Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-08-07 | Page 16 | Connie Mack, Fox of Baseball, Has Fast Aggregation

CONNIE CONI MACE fOX O Oot ot Of BASEBALL AS fAST AGGREGATION Great Leader of Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- p phia ia Americans Has Built Up Upa a Great Club Come on you ou Connie Mack This Is the tho way some Rome fans are pulling in the city of brotherly love And Connie Slack Mack christened christened Cornelius leader leader of the Philadelphia Athletics runners up In tn the American league race is coming on The wizard of baseball they call this long legged long drown out bit of machinery machinery ma ma- chinery Its It's It coming to him all right Connie Mack l with a team of youngsters young young- with the smallest pay roll of any big league team P Is pushing Hugh Jennings Jennings' Jen Jen- Itou 1 af ninga 1 Tigers r hard l d for fot the lead Time The 1909 Athletics is the result of a daring plan plin h by Mack T The e old Athletics winners of two pen- pen e 1 IW- IW iI 4 S I- I 4 Si CONNIE MACK Brainy Leader of the tho Athletics nants always to he figured on in the therace race ruce were wi-re wearing out In 1107 1907 after u a hard fight they lost their thel chance forthe forthe for forthe the pennant In a seventeen inning struggle struggle struggle gle with Detroit In the game young energy and enthusIasm enthusiasm enthus enthus- triumphed against old seasoned baseball mechanism The old players players- once the glory of the game game game-couldn't couldn't stand the gaff gaff- And Connie Mack Mad sitting obscurely urel Under under under un un- der the roof of tho players players' bench was as thinking thinking He lie could could- risk one year of unpopularity he decided the decided the unpopularity that follows the manager of a 0 losing team lie He would devote a n. year year the the year eal 1908 to 1908 to training up for 1909 In the meantime forget the pennant So the tho old Athletics disappeared Sox Sex Seybold went back bak to the tIme minors The fhe brilliant Jimmy Collins likewise Ossio Os- Os sic sio Schreck went out and Murphy to the bench Rube Waddell was sold to St St. Louis l Powers the plucky catcher died Only Harry Davis and Topsy Tops Hartsel in the field fild and Bender Bendel and Plank pitchers pitch pitch- ers remained Then on the ruins of theold the time theold old Connie built the new He lie picked up players for a song Some of thorn them were n no good goot They didn't last Those who gave promise were nourished as carefully carefully carefully care care- fully a a n baby prince prine-e. A new Collins took the tIme place e of the time theold old old Collins a college boy who could hit anything Connie taught him to field and he took his place at tho Urn head o of of tho the American league batters in 11 T Jolt 1909 I He lIe packed p up Krause tho the pitching find of the season season Krause Krause who pitched a 1 dozen straight victories ll grabbed Bob Dob Ganley Canley from Washing Washington ton and Ira Thomas rhomas from Detroit Nobody Nobody Nobody No No- body quite knows where ho did lid get all his material But he got it and welded It Into a great baseball s machine OUter Other J managers were spending YI g money like drunken sailors and about as dIce dIce- fly tI Connie nEv never J paid much money He lie It bought promises and amid made the promises promises prom prom- come comil true trul Watch out for the tho th Athletics is time the whispered word around the other seven baseball towns Its It's ts t's their tribute to Connie Mack l