Show GP R CE J THE wild scramble now taking q a lace in the American league i ere re all eight clubs have spent the theater theater theater ater part of two months under I Janket we have conducted a aJ ai i J clarity poll What teams are the ss ss or mob rooting for outside of t. t own hometown squads e answer is the St. St Louis Louisi i was and Connie Macks Mack's Athi Ath- Ath i Cs s. s These two I rains m s take the thee n tee e the Dodgers 3 a year or two a H when they bee bethe be- be e the national Now the ins have taken t ir r place with the thel pieties l tics piloted by I Year old Conk Con- Con k Mack the sect sec- sec t. t j t popular choices choice a n K ts s 's easy enough Grantland Rice x understand the Z 3 nant ant popularity of the Browns a iY iy y are the one team that has haser hasler ler er won a pennant in the year 44 ory ry of the American league Irk Griffiths Griffith's Chicago White Sox lark the first A. A L L. L pennant in 1900 repeated in 1901 Connie Macks Mack's adelphia delPhia team came along in j r Then we had Boston But in long llong march there is no mention t t. t Louis Chicago Philadelphia Won ton New York Cleveland DeY De- De Y t and Washington have won but 1St Louis ow w the Browns have at least a nee ceo ce Handled iby y Luke Sewell a aill all ill n ll fellow and a good manager one onee p e old Alabama Sewells the thet t ted d and battered Browns of past pasts s the wrecks of more than four des have just lust as good a chance chancey iy y other club to give St. St Louis Louisy y y series against the Cardinals Jass lass of the National league y a minor miracle will keep Cardinals away from the top of National league race std has had her intercity t ld series New York has had hady y such affairs zt tow ow w theres there's a chance that St. St Its will win hook up with Chicago and j York rork in this respect Always that October is still a agway gway way off otTo At least the Browns Ye ea a team that is as well balanced piny y other club can show at this kf date date l tics tics' Strange Career u I J MT r W text ext to the Browns we found l lof t of the interest built around i most amazing manageri manager manager- i ne e Mack Connie Mack has hasI I if 4 in fa baseball over 60 years He swon ron nine American league pene pen- pen 15 ate e has had two of the greatest J ads ds ever thrown together upon s his his field field his Athletics from 1910 ough ugh 1914 who won four cham- cham you you remember remember Collins Collins Innis Barry Baker Bender t k Coombs etc j. j l his career Connie has given game the four greatest lefts left- left l ders ers s of all time time Waddell Waddell Plank i pock Dock and Grove But against has broken all records by Ashing hing in the cellar 14 times ow l l prom om 1915 through 1921 Connies Connie's i Athletics finished in the 4 way division No other manager lId Id d have survived such a span of e kage and disaster Connie hap- hap t ed d to own a big part of his club J there here was still his record as a aDIng aing aning DIng ing manager and a great man 4 Jis is almost an unbelievable fact is ia a manager could win nine penis pen- pen ts is and a flock of world series es es and yet finish at the bottom ugh pugh gh 14 years His Athletics find fin fin- Ii Il d d last in 1940 1941 1942 and ande e venerable Connie has had the theand thet Ie t tand and the worst ball clubs that I r. r r inhabited a diamond I doubt re e was ever a better combination n n. n his teams from 1910 through If 4 the team that won four penis pen- pen is and three world series But in hi B 6 his Athletics set an time all-time recy rec- rec J losing games Connies Connie's 1 have lost or more jines es nine times This i is a record at is incredibly bad A rec- rec thrown against one that is inI in- in I good n n any event there are millions 9 fans who would like to see Mr sick ack win one more pennant before finally f finally decides to retire This uld ld leave him on even terms with McGraw who remains in Oat nt as the winning pennant wini win- win fe i with ten flags flying from his s i masthead The he Yankees have had their I Mare are re They have been the over- over year 10 force Why not the gowns frowns or the Athletics Well We'll add addIT Iii IT vote to this choice I Record f for or r Closeness ThiS present American league jay ay easily set a new record for l. l The speaker was George 1 eiss iss head of the Yankee farm Am m f Both leagues have had close x ices before Weiss continued F fb ii fb but t as a rule only two or three 41 bs were involved Now we have 41 j eight clubs in hi the running It p 1 Cleans 1 eans ans nothing at all for a team tc to flOp top from third place to sixth in a J W 7 or two or to climb from sixth 3 second leeond a t |