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Show Mack's Outfield Made Up of Right-Handed Hitters Little chance has any of Connie Mack's recruits of breaking Into a Job In the outfield with the A's next season. sea-son. Connie figures his outer works will constat of Simmons, Miller, Strand and Welch, Miller and Welch are the two holdovers from the 10211 season. This will make the Athletics' outfield the most unique of any club In eJttier major league. It will not have a single left-handed lilttor. These four fly chasers bat right-handed. When tt was pointed out to Mack that he would not huve a left-handed-hlttlmj outfielder In his battle array, a stratagem many big league skippers cherlnh, he declared: "Rut I will h-tve hard hitters and I don't care how they bat so long as tliey hit that old ball for nie." When Mack stepped out to strengthen his outfield he gave the style of butting the men be sought not a thought, lie was after the punch and he figures he now hns It. "The fact that I will have to go through the season with only right-handed right-handed batters should not be construed con-strued that I figure left-handed hitters are passing out," explained Mack. "Some of the beat hitters In the game are left banders. It Just so happens that nil mln are rlwht-hnndara' |