The Washington times., 1909-04-26
MACK TALKS ABOUT
DEATH OF POWERS
He and Team Want Game
Postponed On Day of
Funeral.

Everybody who knows anything
about the game of baseball knows what
thought of Doc Powers, said Connie
Mack, manager Of the Philadelphia Ath-
ietics. at the Arlington Hotel this noon,
in speaking of the Athletics catcher,
who died this morning. Mack and
the Philadelphia team had just arrived
from the Quaker City for the game at
National Park this afternoon. They had
been informed of the death of Powers
while en- route 10 Washington.
we are going to make every possible
effort 10 have the game on the day of
the funeral postponed" continued
Mack. 1--WE think this is as little as
we can do for one of the finest men VINO
ever decorated a baseball field II we
can get the game postponed every MEM
ber of the team will return to Philadel-
phia to attend the funeral. thereby pay
ing the last possible honor to Doc
Powers. While he was A New England
nan. 1 understand that the funeral VIII
be in Philadelphia, and the only way
we can get back there will be by having
the game put OF.
World More Lonesome
Powers and 1 had been together FOL
nine years. He caught for US 1t the
opening of the season and he caught al
! the opening of the new park. l thinS
that shows more than anything / could
say what 1 thought of him. He was
the cleanest man ever knew. His
habits were the best and he was devoted
to mis- wife and his three beautiful Grill
dren The vitality of the man was
something remarka bic. Yesterday morn
! Ing the doctors said he could not live
twenty minutes, vet he fought on until
after We had left this morning. That
shows what kind of physical care the
man had taken OF himself Every men,
! but there is little that we can say be
NoEd the fact that the world will be
more lonesome without him.
Eddie Plank. the pitcher, had little
/ to say about the death o. the famous
/ catcher. He echoed the sentiments oi
I Mack and declared that be never knew,
a squarer, more hIeable man in the
game
Plank Deeply Affected.
Every member of the league viii
miss him. said Plank, anC ne said II
, in a tone of voice that indicated that
Flank will miss Powers as much OF
more than any other player in the
( league.
Other mc nber- of the team were high
! in their praise OF the dead man. They
| were all saddened by the news of his
death and there was not the usual
| that took them to the Arlington, or II
| the hotel lobby. All OF them were
| downcast, but all are hopeful that the
game on the day of the funeral can be
] postponed so they may be able TO at
tend the funeral.
IT'S hard to believe that even the
mel eIlbers Of Docs family can miss him
| as much as We WILL" all of them de-
clared. a g they trooped in to lunch.
Players to Wear Crepe.
The Athletics had hardly arrived al
the Arlington and deposited their bag
! gage, when they went to an under
takers and bought crepe, which they
will wesr this afternoon. No opposi-
| tion to the plan to postpone the game
on he day of the funeral is antici-
/ pated from the Washington club, and
/ II Is probable that there will be nc
game on Wednesday, with the posi-
! biiity OF a double-header Tuesday. as
Washington must leave for Boston or
| Thursday at y. m.