The Washington times., 1921-02-23
CONN|EADM|TS.
HE'LL HANG ON
Breaks Silence at Training
Camp by Boosting Gang
s.i He'll Lead.
By GORDON MACKAY.

AAkE ChAhLEo, La, + co. Zo.-
Mr.. b. B. Bugg, sitting with his feet
on the tenders and awaiting the
word from the training camp, might
Just ss well learn the worst at first
blush. Instead of postponing the
agony a few days further, let him
get all set for that foaming beaker
Of srsenic.
All of which will introduce Mr..
Cornelius McGiliicuddy. who has won
considerable fame and a goodly, ro-
bust and healthy fortune as C~nnie
Mack. baseball impresario.
RFesking the silence that has been
wrapped about him during the win
ter. like a form-ftting corset, Mr..
Mack declared today that he would
stand pat on his present club for the
advancing season.
While easing this news out OF his
system. Cornelius slipped into the
role OF the worlds cheerful optimist,
for his Arst words were that he had
q good ball club. without any make
up and with nothing concealed up
his sleeves but his arms, he further
stated that all the real ball players
who had broken into the oig leagues
for a few years were with his gang
While his small and select audi
ence was wondering who slipped him
the stein of ether and was clutching
at a rail for support, the lanky lead
er supplemented this, spring rhap-
sodyg with another that jazzed as
nerrily. -
So CONNIE Is HOPEFUL.
II was the bald utterance that the
American League had not hrst-
class ball club in its realm since the
1,,x hu ha front
in Illinois had began to practice
good morning. Judge" in chorus.
Connie admitted that he was un-
able at this point to wrap the robe
OF the seer about him and reveal
whether or not the Mackians would
take advantage Of this lead pipe and
sugar coated cinch and win few
ball games in the coming days.
He said that he had hopes that
his men would kick off their old
roles and look SO much different that
they wouldn't appear as barbecue
every day for some hungry ball
n ball club, Connie continued, 1t
might be traced to four reasons.
you mean." suggested the audi
tors, still dizzy from the monologue.
"that you would be in fine shape II
you had some fielders, pitchers, hit
ters and base runners?"
at do not" was the ready response,
as q smile hoped over his features.
.I mean we need another outhelder
who can l1ft, a shortstop who can hit,
n first baseman who can hit, and
team that is hard-boiled.'
"Where are you going to get them,
buy them? was the innocent question
ventured by a spectator.
NOT IN THE MARKET.
A strange look leaped into the face
of the manager as he instinctively
shifted his watch from one pocket to
another. "I am not" was the decisive
answer. "For nobody has them in
stock We are going to stand pat on
the club that we have. for 1T con-
tatns all the good ball players that
have como out of the sticks In the
past few years"
Thus early in the year does the fell
haew fall. The fans up North can
now peer through the snow-drifts and
realize that the worst may be yet to
come.
Those fans who have witnessed the
aatlv massacres at Shibe Park have
been harboring a delusion all these
wears. They have been thinking that
the reason why the Mackmen rarely
won q game was because Connie had
M bail club. That idea is all wet.
connie has a great ball club; he says
40 himself But they haven't been
winning because of the war.
Yen. IL Old Kaiser Bill hadn't
started something he couldn't finish
the Athletics would have merrily
tripped ahead. finishing something
thew haven't started for half dozen
vears-a march to the grand old flag.