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CONNIE MACK WILL RETIRE
He is Regarded as Shrewdest Judge
of Players in Land.
GREAT BACKsToP IS NOT WELL
Secret of Mack's Great Success Has
Been His Ability 10 Recognize
BaII Player in the
Rough,

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. N.-The ma
tional pastime will see many changes be-
fore the season of 1912 rolls around, and
probably the greatest of these will be the
retirement from active management of
the Athletics OF Connie Mack, considered
| by the majority of experts the country
over as the shrewdest Judge OF ball play
ers that has ever been identified with the
game.
Connie says that il his club wins the
worlds championship again this season
he will surely quit the diamond and al
low somebody else-probably Harry Davis
lead the team. OF course, most fans
are Of the opinion that IL Mack's retire
ment depends on any such thing that it
has a cinch he will remain at least an
other year in charge of the Philadelphia
aggregation.
Although Connie says that the chances
are that he will quit the diamond. it does
not mean that he will give up all hrs in
terest in the game Although 1t isn't gem
orally known, Mack is one of the biggest
stockholders in the Philadelphia club, and
It would not be surprising II he bought
enough additional stock to permit Of his
being elected president OF the club, like
Charley Comiskey Of the White Sox has
done.
There are a number Of reasons why
Mack wants to leave the diamond. First
and foremost is his poor health. He has
not been a we'll man for the last few
years, and this season he has been all
ing more than ever. He Is greatly sub
jected to colds, and the riding about the
country. with its subsequent change OF
climate and interrupted sleep has raised
havoc with him.
Another reason why Mack wants to de-
sert the game is Mrs. MacGilicudy. It
will be remembered that at the close OF
| the worlds series last fall Connie was
married again and the couple went to
Europe on their honeymoon. They had
the pleasure OF meeting the pope and one
of Maeks friends is credited with the
statement that Connie thinks his team
viii cop the championship this season be-
cause Of the well wishes and hopes Of
success he received from his holiness.
No Longer n YOunG Man.
Mrs Mac" doesn't like 70. sec her hus-
band away from home so much. and she
realizes Il is impairing his health. He is
| no longer a young man, being 40 yearo
old now. He has been grooming Davis
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stead OF this former star going 20 the
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/ that he viii sit ON the bench and direct
| the Athletics next season.
| Mack before assuming the managerial
| Job in Philadelphia was one Of the great
est oatchers in the business. and he has
q son, Earl-by his first wife, now dead
who promises to develop into every bit
as good a bAekstop as the old man
Mack caught for the Pirates from 1890
to 1896, and was tho captain Of the club
| for two years. The Athletics were menu
/ Der OF the American league for the first
L time in 1901, but II was not until the next
year they won the pennant. They cap
tured another flag under Mack's direction
IN 1905 but the Giants beat them in the
worlds series. Last year they won an
other championship and the worlds title
for the first time. Mack Is anxious TO
capture one Tnore-and then he VIII con-
slider that he has captured his share OF
base ball laurels and retire.
Comics proper name Is Cornelius Mac
Gfhcuddy, but when he first broke into
the big leagues the writer's started call
ing him Connie Mack for short. and Il
has stuck TO him SO thar the average
fan thinks that Il Is his right name, He
was born in East Brookfield, Mass