The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-06

" was not 80 very long ago that a
papers was a rarity. out lately lots OF
tans are getting fairly well acquainted
Nlth the Athletics leader by seeing
photographs OF him on the bench direct
Ing the Athletics during "a game and
holding the Inevitable score card with
although I doubt this very much. 4 be-
ieve the score card IL mostly a stall
connie has broken himself to photo
~graphers shyness 10 such an extent
now that he II no more timid In front
Or a camera than are the moving pic
ture actors I see running around the
ions"
What Is the explanation OF this and
known as the sphinx OF the game.
:if Joe Tinker Is worth $4,000. then
r me is sinh haxe covering second base FOR
worth just four time that amount.
which Is 10000" said Connie" re
him whioh ! saw in the coast papers.
To prove that am right just look at
the two records OF the players"
IL takes only a little thing now to set
Mack on interviewing. whereas. in past
years YOU couldn't get an interview or
an opinion out OF him with a pair of
dentists forceps. He is ready and will
Ing these days TO give his views on mat
ters pertaining 10 baseball And the
believe that the club will draw better
~ the fans hear and see Connie" more
frequently. and he seems to be working
along these lines. In other words. the
development OF baseball in the last few
years has proved that the team with
proposition and that the fans like the
Intimate stun.
one On "connie."
They tell "A story about Connie"
Mack after the worlds series OF 1910
when the tall Irishman won the worlds
championship for the first time by beat
down town on the Philadelphia subway
when Two young men started discussing
the team. They fell TO atkins about
Mack. and he overheard the conversat-
II don't think it is so much Connie
Mack as his players hat win for him"
How can he amount to much when no
body ever sees him. and he just sits
They say he frames up all the plays
declared the other.
He may frame them up. but who
puts them across asked the first
why. ! have been watching the Atm
letifs play for years. and 1 wouldn't
know Connie Mack ~ I saw him"
The tail Irishman, who was hanging
to a strap directly IN front of where
the two young fans we're sitting. leaned
down and said In his droll way.
Get acquainted with me. Inn Com
ME Mack, and I believe YOU are right
when you say the boys should get the
Both fans we're startled INTO dumb
ness when they realized that the great
.-N hs left the train at the next sta
ton before they had a chance To- reply.
Pans Like Picturesque.
The picturesque 81 what the fans Ike
in managers and players. The teams
with color are the most magnetic at
the gate. The Athletics are n great ball
club, hut they do not carry much col
or Even their uniforms are deadenfng.
Ike. the sky on 2 dun day. once "ry''
Cobb. IN n At Of wrath. after he had
been charged with Intentionally spiking
X went over TO the philadelphia
bench and bawled Mack out In front OF
several Or mis- players. according 20
stories that 1 heard from American
at that time. Nothing was
ever in the newspapers about Il. al
though the fans like TO read about such
personal conflicts. They say Connie
was just as strong on the repartee as
"Ty.' too. when 10 came time FOR n
pinch remark. but he did not talk then
where the acoustics are too susceptible.
Intentionally. McGraw was the first
man to put color" into a team by hts
methods and personality. All the fans
know him.. and he r. recognized every
where. even in his street clothes. lie
cannot 20 into a hotel without one man
nudging another and whispering
There's John McGraw."
The Giants boss wis really the first
one TO attract attention 20 himself and
his team. a 20 the result Is that the New,
York club Is one Of the best drawing
propositions in baseball. Fans know
the individuals and 20 to the park be-
cause they have some personal remark
they can make 20 each other. For in
stance. folks around the circuit had n
lot OF FUN Yelling at me last summer
10 watch the hitters' feet because I said
In an article that Z watched Wagner
feet. when the big Dutchmnn was ~
tho bat. 70 see whether he was going to
try 20 push the ball toward richf feid.
other managers are adopting the Nc
'traw methods. ana the FUNNY part
about ~ Is that Mac ala 10 All urcpn-