New Britain herald., 1919-12-06
HUSTON COMES BACK
 AT CONNIE MACK
IthletlCs' Manager Is Target for Criticism Of Yankees Owner

3@ New York, Dec. 6.--Connio Mack,
 lanagar and halt-owncr of the @ thletics, put his foot into the Amer-
 an league feud last Thursday, and
 laybe Colonel Huston, of the Yan-
 ees, did not hop on it yesterday. 8 In Philadelphia interview, Connie 2 alleged to have said that he would #Mot care q rap if the Yankees would
 #et out Of tho American league and bat it would be a good thing for
 Baseball if they got out. Flo spoke |Mf tho Tanks in a deprecatory manner
 KS club without u home.
 @ Huston sent back some hot shot at ##ne Philadelphia owner. He says that
 Baseball conditions havo become EM Mbominable in Philadelphia, that in K Sne game the Yankees were paid only I All for a game in that city. and that 2 is only question of time before #she league will take up the question SMf a change of owners in the Athletics. \ Ie charges the Athletics with setting #he precedent for taking baseball dis M utes into court when the Athletics |# dragged the National commission into
 
 Mhe Boston club.
 M Illusions statement follows:
 Colonel Huston's Statement. M "Out of pity for poor old Connie EaAIack we would rather not notice his Humorous remarks to the effect that Mt would be a good thing for baseball VII the New York Yankees would get M but of it. But the idea of Connie # eading anybody out of anything IS
 RI 0 humorous that we just can't resist # he temptation to say that the Ian- #9<ees have been travelling to Philadel- %phia during the five years that we &lave owned the club and on few trips @ have We ever received enough, as the Xvirning clubs share Of the receipts, K pay hotel bills and carfare. x "A local humorist is authority for # he statement that Connie Mack has # he only ball park in the world where N he turnstiles register fractions. One #7ay the total receipts were doubtless # he lowest amount ever taken In by #a major league club. We were paiI M Or 21 people, grand total of $4.1t. M Connie has run last consistently--al- = E most dropped out of the league with but any other club to read him out NJ s"It is only a question of time when # our league will raise the question Of he propriety of share of ownership # II the Athletics. That club, for Il # ong term of years, has not contri- outed to the prosperity of the league n proportion to the population of # Philadelphia. Philadelphia has shown # itself in the past to be one of the best # baseball cities in America, and the # poor management in the last few % years has made 1t the worst.
 Fires Away nt Connie. '"Too much praise must have made Connie think himself q genius. So @ great grew his opinion of his own ability that he broke up the greatest lall club in history, thinking, of ,ourse, he could build another at odd @ moments. But somehow 1t didn't work Like the small boy with the M watch apart, he couldn't get 1t to- @ Eether again. And now Connie l. rying to read us out. He says we M nave a ball club but no ball park @ All right! He has d ball park and x 10 ball club, making it fifty fifty. We # san stand criticism from a mar N whose ball club lost 504 games in five M years.
 M Connie Mack is a nice old ma, whom the procession has passed. IT Ihis regard there is strong bond o sympathy between himself and Bar < Johnson. They are both in the gooc old boat Has Been, floating down tn, liver of time into oblivion.
 "Yes, of all men in baseball. 1t il < becomes Connie Mack to criticize an other club in the American league O .o question its dcsirabilty as member.
 Fans will remember this same olt Connie was the first man in basebat 0 bolt a ruling of the National com N mission and drag the sport into tn, courts. For 5 years this commissio, \ had regulated baseball and everything # was running smoothly. Suddenly tn supreme court of the game made .uling against Connie Mack in tn Scott Perry case. He refused to abid by tho ruling and rushed for cou' injunction. That was the prcceden For succeeding injunctions'
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