Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-28
ATHLETICS HAVE
HAD MANY GREAT
LEADERS
Danny Murphy Succeeded a
Long Line Of Noted Base
ball Captains, Beginning
With Lajoie.

Philadelphia. Nov. g,.--Dan MUIR
ply succeeded an illus,rious line OF
captains when he was appointed field
marshal Of the Athletics by connls
Mack.
The pioneer Mack captain, when
The American league stretched lts
arms 10 Philadelphia IN 1901. wea
Napoleon Laiole King Harry had q
brief reian. He was at the head
throughout the season in 1901. but
after tho court injunction stunned
Mack In is02 Iaiole was hustled off
90 Cleveland. and for quito while
had 20 avoid Pennsylvania loan.
The rseourcefui Mack had another
Napoleon on hand--s.afayette Ma
polcon Crcrs--so he appointed Cross
10 take the place OF the cxiled Ma
poleon. Cross was the eaptasa who
helped Mack begin hts long reign OF
conquerts In the American league.
The tail tutor disentombed Rubo
WaGdell and Danny Murphy and won
his first championship In 1909. Cross
played Mercutio 20 Mack's Romeo for
several more years. the partnership
resulting In the second Philadelphia
American league pennant In 1905.
Much Of the glamour OF this
achievement was dulied by the Vie
tory Of the Giants over the Athletics
In the worlds series. As Mack ex-
pressed A. hts team had fallen over
the wire dead that year. The serich
made Il plain 20 Mack that he had
10 get more youth and vim into his
team. 20 during the winter he re-
leased Gross 60 Washington and APP
pointed Harry Davis ~ hia successor,
The Davis regime was easily the
most prosperous OF the three. The
Athletics were a broken-up team IN
1909. but Mack came back In 1907
and was barely noscd out OF the pen
nant by Detroit Another slump was
In store for the Athletics In t9es,
when Mack and Davis started n revo-
luton. They switched the team from
top TO bottom. barring one or two
dependebles.
In 1909 the first model OF the Mack
machine was put ON the market and
II was the beginning OF Mack's sreal-
est successes In baseball. The Ath-
ieticn had another torrid fight with
AfotfNtt H9tU AWt tuS attc01 htNN Wv
Wolverines beat them.
After tapse VI five years the
Athletics reaainad the championship
in 1919 and. moreover. dld what they
failed 10 do In fy0s---won the worlds
title AZ well. Davis had much To DO
with both conQucsss.
This year the Msekmen repeated
both tFiumphs and emphasized their
right ~ the title OF monarchs 81
baseball. For the FIRST time in hls
career IN Philadelphia Captain Davis
was replaced az first basenan. Jack
McInnls. more youthful and more
agile, became the champions regular
first baaeman.
Near The close OF the season Nc
limits Vas Nfrnca on the wrist BY 4
pitched BAN and was out OF the game
for the rest of the seeNon. Macs
thought that the youth would be ~
for The series but when the opepinr
game came sround the injury had mol
sufficiently Improved ana Mack had
20 1se Davis ON first
IL n q matter OF fact that Connis
didn't regard the injury a. weaken.
ing hts champions In the least: and
Il ls a matter 81 delight 20 his admir-.
err that the playing Of Davis IN The
series with the Giants was phenuni-
snal Ills timely hitting ana turf
fielding helped greatly In the victory
Instead of being weak sister and =
mllInsone around the teams heck.
Davis was one Of the trsm'r pace