New Britain herald., 1930-09-29
No 13-The Proudest Moment

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 The season of 1929 stripped years | from the lean frame of Connie Mack, restored his enthusiasm and eagerness for the game that has been his life.
 Nearing his 67th birthday, he was the central figure in one of base balls most dramatic and excitins triumphs in the worlds series.
 The fates at last turned in Mack's favor, after a long interval. Tn. nations fandom seemed to unite in pulling for Old Connie" Hundreds wrote him letters of praise, advice even warning they were of him" if the As did not come through.
 There was something irresistible about the march of the As through out the 1929 campaign, just as there had been in the victorious rush of the Washington Senators in 1925. when Walter Johnson finally enacted the worlds series role of popular lltIO
 "The club this year is working it's head off for ono man-Connie Mack" Eddie Collins told me one afternoon at Shibe Park. "Of course we all like to be with a winnef, but to man the As think more of winning this pennant for MT. Mack than they do for any extra money or glory they may get out of it."
 Nearly twenty years previously Mack's greatest machine had crush ed the Chicago Cubs of Frank Chances day. This time the old masters worlds series managerial rival was Joe Mccarthy, who was playing in the backlots of German town, a Philadelphia suburb when Mack first took command of the Athletics.
 Mackian strategy and the sensa- tional batting rallies of the Ath- letcs in the last two games proved too much for Mccarthy and his Cubs. The Philadelphian triumphed in four out of five games.
 
 listened to the radio description ever will forget the famous seventh in- ming of the fourth game when the Athletics, apparently hopelessly beaten on the short end of an S-o score, hammered out ten runs in the most spectacular rally ever wit messed in worlds championship play. By comparison, even the thrilling ninth inning rally of the final game, witnessed by President Hoover, was an anti-climaX.
 Mack laughed at the reports that he was so excited he fell off the bench during the hectic ten-run spurt of the fourth battle at Shibe Park.
 Why, I never so much as moved, much less lost my balance" he told me. T guess, at that, I was the only one who didn't manifest eX- citement. I was too busy figuring plays to let my enthusiasm run away with me. But I shall never forget it. Never have I seen q team rise so magniAccntly, so ire sistibly.
 They say we got the tgeaks? We'll perhaps we did, but do not forget that my players were forcing them; that they refused to let an oight-run lead by the opposition dis courage them"
 Maek's strategy in manipulating his pitchers proved a big factor in the series. Not once were the Cubs . or the experts able to guess correct f ly the old masters mound selection, especially when he surprised them | Ehmke in the first game at Chicago. Ehmke, of little use during the pennant race, was about to be re- leased late in the season when he pleaded for a chance to stick and pitch in the worlds, series Know ing the tall fingers ability. Mack consented and told Ehmke to let him (Mack) know when he was ready to work.
 Just before the opening game, Fhmke fingered after a team con. ference. He told Mack he was "ready."
 "All right, Howard, you pitch" replied the manager
 It is a matter of baseball his tory that Ehmke stood the slug ging Cubs on their heads. struck out B to set a new worlds series record and won, 3 to 1. The Cubs broke all worlds series record for striking out. total of J0 famed. Earnshaw struck out 17 and Lefty Cove, hurling his fire-ba iu less than seven innings all told, Whiffed 10.
 Mack's tiumph was complete. Not even the subsequent crash Of the stock market. which was under stood to have hit Mack's assets heavily, affected his enthusiasm and optimism,
 In December, 1929, Mack received