Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1915 — MACK REBUILDING MACHINE WITH KIDS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MACK REBUILDING MACHINE WITH KIDS

Slowly and laboriously, but withal cheaply, Connie Mack is building a chassis for a new machine. His material is costing him nothing, and all the elongated leader is out is the time he puts in training in the way it would Bhoot. By this same simple method, Mack built up the most famous machine in two decades—the late lamented Athlethics—only to see it cough, splutter, and finally go headlong into the ditch in October, 1914. Mack, it will be remembered, paid practically nothing for Collins, Mclnnis, Barry and Baker, the four members of the farfamed “SIOO,OOO infield." One cog netted him $50,000, which was practically so much clear profit, and but for the defalcation of J. Franklin Baker, the Athletics’ stockholders probably would have stuck another $50,000 in their pockets. So these hot summer days find the fdmous leader in exactly the same position he was In the days of 1908 and 1909, when the Tigers were on the topmost pinnacle of fame —laboriously building and planning for the future. There has been a constant flow of college and semi-pro boys through Shibe park this season. No school has boen barred from sending Its proteges to Mr. Mack’s institution of

learning. Return tickets are always supplied, and most of them used. Connie always gives them a fair show, too. A good example of this was seen recently when the New Yorkers were playing the Mackmen a doubleheader. Mack started a young collegian named Haas on the mound. The Yanks drew 16 hits and 16 bases on balls off the youngster and walloped the Philadelphian, 16 to 7. Yet Mack didn’t take the kid out—he let him stick and take his medicine. The kid, though, used his return ticket to Worcester academy that night. That same day, however, Mack drew what looks to be a diamond in the rough. He is a young collegian named Crowell from Brown. Pitching his first professional game, he let tho Yanks down with three hits, but lost by the tough-luck score of 3-2, when his mates kicked the game away. There is probably another reason why Mack is laboring so diligently to build up a new machine —he wants to give some of his knockers the big guffaw—those who knocked him following the series with the Braves. The roar of the multitude still is sweet to the tall leader, too, and it doesn’t seem right to him that he should be completely out in the cold as far as praise is concerned.

Mack Keeping Tab on Game.