Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-24

1N-b held nothing UP his
n. W. MAXWELL sleeve to deceive the
fans but laid his cards face up on the
table and the world at large knew tnae
the vell-known AS would be deep IN tne
Dismal Swamp as soon as the seSS'" so'
well under way.
Connie Had Hopes
Mack held out n little hope, however, for
he stated that by the LIST OF AususS Ia
iybuld have q team good enough 10 holu
ne otvn with the others and would MAKE
.tso,s, anish He also said that the Ath-
,st,cs s in 1917. would be something to be
proud of. -. ,.a connie
would have come through with ms itt. niss
,,.ant p,,t everv man on the club, with
tbe excention of the pitchers has been on
the sidelines and the raw green 1a,.es Lna.e ~
fresh from the bushes has Deen sIoTeu -, 49,
TO play the games. Stuny MclnIhS, .,.,S 80
ToinIe witt, Pick, Bill Meyer, Strunk,
walsh and wally Schang have s0s pees tpst
those absent and Is 1t any wonoeF ''As
games have been lostf .,s.r. ~ the
Cleveland Club, was commenting OH ~. s
showing of the Athletics before no 'eAS
home Saturday.
Ready for Surprise ,.,.
= ..ronn,e seems TO be playing in hard luck
at present" he said but 1t IS my iueS ,ss,s
ne is Just saving up FOR eres' u.e s,,e
to null on the other managers OIL the ,,Isto,
think for q minute lIiab Wv
III, ,ta,, in the cellar forever. for Mack
has had too much experience IN ouliuins
I'm teams He knows his business oesse'
than any one else, and, take IL iroln ny, M
hen spring q surprise IN sno,. IT. t ,ro,dsr-
man WITH the ability to build that wonueL
Z f,,I Machine two. years ago Will come oaSN
and come back strong. ,, ..,,.no
.1Ntuch has been said of Comics college
players but 1 think he Is worklns aiohs .t.
the right lines. There 10 no reason IN tne
nlavers in the college ranks l nave a te"
of them in my club. and III graz soine
more IL l get the opportunity
NecRov does not get his name IN print
very often-outside of the club stationary
hut ba had more to do with the building
up of the Cleveland team than any other
persor, In other words, 1t was ne' ana ne I
alone, who signed Iris Speaker. z- a.
Gloomy Outlook
Mac was not ticlSled to death when he
and his associates grabbed the Cleveiano
franchise last winter, for he knew that ne
was'.up against a very hard proposition.
The team went bad the year before, Cnarne
Son,ers went broke and the good citizens
of the Forest City who enjoyed paseoan
went out to the parks ana watchea lne
semipros perform. In all. II was gloomy
outIoox and nothing appeared on the hori-
zon but more disaster, unless something
happened. ...,
one day MacRoy read in the paper that
Tris Speaker was having u HaIu S'pi0 'h
getting the money he thought he deserved
from the Red Sox management and threat
ened to quit the game. An Idea struck the
new owner, and before 1t got cold ne was
on q train speeding to New York. He
completed his plans as he Travelled east
ward and all was set when. he reached
the Big City. y
He figured that the club was In bad
shape and might be saved through the ac-
QUESTION OF a star player-one who stood
he ofo SnAa T.
isfed, the Red Sox owner felt the same
way, so why not take chance2 iris was
the only drawing card In the league that
might be purchased, and perhaps Lannin
might listen to reason Anyway It was
worth tryout. ,tr...t
Wants to Buy Speaker
MacRoy hastened to Lannin's ONCE and
found the Red sox owner In receptive
mood.
"Ive come to talk some business with
you" said MacRoy, 'and know have
something that will interest you. want
10 purchase the services OF iris Speaker
Lannin almost fell out OF his chain He
gazed steadily at his visitor a moment and
said sar-Gr sAAlly:
'SThat's sweet of you. isn't II? Now I've
go. nice ball park, a country home and
several automobiles. Would they interest
you also?"
'I'm not kidding you about that Speaker
deal" replied MacRoy. "Tris Is dissatisfied
he probably will not give his best services
to the club IL he signs, and ne might IKE
II with us. Anyway, you have Walker, from
ST. louis, and he can play pretty falr
game in center field, All want 10 do is to
state my proposition and simple yes or
no viii satisfy me-
Deal Goes Through
Now. listen" said Lannin; this talk
about selling Speaker is foolish. There
isn't chance In the world. But as you
I'll, tall hat m
your mind II won't do any good, mind
you. but am just curious TO know what you
are trying TO put across What's the idear'
u want TO get Speaker" stated Mac
Roy, land am willing to pay real money
for him This is my offer" And he outlined
a deal which involved $4,000,
Lannin again was thunderstruck. He
grabbed telephone and said;
'If you mean what you say we'l NIX
this up in is minutes. Just stick around"
MacRoy stuck, got Speaker, his team
jumped to the front and stayed there and
the $4,000 was taken in through the gates
before July I. The Cleveland Club is the
best drawing card in either league at
present Speaker Is perfectly satisfied and
MaeRoy is ready to take another chance
any time.
Jack Dillon Explains
The following was printed IN yesterdays
issue OF the New York Sun:
Jack plllqn seldom has any excuses e make
bis spparentiy. poor. showing asainsl Leyinsky
Ia Baltimore he advances the argument that
he had become stalls through constant training
Many people Aho went 10 Baltimore 10 see
him thought that Dillon was not as good he
3aa rated. and they Justified In view OF
the ppor showing he made against Levlnsky.
That showing Has not true criterion Of the
capabilities u Frank AoFan's eenqueror. Dnlion
was stale, 20 stale that be could not hght when
he wanted TO.
several thopsht be was stAlilns, but he could
not have stalled that much had he 50 desired.
Dillon did pot hesitate after the nght % say
that he bad bean outpolntad. and he admitted
that be made mistake IN agreeins 70 the bout |
a All espeelaily ss be realized that be was IN
u worked bard FOR that nsbt WIN Moran
aaid Dillon. and q took whole lot u anerEy |
oat cf me. Ihe1 that ienf 4elip 8 usaaasila /
E1ihln four d9ss iqf another boal lust ahout
= 81 ellPqlalad hal I eovid net hslp 4.