-tenance as he said it. From the sublime tor the ridiculous. remarked on of th plyrs on the bench. This didn't mak a hit with Connie, and In his quiet way he hilled that feci Ing off. If It existed among any of his 1 p lav ere. "Finishing In seventh plac this year.'-h year.'-h natd. "will h aa pleas inar to m as winning pennants In th otd day." fl was perfectly serious. LUCK AGAINST HIM. For seven years he has held the undisputed un-disputed right to last place In the American Ameri-can league. He vera I times he has felt that he was certain to klsn It good by, hut the fates were always against him. He wants to fmlnh In seventh plao because he feels that It will be a step In the right direction and that getting out of lent place will have a good psychological effect on his player. It may sound at range, but Connie Mack la handling every game clown the home stretch of the present season as carefully as If his club were In th thick of the pennant fight. He Is shooting at seventh place. Finishing there will carry with It much honor. alack feels that finally he Is on the way tn better things. Finishing seventh will confirm him In this belief. NO LONGER JOKE. I hav a great catcher, my pitching staff la constantly Improving, Dyke and flalloway ar fixtures at third and short," he explain. "The veteran Young and I th youngster Hheer will take car of cont; Hauser at first can hit, and Is