The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-23
Mack'S Team Has Not
Yet Reached Its
Top Speed.
MANY YOUNGSTERS
SHOULD IMPROVE
Collins, Barry, Oldring, Baker,
and Others Ought to
Play Better Ball.

The worlds baseball series Just mast
1 has proved beyond a doubt that Connie
: Mack has built up one % the greatest
I machines IN the history Of the game
4 The Athletics, in the natural order Of
Things viii be wen more formidable
next season and should lead their league
/ for two years more at least. It is sim
! ply a question OF a head start.
A championship team is not built in a
I cay, and Mack's men are apt TO hold
the title until they reach the very top OF
tiler perfection and some younger team
develops strength enough to climb the
slippery championship hill and push the
I White Elephants over the ridge onto the
downward slope Once a club reaches
It's highest degree OF efficiency all at
. tenpts 10 remain stationary are vain
and rerrOEresSion folIo-es.
Have Not ReaGhed Speed
The Athletics have not even vet
reached theSr top speed. Collins. Barrv.
Dldring, Thomas. Lapp, Baker. StrunIs.
anc Livingston may all be expected 10
play faster BAN during the next two
years than they did this season. Bender.
COMBS Plank, and Morgan can be re-
-ieo upon 70 decrease the batting aver
ages OF opposing teams 1Iurphv and
Davis are stiH two Of the greatest Dfav-
ers IN the game. while Lord and Hart
sci are fast enough for any club.
FeTnaps the one greatest asset OF the
White Elephants is their manager. Con
ME Mack his Judgment, his knowIedee
OF the game and skill IN deveIoDine
players are all unsurpassed.
II Is difficult 10 see how IN the near
Iuture any team can be developed SUI
neientiy 20 stop the maraeIous machine
which the genus OF Mack has set In mo-
ton
Players OutIive Usefulness.
Players outIive their usefulness. and
while one weak spot on the nine may be
patched I'D, soon four or five appesr
That means going back 20 the beginning
and building up a new chanptaushfo
aggregation
T. prove this II is only necessary To
open again the history Of the past and
go over the records Of the national
game In 1894 Haulou, STcGravv. Jen-
ninEs, and Robinson put together the
Baltimore machine which won for fo---
consecutive years. The next two sea
sons Frank Selee took the title with the
Boston club. In 1893 and 800 Hanfoo led
ne BFooElyn team to victory. The
tfree IOuoNlng SEASONS saw PIttsburE
triumph under the leadership Of Fred
Clark. who IS stiu in command Of the
smoky City cohorts
Must Have Teamwork
IcGraw, with a pitching star com
posed Of Gathewson, VViItse, Ar1es- Nc
Ginnity and Taylor, brought th. cham
pionship 20 New York in 1905 and 1ea5
Then Frank Chance perfected tas Ereat
Chicago team. which was champion for
three straight seasons and held the
worlds title IN 1907 and 1858 In the
meantime HUEhey Jennings had won
the American League championship f.
twice with his Detroit Tigers. but never
could take the worlds series from the 4
representative Of the other league.
The reason was that while JENNINGS Z
mad built up club that would nghr an I
Ine way ne never had a perfect team. {
There was always a weak spot or two 4
Tor his opponents TO break through. J
Chicago on Decline.
In 1863 the great Chicago machine I
had begun to be less efficient and VAS
forced 10 leave TO PItusburE The c-~r4t +
OF Detroit. which had finished first in
their lTEanizatiOn for the third time.
This season the Cubs managed 20 win .
their league title again, but the team (
which had won the name Of ''the great .
est baseball machine the game ever
produced had gone down hill fast
Brown and Overall were no longer ter
rOrs 10 opposing batsmen- The IN =,
who for years had been the idol o. the
Chicago fans. was almost 4 pathetic
figure His experience and his cunning
still remained, but ne had lost the
strength and stamina to force his arm
10 obey the desires Of his brain. Chance
realizes that he must TeOrganiZe his
team and start again
II Is probable that next season q
younger man VIII replace Harry Stein
feidt at third base, and perhaps Johnny
Evers may not be able 20 cover secCnl
with his old-tirne ability. It may DE-
that Jimmy Sheckard viii have TO re
sign his place in the outer garden 20 f
Archer VIII probably be the chief back /
stop.