El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22
MACK WOULD PLEASE HIS TOWN;
Gets JEERED, WINNING Or NOT
Planned" When Winning Pennant and When Losing
World Series, Leaders Of Athletics Will Now Try to
Give Fans Just Enough for Their Money; Recruit
Prefers the Minors to Sitting on the Bench.

~ONNIE MACK romped through a
Dennant season last year to the &C
~ compartment Of an anvil chorus
and a gloomly infrequent clicking Of
club turnstiles. After he had grabbed
the American league flag, hands down,
the fans PANIED him IN general prin-
ciples. Then he lost The worlds series
TO the Braves, also hands down or
worse, and the fans banned him again.
also on general principles. writes R.. Z.
McAIillin in the Boston Journal.
Having gathered from their attitude
that they did not care TO see their home
prides murdered in four straight, as
per the Braves performance, nor yet
so strong that they violated the six
rOund-nO-decision spirit that good old
William Penn inOculated in the minds
Of all good Quakers, the long Corne-
Illus shifted Eddie Collins to the White
SoX, canned Bender, Plank and Coombs,
and started to campaign along the lines
laid out by Ben Franklin and other
peaceful warriors
1t doesn't do in Phily to be a par
ticipant in a regular knOc5-down fight,
either on the winning or losing end.
That's why the six-round boxing rule
goes in the Pennsylvania metropolis,
however much Of a frost IL may be else
where. That's why, also, the baseball
fans had TO turn their faces toward the
wall while the Mackmen were slaugh-
tering opponents. and why, again, they
failed 10 see the humor in the situation
when the Braves were kicking the his
uorlc sruIItnE out OF the same rOlllck-
ing sons Of the cadaverous Connie.
We forget the motto on the facade Of
the city hall in Quakerville, but it's a
cinch that it has No matter how pain
tul II Is, be conservative" somewhere
Therefore, Mr.. Mack, with a long Wis
age similar TO that pulled by Abraham
Lincoln when things were breaking
tough, has gone about the task of Civ
ing the Philadelphia fans Just enough
for their money, and no more II ne
happens to stub his toe and win pen
nant in the operation, very likely they
VIII hang him at sunrise IN the shadow
OF Liberty Bell. But ne IS evidently
going 10 do his best to please them,
and, as the cowboy remarked, Angels
can do no more"
On the other hand, a stout Irishman,
hailing from Fitchburg, Mass, and hav-
ing certain Illusions TO the effect that
all the world loves a winner, even If
he happens to x O. his opponent has
set out on the other track to fame and
fortune. Pat toMran already begins
TO act as if he thought Philadelphians
were all set TO build him monument
league flag. He doesn't know the sub
tie nature Of the inhabitants, but he
is willing TO take chance
Suppose you were an outfielder with !
the Cardinals and had a one-year con- {
tract minus the ten-day clause. Sup
pose. in addition. you had but scant 4
prospect Of breaking into the Cardinal 4
lineup. but had a chance to 90 a class I
"A minor league club, Work Tor the 1
same salary and play every day.
Under these conditions what would I
YOU do2 asks Wilbur Wood in the St. 1
Louis Republic. Would you prefer TO /
ride the Cardinal bs1ch and virtually I
drop below the baseball horizon, OF had 4
you rather work regularly for a minor 4
lea cue club with a chance OF forcing i
yourself on the notice OF baseball mo- 4
guls and coming back TO the big ring 4
In the fall with new lease Of life?
This is the situation that Walton