Show P CE The Real Check Back BackS S SINCE CINCE INCE the final day of the last World Series you could hear them asking what had happened to the Yankees Yankees and and to Joe McCarthy Here is proof a again ain how short mans man's memory is In the whirl of busy events They had overlooked the fact that thai Joe McCarthy and his Yankees had the greatest World Series record of all j time above John McGraw and his Giants Giants Gi Gi- ants above Frank Chance and his 1 Cubs above Connie 1 Mack and his fa famous fa fa- y lo Athletics All Joe Joc McCarthy y yand and his Yankees had r done was to make FM it six t tIn out of seven in the World Series Grantland Rice count 25 victories against eight defeats How much more can they ask of a manager and anda a team What other manager or what other other oth oth- er team has turned in such a job They forget the check back About Connie Mack It was something more than a pleasure to have a visit with 80 year old Connie Mack during this last series We turned the clock back 40 years and I found Connie as keen and alert as ever looking forward to whatever next year might bring During the last series game I 1 turned the clock back even further I ran into Arlie Latham now working working work work- ing at the Yankee Stadium Arlie was one of the star ball players 0 of an fin era that goes back some 55 or GO 60 years He was the crack third baseman of Chris Von Van der Ahe's Abes old St S1 Louis Browns I remember Connie Mack around 1885 Arlie said He was then catching for Pittsburgh as I remember remember remember ber it What kind of a catcher was Connie He was something on the Bill Dickey type He knew how to handle pitchers He saw everything that was going on He was never in ina a hurry Connie couldn't hit with Dickey but as I remember it he was a great bat tipper He knew how to bother you at the plate He was smart even then Things were different in those days Anything you could get by with was legal and okay But what a great fellow that Connie Mack has been for 60 years Youve You've got to have something extra to be better than good for 60 years Another Year 80 Old This brought to mind another active active ac ac- ac tive sporting star who goes back 60 years His name is Amos Alonzo Stagg now coaching the College of f the Pacific Lonnie Stagg was a member of Walter Camps Camp's first America All team picked in 1889 Lonnie was no kid then After all that was only 53 years ago ngo You ought to see sec this kid Stagg a friend writes me from Crom California lie He is up early in the morning for Cor a aset aset aset set of tennis And dont don't think he lie coaches this team from Crom the bench He lie leads the squad In the field at a gallop lie works as hard as any man on the squad He lie Is out there showing them how to block and tackle He lIe is all over the place Not so bad for a young oung fellow of or 80 Stagg is the only coach Ive I've heard about who has been active on the field of play for 53 years He Hc went to Chicago university around 1891 and was coach and player The Iron Horse Much f has been said and written about famous long tail his speed and his stout heart But Buthis Buthis Buthis his most remarkable assets are iron ironI legs and an In iron constitution I Where most thoroughbreds are about as brittle as a pretzel here is a horse which has been ready to torun torun torun run fast far tar and often for the greater great great- er part of three years And in all nIl that time he always has been ready to run his race He lie gets beaten but in spite of aUthe all aU the racing he handles he never runs a bad race and inevitably he be is in iu there driving at the finish Hes never seen the day when he wasn't ready to run Trainer Ben Jones says They say I overwork overwork overwork over over- work him I dont He likes to run He has nev never r shown any sign of staleness which is the main answer an an- And I dont don't care how hard the therace therace therace race is he is always fresh on his way back to the barn Once the rider lets him start running lie he is hard to hold back I suppose that's on one reason they dont don't want to turn him loose too soon Horse l Ages Tony the year old Tom Mix l horse was scheduled for tor execution recently S Several verll readers want to know the oldest horse on record Tony must have been close I asked a few v veteran veteran vet vet- eran trainers and ami found Cound none who knew of any other horse that had passed p 38 33 The two greatest Man l 0 War and Exterminator or are still shy of 30 Exterminator is as frisky as a colt these nippy autumn days Few horses however ho pass 25 |