Show BENDER AND PlANK ARE THROUGH AS ATHlETICS t Oct OcL Tike 31 Tho announcement an an- nou today of ot Connie Mack lack manager manager manager man man- ager of tho the American league e champion Athletics that he had asked for Cor on Pitchers Chief Bender L EddIe PJ Plank nl In confirma confirmation and Jack Coombs was tion of ot a statement m made by y JIu Jennings Jen Jen- manager of the Detroit team at Atlantic Cit City The Tho Philadelphia manager said fald that he had hall no Intention of retaining retain retain- ing any ot or tho three pitchers for tho the season of or In 1015 1910 Mack said MId he wanted It understood that he did not think tho the usefulness of or Bender and Plank as pitchers was oVer I 1 am for tor the American I league gue In vic tic victory tory or defeat Mock Mack said anal I am going to keep o players for our league If IC possible I 1 would rould not havo 1 asked for waivers at this time but for the fact that one of at them told mo me ho had been dickering with the Federal league The Tho three pitchers did wonderful work In their careers Each has figured figurell as asa asa a L hero In worlds world's series serle games ames Plank acknowledged as ns ono of or the greatest left lefthand hand haulers handers ers tha that t ever pitched a ball Joined the Athletics In I 1001 1901 OI and fI d rl In the winning of sl six she American merlean league pennants His best performance in ha a worlds world's i series was v in 1913 when he won ton from th the New YOlk Took Giants allow allowing In the thu National leaguers two lilts jilts In tit the final hams game Bender Dender Joined d the team In Iii 1902 and was ws l known 11 as tho the miro nuro money pitcher in every worlds world's series lIe He won games in all of ot them except In the sales with tho the Boston Nationals this year Coombs has lias not pitched much for two years cars He lie was Injured In a worlds world's series se series series se- se ries game In New cw York In 1911 and never fully recovered reco IIo He h has 5 a record of or winning winning win win- nin ning a four twenty game gamo 10 against t tho the Boston s. Coombs earned the title of or Iron man In pitching tho the Athletics to three victories n against the Chicago Cubs In tn tho the worlds world's series eries of or 1310 Ino The waiver cr on him caused no surprise here but that Mack black would let lct Bender and P Plank go was not expected XI l. l |