The evening world., 1912-08-14
Connie Mack Advances Another
Novel Excuse for the Compar.
ativeIy Poor Showing Of the
Athletics This Season.
Coryreht. 1912. nv The Pr- Publishing Co.
THE <fy York World

THE Stw York World
= FAVE II TO Connie Mack, manager
OF the Athletics, worlds baseball
- champions, to dig up novel cx-
ctses for the comparatively poor show
ine of his team. (what Connie looks
upon as bad playing for the Phlladei-
phians would he regarded 10 remark
able work by such teams as Brooklyn.
Boston Nationals and CincinnatiAO
But to &c, down TO cases Too much
auto speeding Is the reason ADVANCED
for the Athletics being In third place
nine and n half games behind the Red
Sox. Inst year when the Athletics got
OF 70 A bad start the shrewd Philadel-
phia leader, who. always keeps In the
background when on the ball field, said
too many OF his men celebrated the
winning Of the worlds champ onship
by getting married which was why they
didn't play better.
No sooner had tho ministerial Mr..
Mack made this announcement than all
Of = sudden hey came to life and by
the Fourth OF July they were leading
the race and by the end OF the season
they won the pennant by much to spare.
BY the time they met the Giants the
club might Just as well have been
composed entirely of bachelors-eager
10 make a hit with the fair sex-for
they played with the snap and dash Of
two-year-olds.
4r auto speeding really has had any,
thing to do with tho playing OF the
Athletics maybe the same thing has
caused tho Giants to take the awful
slump which threatens to rob them OF
the National League pennant. Many
members Of McGraws clan have
machines-Marquard Mathewson. De-
wore. Merkls and others having in
vested their worlds series money In
they get.
II IL ~. theory OF a good many sharp
Judges OF the diamond sport that cut
ting through the wind ut Atty or sixty
mile clips impa!rs the vision. which
has a tendency to AFFECT batting. 1t II
true that Merkle ard D,vore, especially.
haven't been the same since they got
The speed mania. and It was reported
some time ago that McGraw made II
plain TO his men tina. II would please
him nightly II they took less chances
IN autos and more on the diamond.
@UT, autos or no autos. Connie
X Mack ..asn't given up hope that
- his club viii win taother Amerl-
ear League pennant. During the past
toe or three weeks tn J have made up
considerable ground and they are now
Just q game and q - behind the Sem
dora and nine and . half games be-
hind the Red COX.
The Athletics. like their rivals. ths
Phiilies, have had more than their share
Of hard luck in the matter OF injuries
20 players An injury that put Danny
Murphy. the crack right fielder and
cleanup man. out OF the game for the
satks season. has greatly weakened the
team. The poor condition OF Catcher
Thomas and the inefliclency Of the
other members OF the catching stan has
aiso handicapped the team. The form
reversal of Eddie Collins and Jack
Barry, the two crack infielders. IL an
other reason why the club is In third
place. But with all this Connie says;
"Ths season 10 only two-thirds
O0o ana y AOt VI Seh mp
Pen In fifty gamss know q lot
o. people who are ready to inter
ne worlds Champions, but ]
hope to fool thsm."
YoHNNY HAYES. the worlds mos
famous Marathon runner. has jus
arrived home from the Olympic
games. having been q passenger on th'
steamship Cincinnati. To the clever sev
York runner belongs q great deal o.
the credit for 80 many American run
nsrs finishing In the classic at Stock
holm.
II think the extreme heat was tn,
real reason why an American didn
carry of the big honors at this year.
games" says Hayes THE South Afri
cans were more accustomed than ou
boys to the torrid weather. so they I'm
tshe one-two. Mike Ryan was affected
mdrs by the heat than any Of the others
ana II We only had had cool weather
feel sure he would have romDed hom,
nfeasY winner"