Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-04-19
DOESN'T CONCEDE
| EITHER CLUB FLAG.
Bemoans Waste of BingIes
by A's-Johnson Proves
OutfieId Find.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

n YEW YORK, April 19.-Con-
nj ME Mack, who has been in
/ Y base ball long enough to
know something about it,
still says there will be close
race in the American League.
Il don't say that either the New
York Yankees or the Washington
Senators will win the flag" de-
clares the veteran Philadelphia,
because there are some of the
rest of us who hope to have some
thing to say about that, but I do
say that those two clubs never
will be far apart.
1.-THE Yankees look as strong as last
season." continued the leader of the
Athletics, but the Washington team
appears decidedly stronger. In the
first place, the Senators have stronger
pitching. The trades which brought
them Stewart and Whitehill have i'm
proved them a lot. They had good
pitchers before in Crowder and Weaver,
but these added left-handers now know
they are pitching for team with pen
nant possibility and probably will per-
form accordingly"
Pitching, said Connie Mack, always
was the thing which told a lot of the
story. His own team had some good
pitching. but also got some which was
not so good and which largely accounts
for its early-season defeats. He added
the wound on FoxX's shin. McNairs
sore arm and Mickey Cochrane's illness
good but that they could not be con-
sidered as alibis. In spite of these
handicaps, the Mackmen should have
won some OF the games they have lost.
''THE hitting of my club has been
L generally satisfactory" he said
THE only thing is. We have been
wasting hits-we have not been getting
them when they meant runs. That is
one thing about the Yankees They
appear to be able to bunch their hits.
They told me that Ruth was going
back" said Mack. We'll, from what
I have seen of him he is as good as he
has been in years. He certainly has
shown no loss of speed or power against
us. But the sight of my club always
has seemed to be an inspiration to
Ruth. He invariably plays well against
US. And Gehrig is splendid player.
Those Yankees have tremendous lot
of driving power and with it they have
good pitching.
But I still think" insisted the wise
old manager, that they will have a
hard time getting away from Washing
ton. The Senators have plenty of life,
and they are clicking
IT LIKE my team" said Mack. Per
i haps I was a bit disappointed in
the first few games, but feel that
what I may have given away in power
I have gained in speed If We can't
win with this team. We couldn't win
with the club had last year.
The surprise to me has been john
son. had intended to play Coleman
in that field. but this young johnson
has been going so well that I don't
know whether any one will get him
out OF there. He is great fielder and
he can hit Finney always has hit in
every league he has been in; he is a
| good ball player. We know that Cramer
is fine outfielder; he has shown his
stuff before. 1 like my outfield."
Connie Mack is not alone in this
Some of the veterans of the team are
loud in their praises of the men in the
outer garden. One of them said he did
not believe that five balls, aside from
| liners nobody could reach. would get
by that trio this season. He compared
them as fielders with Hooper, Lewis
and Speaker.