Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1917 — MACK WANTS GOOD PITCHING [ARTICLE]

MACK WANTS GOOD PITCHING

Consistent Work on Mound Will Make Athletics Greater Factor in Race for Pennant. “Give us good pitching—not the best, but just good, consistent work on the mound—-and they’ll have to look out for us.” That’s the way Connie Mack sized up his rejuvenated Athletics. . _ “We’ve reached the point where we are likely to do anything. We have a club that is peculiar. It is composed of men who can db many things,” said Mack. “Everyone of them is different. They’re not recognized stars yet, but they can hit and they can run the bases, and the pitchers are finding out how to pitch. They’ll mu ke runs, and they’ll hit most any kind of pitching. All i need is good, bteady work on the mound.!’ ‘ Mack said he was depending a great deal on the Work of Bush, Meyers, Johnson and Noyes.,