Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-29
ATHLETICS BEST TEAM
EVER ON Di4kAo6tc


Pseudo experts have dissected the
worlds series SINCE that event BECAME
portion Of historical ~baseba1L and
have criticised there, belittled here,
and praised in other places Post
norton analyses have been as ample
as the diagnosticians knowledge, and
all tended to keep the mind of the fan
entertained IL not instructed during
the winter
Now there is certain lean, long
gentleman, Connie Mack by name, who
Hcertainly knows as much of the why's
and wherefores of the Athletics ov-
erWhelming victories over the Cubs as
any man in baseball, says Gordon
Mackay in the Philadelphia Times.
That much should certainly be grant
Well, how about something from
him 1t is rarely that one gets an OPP
portunity to hear Connie Mack go into
detail regarding, a subject. He is al
ways willing to permit victory or de-
feat to speak for itself. However, one
night during tanning bee at the De
Soto he unburdened himself to the ex-
tent of making statements that are as
valuable as they are eloquent.
How did you feel about the worlds
series 2" he was asked.
After the first game felt that we
mad them showed under,S was the re-
ply.
Don't get that wrong, though. I've
been too long in baseball not to
realize that there is always a chance
for the other team to win. A break
here or a play there might have up
set everything, and there was al
ways in my mind the knowledge that
they might have chance to win
But knew that we had wonder
full team 1t was a. team that was
coming; the other fellow had a team
that was going. / knew what the
Cubs were doing: had had a chance
to know whether or not they were
coming or going.
Team Was Coming.
"a team that is coming always has
a better chance to win than a. team
that is going. The Cubs were slow
ing up. There wasn't any question
about that. I knew it. It was SIM
ply a question in my mind if a. team
that was going back could tackle 8
team that was coming all the time
and was such a great team that il
was a question if the Cubs could have
beaten them even when at their tor
speed.
the Cubs in every department Of the
game. I had reason to know that the
Cubs had lost most of their speed.
knew, too, that Chance and his mer
had a great knowledge of baseball
they knew the game all the way
IQTOuBR But COllQ Luey VIII d&d1uS
team that ! felt was stronger
everywhere, possessing, too, as mucI
knowledge of baseball as the Cubs
ever did That seems like a simple
proposition when you figure it all out.
Wanted First Game.
Now as to the chances. We wanted
the first game. Not because we evel
had the slightest idea that our team
wasn't better than the Cubs, but sim
ply to prove that we could play better
baseball than Chicago.
II watched that first game from
every angle, and that night was GER
tain that we were bound to win the
worlds series. 1 felt confident of it
The further we went tho more / saw
that everything we believed about boil
teams was being proved right on thu
ball field. That's the woy the world,
series struck me.
1.-TWO years ago saw that our team
was coming, and last year at the star
of the season 1 believed that with {
break of the right sort of luck and M
bad accidents we ought to be UP in tht
running. I want to say now that
doubt if there has been any better
team than ours in the game. 1t is {
wonderful ball CLUB