Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-24 | Page 7 | Collins Expected to Strengthen Mackmen

Collins Expected To Strengthen Strength en en Philadelphia Athletics Prepared to Make Bid for League Flag Jan By 24 The Associated Press Press-A Press Pres J-A J new Infield built around Eddie Collins his star second baseman of at championship days das carries the pennant hopes bopes of ot year old yei old r-old Con Con Con- Conale Con nio ale Mack In his twenty twenty- twenty seventh twenty seMon season as r oC of the th Phila Philadelphia I delphia Athletics I Returning to the same samo post he heI I occupied In Macks Mack's famous 1100 Infield combination ln 14 years It-years years ago o Collins leader header of the tho White S So So-i will ha have vo Phila Philo Philadelphia delphia workers co-workers on both right and left Connie Connio lias haq Ia Indicated Replacing Galloway Ga as shortstop will be bo Joe Enley Dley acquired from fron the Baltimore Internationals while at first base has wH wll be bo Dudley Bran Bran om om em hard bard sta sta- sta from front the lOuisa s City Cily rub i of o tho Amen Ameri American can Jimmy again Is slated fo for or third base With the combination n as a 11 starter Mack Hack will iII haic hll probably the ibo best equipped Quipped reserve resene Infield In organized ball with Poole for first base bue Bishop second cond Galloway shot t and Hale ira third The Th changos chango have hav been made primarily to bolster one ot of the weakest clubs of the tho 1926 American leagie In Collins and Branom ho he h has lIas ob- ob ob obtained ta two who dlo hit well over last year Doley Boley Eol y also climbed Into the I select group groue ot of the International Ono more mor heavy artilleryman for the th lIne lineup p was obtained Inthe inthe In the signing or of the veteran former Brooklyn outfielder Zack Z Wheat who for year yeara finished amon among the National league ba batting basting ellden Zack appears t slated to patrol left leftfield leftfield leftfield field with Al AI in center and Walter Waller French P In right West est and Wilson Irm Waco WIlCO Texas and Metzler ot of o Falls FolIs will seek to tho the veterans while Mack also may find room for Bill Dill Lamar Lamir The pitching staff holding over from last year Includes includE'S Howard Ehmke Sara Sam Gray Ed J Rommell and Jack richt handers and Grove o Grov W Walbert and Pate southpaws Darrough and Hunter from Dallas Shores c rom Wichita Falls and nd Yerkes a Phil Philadelphia adelphia ct also are ar Mickey Mirkey Cochrane Cy Perkins and Jimmy Fox again acain will handle the tho catching a Weve Vee don dona dono everything poss poss- possible ble to strengthen the team Mack aek o 0 said Bald I 1 figure It will bo b a tough touch race rac b bj J I have haTo a II hunch we will be b this tha procession next October It If not Im I'm sill ready rOLdy to try again aln the followIng year