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Show Mack Enthusiastic Over Chances of His Players Connie Mack, waxing enthusiastic over tlie prospective chances of the Athletics to get into the next world's series, predicts that Ty Cobb, Edtlie Collins and Zach Wheat will turn the trick with their heavy hatting, writes Joe Vila in the New York Sun. Yet the venerable manager seems to forget that Cobb's legs couldn't stand the strain last season and forced him Into temporary retirement, while Collins, for the second time In two years, became be-came similarly disabled. The White Sox, led by Collins, were going great gnr.s In August, I0'-l", and appeared sure of finishing In the first division when the king of second basemen base-men suddenly broke down. In tlie language lan-guage of turfmen, he ''bowed a tendon, ten-don, " which put hi in out of commission commis-sion for the rest of that year. As a result of Collins' Injury, the White Sox immediately hit the slide and wound up among the trailers in tlie second division. Collins experienced experi-enced tlie sau-e misfortune last September. Sep-tember. One of his knees gave way and he had to step playing. Believing that Collins was through. Owner Co-mlskcy Co-mlskcy released him out right. There Is no guaranty that Cobb anil Collins will escape a return of these leg Injuries If they attempt to play all of the Athletics' schedule of 1.14 games. For that reason Mack appears to be a trille too optimistic when he hold'y states that Cobb and Collins will play witli their old skill and stamina. Wheat's case Is different, in that he never has broken down completely, though troubled with Charley horse now and then in recent years with tic Hohlns. |