Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1914 — CONNIE MACK DENIES STORY [ARTICLE]

CONNIE MACK DENIES STORY

Brands as Absolute Falsehood Report That He Picked Greatest Baseball Team in the World. Connie Mack, manager of the Athletics, brands as absolutely false the line-up of an all-star baseball team alleged to have been picked by him as the greatest baseball aggregation in the world. “I did not pick; an all-star team, neither did I give my consent for any one to do it for me,” said Mack. “Furthermore, I would ,not| pick such a team for publication, as I do not believe in stirring up trouble among players, and I think picking an all-star team is foolish business. "If I picked such a team Ty Cobb most certainly would have been my first choice for outfield. I never allow my personal feelings to interfere with business, nor do I allow them to prevent me from giving a player his Just due. 1 “I do not consider the New Yorkers treated me fairly when they credited me with picking an all-star team.”