Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1912 — PITCHER’S NAME HELD BACK [ARTICLE]

PITCHER’S NAME HELD BACK

Connie Mack, Manager of Champion Athletics, Never Gives Informar tlon on His Twlrlers. Connie Macs, manager of the world's champions—and a mighty wise manager he is too —has one idiosycrasy that is shared by few leaders in major or minor leagues. He never will let anybody know who is going to pitch for him until a few minutes before the game starts. Almost every other boss will give an Idea the day before who may be expected to work, possibly naming a couple of men and selecting whichever warms up best. The Athletics’ guiding hand, however, positively declines to give out any information on this subject. He Is polite and nice about it always, but he yields not the slightest clue. The reason given by Mr. Mack for this silence in regard to hurlers Is that he himself never knows who is going to be on the slab. He has men whose turns are somewhere near due warm up at the ball yard and then picks the one that he considers will be most effective at that particular time. On the other hand, Connie probably has some idea at least one day ahead who is likely to do his flinging, only some flaw in this man's preliminary work being sufficient to change the manager’s mind. Still by keeping mum, Connie gains a reputation for guile that may help him in his business. —— a rr