Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1911 — REGRETS HE TRADED KNIGHT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

REGRETS HE TRADED KNIGHT

Connie Mack Says He Is Sorry he Traded Clever Infielder for the Veteran Jimmy Collins. « When Connie Mack, manager of the world’s champions, allows a ball player to go after he has done service with the White Elephants it is a, rare occurrence for that player to show anything like big league form' thereafter. Bris Lord drifted out and “came back” with Cleveland. Connie.then realized that there was lots in Bris and landed him in d trade with McGuire. Of them all, there is only one that Connie Mack ever expressed regret at losing. Jack Knight of the Highlanders Is this player. Connie taught Jack all he knew, brought him along

and made a finished player of him, only to part with him in a desperate attempt to brink the 1907 pennant to this atty. "The only young ball player I ever regretted parting with was Jack Knight," said Connie, when Jack was

allowed to go to Boston for Jimmy Collins. Even after the local boy was shifted to the minor league by the Red Sox Connie insisted that Jack would be back in the big show and be a star. As Connie predicted, Jack became a star of the first magnitude with the New York Americans, and seems due to have the best year in his career.

Jack Knight.