Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-03-08 | Page 4 | Connie Mack Gars Cream of Minors

I Connie Mack G Gathers theT s 's sCream Cream of the Minors Grand Old Athletics' Athletics Boss Mobilizes at Lake II Charles With Y Bevy of Youngsters With h Which He Hopes I to Le Leave ve Cellar Hole I LAKE CHARLES La March March 8 They've S.-They've They've kidded Connie Mack and I called his team the Chinese Champions long enough They said Connies Connie's team would win the pennant if It it played In China for tor things are upside down there But Connie means means means' to turn things upside d down wn in th the American league some of these days and he looks on the spring of 1920 as the tho start of ot tho the upside down expedition I Mack has mobilized here the cream of the mInorI minor S leagues of 1919 He personally picked most of th them m during I S S 'S the season of 1919 when tho the l were were hopelessly Pt out of the running From s some me leagues carne can one of or two and from the South Southern rn c came me a whole club but he kept only the very choice morsels in that deal I refer to the tho Atlanta option Connie bought late last summer Mack has exceptionally good looking pitching and r 7 catching prospects If It one or two of the several promising Fred T pitchers come through Mack ack believes tho to team will get out of last place Among the new pitchers are George Gibson from Regina Canadian league David Tim Keefe last year with Reading William Harris Houston Hous Hous Houston ton Texas league uel Lyle Bigbee Seattle Pacific Coast Bob Hasty Atlanta I William ell ure Philadelphia semipro Charles ar Eckert Suffolk Virginia league l Ed Rommel m Newark I International all o all i right-handers right and William Pierson Suffolk Suffolk Suffolk Suf Suf- SufI I folk Pat Martin Binghamton International I Besides he has Scott Perry and Roland Naylor veteran handers right and Walter Walter Walter Wal Wal- ter Kinney veteran southpaw The last are called veterans but they've been up UI only a few seasons Mack is proud of ot these prospects He lie thinks they are arc good lookers But there are other youngsters be behind behind behind be- be hind the bat and in the infield and out outfield out out- field Cy Perkins is is the veteran catcher Hell He'll do most of the e receiving e Two i Yf other c catchers ch will b be chosen O from Le Lena Styles Glenn Myatt and John Walker Styles came from Atlanta Myatt from Houston with Harris and Walker from Des Moines l Griffin and Burrus both young young fellows fellows fel- fel lows will try for tor first base George Burns Bums going to right field if he quits being a h holdout Griffin ff Is from Atlanta Atlanta At At- lanta r a and d dh Burrus was with Mack fi k p part t tot ot of last season Dugan will get the ke keystone stone Job Ithe if It he behaves Dykes Atlanta boy is a I candidate Galloway another I will try for short He lie Is the last wordin wordin word in fielding experts Fred Thomas homas and Brazil are third-base third timber With Burns in the o outfield probably will be Strunk and Tilly Walker though Welsh and Charley Chancy High are candidates White Whitey Witt Is again slated slated for for general utility work There will be few tew vets on the t team am I It will look pretty young but Mack has lIaS developed corking young team teams 3 before and he believes he can repeat Anyhow hes he's mighty proud of ot the tho aggregation he has here and he believes he has the best boys there were to pick from last years year's minor leagues