El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-06

Ew Y5RK, oct. 6.-About 1
o'clock Tuesday afternoon the
= little doorway back of right cen
ter field at the Polo grounds will open
and little procession of athletes n
the uniform of the Athletics VII
stream on to the green field Thirty
five thousand men and women win
bodied uprOar 50, 900 men and women
can make when they really put their
minds on il.
The men in uniform will look
around and smile and pass jokes to
one another They viii be und-SguiS-
edly pleased, because each one of the
IS. 600 viii be contributing to a. large
lump sum which will be cut up for
the benefit of the men in uniform at
the end of the week
But with them will be one man who
viii not join in the general feeling OF
jOyOUsness- He viii be dressed en-
tirely in black, and will wear a black
derby hat He Will be abnormally
thin and ascetic looking. From his
expression you viii gather that some
devastating scOurge has just blotted
out his entire family and that he has
come TO the ball park in a vain effort
YOU may think him the club chap
lain OF a visiting undertaken praying
that the grand stand will collapse.
Winner of Five Pennants.
This is Connie Mack-Cornelius
cGiuicuddy-builder and commander
general of the Athletics, winner or
five pennants, and TWO worlds cham
piOnship SERIES the most remarkable
manager in the history of baseball
He will not be feeling bad because
he has just won his fifth pennant, nor
because he is afraid the Giants will
beat him for the big honors. He will
walk off the field the last day of the
series with the same sad, wan look
11r.e-e- 80
suit. That's just the way he looks
that's ali.
visage is the shreWdest baseball BRAIN
IN the business. He has directed the
Athletics for y years. Only twice in
that time have they finished in the
second division. On two occasions he
has run uD bat bag and a couple OF
uniforms into a championship team
And he has beaten two of the best
ball teams in the world in campaigns
for the worlds championship.
You could write a long book on
how he does it Success as manager
lies in two things. First he must
get the ball players and, second, he
must make them win when he gets
them. Mack is, if possible, more
wonderful in the first than the sec
Ond The whole baseball world has
one Of the greatest infields that ever
played the game, but no one ever
heard OF any man Of the four until
Mack got him, and he got the four
for less than many clubs have paid
for a single man-who failed to make
good. Yet the manner Of his doing
It is very simple
Tries Out All Recruits.
Mack never laughs at any boy or
man who believes he is a ball player
II the fat man of the circus waddled
out to Shibe Park and announced
himself as a candidate for the team
he would be heard gravely and cour-
teousIv and given a try-out- The
slim leader of the Athletics is presi-
dent of the only baseball college in
America and the tuition is free 1t
holds classes every morning at Shibe
Park Old Harry Davis is dean OF
the school and the lowliest mutt that
ever was seized with ambition to
shine on the diamond is given an op-
portunity to show what he has, and
If he has anything he is given
change to develop it Not on the Ath-
letics Of course, but Mack finds a
place for him according to his ability
in a semi-pro or minor league club,
and he never loses sight Of him until
the pupil becomes q master or a
proven incompetent.
Just to quote one instance, there
was a young fellow clerking in a
office for about So per week.