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Show f Managers Prefer Veterans In Crucial Te$t I' "VT T ha& been the history of baseball H th.it. many times mnnagcrs hac R obtained plucrs for emergency and not to build on For Instance, a manager will sec that ho has the chanco for a pennant. One of his positions po-sitions Is cocred by a plajcr of. Inexperience Inex-perience The joutli may nhow prom-Iso prom-Iso enough, but lacks steadiness and poise at critical moments. What does tho manager do? Benches or chases the jouth and gets some veteran vet-eran player from another club. It ' doesn't mattor if the ctcran Is pafcsc. Ho will take him just tho same, for ho reall7cs that ho will at least do tho right thing at tho right time Tho best exemplification of this thought Is Connie Mack's experience in 1910 Connie had a fine chance for tho pennant, but was soon convinced that his prospects wero Jeopardized by a wcaknrss in left field. Neither tho B ugui i-iarisci nor ino youin iieitpiuucr S filled the bill, and Connie In mid sca- son had to scratch mound for a tult- able man. ! He found thathc could pbtajp Bris 1 I Lord, but at tho expense of gh Irig up S Joe Jackson. Mack's property, wjio was ' thcn a sensation in tho Southern -jm league. Connlo realized Jackson's ;1m promise, but he also realized that he needed a reliable man In 1D10 If ho was, 9 going to win the pennant. Ho couldn't wait until Jackson wan ripe. &o the trade was made. Lord came '9 to Philadelphia and at once bolstered H tho slumping outfield The result waa iH that the Athletics won the pennant ana S world's championship In 1910. Mack ;H lost Jackson by winning this pennant, Lord, who last jcar advanced to tho .300 class In hitting. This wan not the first tlmo Mack tried this plan In 1907 Mack gave Jack Knight and J10.000 In cash 'to boot to Boston for Jimmy Collins, Mack saw that he hnd a chanco for the championship cham-pionship and mado the deal to strengthen his club at third "base, its y- akest spot, Mack was not as fortunato as In 1610, He didn't win the pennant, but v.as nosed out by Detroit. However, tho addition of Collins served the purpose pur-pose of putting tho Mnckmen in the race Collins added new interest to the tcim, and ho drew thousands of dollars Into tho gate Had Mack failed fail-ed to make tho deal tho club would hao mado very llttlo money that year As It was, It made ii fortune, rank Chance Is quick to sco tho , aluo of the erpergency plaer Ho oIncd Outfielder Beaumont after that Player had been turned down by Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh and Boston, dunce know that he had no perm uient nssot In Beaumont, Beau-mont, but that ho might prove tnvalu-abtt tnvalu-abtt In a pnch4 As a matter of fact, Beaumont hclp- od Chance to win a pennant In J910, and ho did Pitcher Low Ritchie List season Chanco purchased Kitty Brans-field Brans-field from the Phillies. Chance believed be-lieved that Bransfield, a veteran fast aging, might savo tho pennant for tho Cubs. It was unfortunate that Bransfield hurt his leg In -one of tho first games with Chicago and had , no opportunity to help tho Cubs mako a whirlwind finish But Chance had played his cardfc right, and. It, was no fault of his that Kitty should bo disabled. Photo by American Press Aasoclulloji - , BRISCOE LORD, OUTFIELDER OF ATHLETIC8 ' m I y...' f,- "-7T JJ"V Jf '"' " I III .'..l ' '" h'mj |