The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-07-10
TALKING
IT OVER
By JOE WILLIAMS

EN 1OrNht JUy
- Mack. boss Of the Athletics,
likes to come TO New York. He likes
TO taxi I'D to the Yankee stadium by
way of Fifth avenue. with a senti-
mental stop at one hundred tenth
street. For it was on the original
Polo Grounds, up there on the
northern fringe Of Central park,
that Mack made his major league
debut.
This is something Of a jubilee year for
old Connie. as II marks his forty-hfth an
nirerAary a. a biz Lacquer. The es-year-
old veteran has a keen memory. and be
can cite outstanding developments Of the
rams between the Giants and Washington
in which be broke In here on Sept. is.
1896.
Connie. a catcher. just had come
up to the Nationals from the Hart
ford club. incidentally. 1t is with a
pang Of regret that Connie sees
Hartford out Of professional base
ball for the frs. time in half a
century or more. The Connecticut
capital quit the Eastern League the
other day.
Glance at the batting orders Of the
NeW York and Washington teams Of forty
hVe wears ago stresses the tast mat as
of his contemporaries are zone. He BRIDGES
the rap between the ancient DAYS; when
sonsidsrsd good enough for the National
League. and the era that Is typihed oy the
Yankee stadium
mat september day forty-hye years ago
At the Ancient Polo Grounds. 50 called be-
cause polo vas PLAYED there for years. be-
fore the ball team took It over. Mack
caught the delivery OF Gilmore a great
pitcher
Hines. Carroll and Shock we're in the
outheid; Kreir. Farrell. Houck and Knowles
in the Inhei1. Where have they gone?
How many. even among the older fans.
remember these WORTHLESS. with the ex-
eeption Of Farrell and Hines. Gilmore and
Mack?
For the Giants there was Esterbrook az
third baSe-perhaDs the inventor OF the
basket catch nov maze snz.S 50 cd d1ney by
homers and PLAYED nTst base John n
ward .Dorgan. oilesPie; HlenerSSS0g'
Connie can recite those batting oroerS al
most without error.
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THE game has changed in many
i respect since Mack was in his
prime, and most of the changes
have been for the best. For ex-
ample. in the old days they were
somewhat rough. A little thing
like breaking a mans leg to get him
out Of a series was considered we'll,
let us say, not too unsportSmanlike.
The old timers still remember how; in
the crucial remnant series between fIssS,
Long came in with q leaping tackle ana
broke Maok's lex. Boston vent on to
take the haE'
This Is Mack's forthwith YEAR as a pig
Lacquer. and 4 is a season OF eeleoraIlqh
for Eddie Collins. his lieutenant. as ven
FOR this is Eddie's twenty.htth wear IN
an official record at bat before the season
is finished and round out a really memoI-
able career.
Inst imagine. Eddie is no oslloW youth.
hv any means. But when the Coliinses' at
NUIerton. n. Y. we're celebrating the ar
rival OF EQNATO AFoNHhANAN ehet $500
morning 1887. Mack already was a Ma
tional League star.
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EDDIE broke IN with the Ath-
Z Ietics n 1906. under the alias
of Sullivan. College stars did that
sort of thing in those days. They
weren't so easy to spot. But a play
er such as Collins was with Co
lumbia twenty-five years ago would
have a tough time today hiding his
identity under an alias.
q = =
Eddie has been known as a quiet ball
PLAYER. In fact. a bit too quiet. But on
old south field. where they hit homers into
terrain nov occupied by dOrmitories. Col
Inns was = Eabby. peppery ouss-