The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-22
His Past Record Shows Col.
Houston Remark You
Have a Park But No
Club" Out Of Place.


But the very man I think is the
=reatest one among them all. is one
hat We may not agree on. because he
vas proven a rank failure for the past
few years.
My idea OF a baseball manager j.
Connie Mack. Horrors. you will say.
That fellow has finished last durins
the last five years. absolutely. last,
fiveN times. losing in that number of
years sO4 games. while he has won
hut $50. giving his club a percentage
Of .:a6. SO where do you get that
dope?
I'll tell you where l get my dore!
II is not what he has done the last
i've years. but what he did the first
fourteen years of his career a man
rger. since he broke into the American
League.
I wish to extend not only a
merry Christmas to Connie Mack.
iut also wish to see him live many
more years. for tomorrow he will
celebrate his fifty-seventh birthday
having seen the light of day De-
eember %. 1862. in Brookfield. Mass.
Show me ONE MANAGER that has
10 record that Come has? Then
'"i'l show vow a dozen that can not be
compared with him.
Joan Mct;Taw j. great manager
II is true But what has he done? He
has turned away more young player
than any man in the game. lie actu-
ally handed the Cincinnati club thc
pennant last season with the players
he has let go. Roush. Groh. Neall.
Sallee. Rariden, etc. all wore uniforms
Of the Giants at one time or another
but they were kids in most instances
end Mae did not have the patience to
develope them.
MCGTaw's policy is to go out and
get seasoned players that he does
NO. have to wait on to become stars.
This applies to almost every one
that is named above. But WI at has
Mack dcre durInS these nipeiee>
years he has navel god the Athletics?
HIS Re ever paid any fancy price for
= star? Yes. just once. if | am not
mOS'aker. and tfat was for Russell.
Of the Baltimore team. when il was
reported and not denied that the price
was s11.OO0 That one. and the only
one. that Connie ever paid real money
for and il YOU ask Mack about him.
b" "" more than likely say. NEVER
AGAIN.
During the nineteen years Connie
Frs handled the team he has won
six pennants. as follows: 1867. 1906,
''lr. 1871 1915 and 1914. six. count them.
Then he has finished second three
times. 1862. 1897 and 100. Third. once.
r"1s and fourth. twice. 1871 and 1875.
Mixing twelve times in the first divi-
SION in nineteen years. That's going
some Tor what Col. Huston said to
him. You have n baseball park. but
no club" That may he true at the
present time. but it will not always
be so.
Whist man among all the others
mentioned has taken kids" and made
the ball players on: of them that this
ta'I ta'ticisn has? Tell me.
u was in 1902 when he-tirst began
to develop players Ct the Mack cali
bre That year lie was handed Rubc
WaddClL or course. he did not pick
up this eccentric twirler from the lots
as he did others. but there had never
been a manager who handled the
pitcher like Mack did. so we will pass
him along. You will notice among
the names Of this wear that OF Plank.
Mike Powers and Hartsel. Every one
a kid whom Connie started Plank was
secured from Gettysburg College and
vas y when Mack secured him. and
that is why Edward was so success
full for so many years as a pitcher.
He was fully developed when he be-
gan to pitch
The next year he got Chief Bender
Wendell. Henley and Andy Coakley.
Then the following year he added
Lord. outfieIder.
lie did not bring out any particular
star in 1906. but in 1907 he introduced
Jack Coombs and Rube Oldring.
The next year Amos Strunk. a Phi'a-
deIphia amateur. Joined the team and
has been one of the stars ever since.
While Jack Lapp was added as a
catcher.
Nineteen hundred and nine found
among his players such new names
as Krauss. Atkins, Eddie Collins.
Frank Baker. Jack Barry. Stufry Nc
Innis and Joe 'Shoeless Joe" Jackson.
Morry Rath was his new player In
1919
The following season. 1911. he gave
Dave Danforth. late with the White
Sox his start. and Russell. whom
he paid the sum of sll.OOO for. from
baltimore.
Pennock was his new pitcher in 1872
while Ed Murphy was the new out
Fielder who broke into fast company.
Then came Joe Bullet" Bush. Wye
koT. Cottrel. pitchers; Schang and
McAvoy. catchers: Johnny Lavan. in
fielder. and Walsh. outfielder. were
his new men in 1913.
Bob Shawkey made his appear
ance in 1914.
"Rube" Bressler. Sheehan. Fill
ingim, Majors and Myers. pitch
crS: Perkins. catcher. and Crane.
who goes to Cincinnati next year.
were the new ones of 1915.
T. johnson. who always gave
Walter johnson such tough BATHS.
and SeiboId. pitchers. and Haley.
catcher. were the 1916 discoveries
In 1917 we find such players as
Naylor. Schauer. Noyes. Witt Bates,
Lawry. Grover. Jameson and
Griffin.
In 1918 there were Perry. Adams,
Watson and Geary. pitchers: Du-
gan. infelder. and Munich. outfield-
or.
During 1919 one has only to look
over .ne box scores to find that
Connie INTRODUCED enough players
- t.Ie league to make up four or
five regular teams
show MT a man among all the
other managers who has introduced
n"'r" hirn-cla:s men than the Ath-
latc manager has done then l will
a. knowledge that i am wrong. bet
Tot until tfen will ] agree that
A'aCk IL not the greatest man Iger
OF modern times
Here is an interesting letter from
Joe Wolfe. who took a team of Ameri-
can ball players to play the Cubans,
II shows that the fans down there
know baseball when they see il.
A word OF advice tn hiu lea oua ha N