The Washington times., 1922-12-12

,.ahout Connie Mack's pitchers. Eight
syeaSs ago he had that incompatible
trio. Bender. Plank and Coomts.
l For eight years he has had nothits
with which to oppose any club i'm a
series Of games. -
I'd Rommel. the slow ball pitcher
OWN more games for 4 seventh
place club than did Joe Bush with
the pennant-winner, alone looked
the part. He was surrounded by
some terrible excuses for pitching
talant. Bob Hasty. Rollie Naylor
nm Ogden and, Fred Heimach were
Drobably the best Of a big bunch OF
PAINFUL experiments.
ssN 10 'poskfbls that Rommel. Hasty,
Ogden and Heimach will form the
regular quartet next season. 1t IL
possible to think of q weaker lot
than that flock Of fingers. The
Aackmen. offering major league
batting. fielding and running behind
! chem. may do much better next sea
' acn -tAan they did last. Anyway
= because most fans believe they will
the MAckmen are no longer the win
etsr.s cause to laugh. +
~ Connie Mack, attending the ses-
.GAlsns ln New York, may be induced
q 80 tell what nosl money he has had.
SEtospay for Sammy Hale, but the.
chances aro against IL. Connie, /,
rafllxs . wiso soul, lilkos to soft pedal |
"a. fl5e publicity given tho strictly (,
a. financial sido Of the national pas I
Z: time. He reasons Il can get along
Z very well without II.
Z
,I,;IIaie, who failed in a trial with
s4he Detroit Tigers two years ago,
3 5comes back to the American League
with an excellent reputation. He will
play third base for the Mackmen.
= He is said to have cost $4,000, rather
q fairish sum, even In these days
CT. riotous expenses. s 5
Charlie Eckert, one of the pitch.
= inH freaks exhibited by the Mack
..men last season. has already been
sturned over to- the Seattle. club In
1no telling how many more will
follow him, butt II is safe to say
that enough will 80, to cut down
,'thst $4,000 appreciably. Mack has
cpald somsthing like $4,000, very
likely. In real money.
1.-The league Joke now. instead OF
.,;being' the 4Alackmen. 10 the Boston
e club. Harry FraEee announces, to-
day that Frank Chance IL to be his
naanager for probably the next three
, years, but that doesn't take away
the joke, not in the least.
Z Gwen . hand-picked , team Of
veterans, Frank Chance was . sue
,ceis With the old Chicago Cubs.
SHs was rough and they were rough
and the team won pennaits. but as
soon a. the veterans began drop
ping cut Chance began to show q
wealmess n Developing youngsters;
He resisned when he found himself
IN hot Water' with Charlie Murphy.
Fssrsii e csms out 81 his retire.
nsent IN California and assume
charge sf the dispirited New
York Yankees IN 1918. He had
=. .eA irpnclaA contract for three
years, but tore it UP IN disgust
late IN tlhe ,4lo14 campaign and
realgned to return to California
snd his orange groves. ~
q, AT that time Chance said he was
:, hone with baseball for good. He
probably thought %. But the call
'f01 the diamond has been insidious.
-.inst, winter he acted as president
,ef the Winter. League in Southern
..csltfornis and during the world
4. aenee he announced himself ,Ass q
<CSndidatA for. Huggins' Job. provided
thev, ,PAy1ne ,Colonels cared to drop
s.fSelr wee manager. The next
snaenlng Hnggins was signed to q
. sAeE contract, ending whatever hope
sChenc6 may have had. ~
e., Then came rumors that Chance
.5Apa his. old. friend, Barney Oldfieid.
= mlGht buy, O. major league, fran
ckiSe. That tale died .stillborn. but
. - shecanoe known that Chance had
.sGonkAYrid, y with Harry Fraxee re-
4 NDedihg his taline charge OF, the
&ed Gox and Frazee's official an
ncuncemeut merAiy admits the truth
of takes snsw, old for weeks.
what hopes can Chance have for
,sooresa1s m 6uetcnf Precious few.
4 1ls wfii HAYS control over what ID
b 40aA sIeague club In ten years,
Dioosntsatsd smisfits. some crealring
with ago, are his 10 use as. ne may.
s.2luw. Shus.can-d dp anything with the
1 club Huehey Duffy led last year
cSkisf S6sen MI the naked eve.
81 n1ko matters WORSE. Boston
newupappr0And BOSTON fans, II not
actively h0etiis safs distinctly apa.
thstic./ They WIN be quite content
70 'ait backa md 10ok ON At Chance's
sndsavqrp. And many thousands,
while Hot eyvn looking, won't eveu
care 70 Rad much about locking &C
mo new mAnassr's strugsies.
n Ckaass. wies N kard, 6r1vise
4s9ay Mlghs - 2 Slg sreesss
<. haSo III. lbG19y ahd nee6 NJ !.
4 AEiy1m9. Ihe Bs4 Seq Ieck ~,
4 hs6 tsscsn - ~ tis. T
.Illds { mases .lsasuy ,nanAesr b
5ssSW6el3ne v2lsrans havss as.
}1Sf0S fok right heFSkln WSShihe;
49, X1G111 1he last two seasons.
Lsen Les Eohl. who sAvs 81. Louis
AfD(1ol4 p1ho6 teaSh ana 8 aypennanf
hen wae seysrely .crificised ~
'4osistss Sssssss Nm team. hssai-
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