The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 22, 1947, Page 8

' : anyone from these teams. i aga EIGHT, (EDITOR'S NOTE: Baseball's Grand Old Man, Connie Mack, attains his 85th birthday tomorrow, De- cember 23, looking ahead to another season, with all the sparkling enthusiasm of a rookie facing his lirst . Mack's name—he was born Cotue- illicuddy in East Brooktield, Mass.—first ap- peared in organized baseball as a catcher at Meriden, a4; became manager of the Pittsburgh. Pi; big league tryout. » lieus McG Conn., in 1884, * rates in 1894, and has been ger the Philadelphia Athletics have had. Mack, in ex- cellent ‘health, works daily. Park oftice. hopes ‘and beliefs.) Z By CONNIE MACK Written especially for AP Newsfeatures IGHTY-FIVE is getting up in be around a few more years, depending on whether I feel I’m a help to the team or not. When the time comes that I am not a help, I hope to be able to be’ the first to recognize it. * I don’t feel I have been a handicap up ta now. When the time comes that I feel I am, I'll be perfectly willing to retire and let Earle take charge. (Earle is one of Connie's three sons, himself a for- mer player and manager, now the field captain of the Athletics, assistant to his father and his designated suc- cessor in charge of the clu I'd like once more to have the trovs feel von might. We have the first,,then hitters and runners. tw woo slow... gan tell. Last year I enjoyed more than any other season. While we had , no stars to lead the team we were. hustling, fighting all the time, I never saw such spirit. When a man made a timely hit or a good fielding play he found a reception waiting him in the dugout, the fellows patting him | én the back, telling him they, liked ‘it. That was the reason we ; had such a good year. (The team finished a’ close fifth in the Am- erican “League:) T figured at the start we were a tail-end club. We were close to | 20 games behind seventh place | the year before and ! copldn’t; gee how we could catch even ane club. But, my golly, we not ; only caught up with three of ; them but the only club to beat, us in the season series was the j Yankees. We beat Boston and St. Louis and broke even with the others, Next season we'll have practi- cally.the same team. Our farm; system just got started, really, | last season. Some of the teams | | | Jost a lot of money. And it will: be three or four years at the least. before we can count on So we're trying to watch the | sandlots for material now. The { gandlotters are just coming into; itheir own and in the years ahead ' ie major leagues will come to} leped on them a great deal. hese boys probably don’t have} te education of the high school ¥S¢,, they. have me rer feeling” its the dane 4 ‘They want to get somewhere’ In the following story written for The Associated Press he tells Ceallees of his Lak sleeceg Right now I feel our team is a lit- But you iis amas ain a great pride in their work. since 1901 the only mana- in his trophy-filled Shibe ert the age brackets, but I hope to- ib the Mack tamily owns.) championship team—and you al- pitching, and you must have that ‘and are willing to hustle all the time. q The college boys: helped bewen| ball a ldt, but today I'd just as j soon have the sandlotters. You: can depend on them. They have At right, baseball's Grand Old baseballs arranged to spell out Years ago players were of a differtn class from today. They! Goodness gracious he was a received Jittle salary, were not hard man to keep track of. Once jn paseball any more. And it was | so serious about the game and in training camp at Jacksonville, Peete ats ute that eae they, ah-h, dissipated. Florida, I found Waddell leading brah a Rab IN Une Olt | I don’t: think we're likely tg a band in parade. He had the you just keep being re-} have many more fellows like we: big, high drum major’s hat on did in the old days. Those fel- and was having a wonderful you know it there's a s' lows had to be wonderful men time. My biggest thrill, [ ¢ | physically to do what they did,| “Hi, Connie!” he yelled to me.' Howard Ehmke winning that | and it’s tougher now. But they One season I even arranged fir: game of the 1929 World | were great showmen. with the police to keep him un- Series I remember Rube Waddell one ; der bail all summer because of | Some folks thought I had lost time when we were playing an, a fight. Then I told him all sea- my mind, starting Howard with exhibition game at Steelton | son to see that he didn't run’ such great pitchers on my staff! against an all-college team. We ; awawy. jas Bob Grove, Rube Walberg, ! were far ahead in the ninth and He did behave, preity good, ; Geor ge Earnshaw and Ed Rom- Rube was pitching. He sent all until one day in St. Louis. I was ' mel. the rest of the team to fhe! talking to The Rube in tie ho-! But Howard, who I had told bench; there was no one on the tel lobby and I could just tell two weeks before to scout the i field except Rube and the catch- he was itching to go somewhere. Chicago Cubs( did it so well he; er, Schreckengost, who sat I knew, see, he was ready to~ down on the ground behind the ‘ go. | plate. |. While we were talking I sort Rube struck out all three bat- of pointed to a man _ standing ters. I don’t know what would nearby and wondered what he have happened if one of those was doig there, ad who he was.‘ boys had tried to bunt. |The Rube \turned around, looked Rube never did that in a big at him a minute. Then he tap- league game. Sometimes, when , Ped me on the chest. we were.awawy ahead in the| “I know .who he is,” The last, inning, and he .was pitching,! Rube said, without mentioning the outfielders would come in' police or detective. As much as and talk with the infielders | to say he knew if I didn’t. And while he struck out the side. But right awawy he went upstairs to they didn’t leave the field. You' his room and stayed there. That ace that” wobtdit e-be-allowed in’ was.a _ Pretty. geed ..season .. for a championship game. phim. WARD BOYS ENJOY VFW AUX. PARTY V.FW. Post 3911 Auxiliary en- tertained ‘the boys in Ward BI and D at the Naval Hospital Fri- day night, December 19, between the hours of ‘7 and 9. i A bingo party and songfest | were held and Larry Eschon ac- companied the singers on the piano. V.F.W. Auxiliary President Vanessa Saunders, Collette Young, Edna Johnson, Mr. and | Mrs. O. J. Trombley participated | in the party and songfest. { The party was so well enjoy- ed that plans for a party each} month for one of the wards will | be held during the year 1948, A short skit “Kid Named Joe” will be shown Tuesday and} Wednesday, December 23 and 24, at the Strand Theatre, to ac- quaint the public with the work } being done at the V.F.W. Or-! phans’ Home for Veterans’ Chil- | dren. These youths are taken: THE NEW BHnsgweor HAS STYLE ... SEE IT!! Overseas Radio & Appliance Co.| 716 Duval Street Phone 73° j meets tonight at 8 o'clock at the jare requested to attend. THREE HOTELS in. ‘MIAMI = Connie Ma \ the only manager the Philadelphia Athletics ever had, is pictured*at left at work in his Shibe Park office. will celebrate tomorrow, December 23. THE KEY WEST CITIZEY ELDERLY PHILADELPHIA A’s MANAGER, CONNIE MACK, WOULD LIKE oo MORE CHAMPION” Man poses with a bat above “85"—the birthday Mack will Things don’t happen like th: minded of something and before struck out 13 batters and beat | Charley Root 3 -1. | that have Lots of things like happened. I guess that’s part, of why I really love old game, I like to remember ther mark of the late Charles Ebbets (former president of the Brook- lyn Dodgers) that “baseball is in its infancy.” I feel there’s more _ interest today than ever before and the game ig improving all the time in skill,‘equipment and the c arcter of the players. Tvwart -to-stay in baseball a long time. It’s a wonderful game SURAT. FOOD PACKAGES ‘MEETINGS PILFERED IN JAPAN HN TOKYO. — (AP). VEW Auxiliary Meets Tonight postal and customs employes ‘sie ‘are pilfering food and clothing V.F.W. Post 3911 Auxiliary from packages sent for Japan's needy families, the Tokyo press complains. The s em is to tear off the customs declaration from incom- ing packages so no one can tell ; what they contained. Then the J. CARMONA LIQUOR STORE 1114 Duval Street i A Complete Stock of " WINES, LIQUORS, RUM and ! { GIN at CUT-RATE PRICES We deliver any place on ihe ind, bet n 9 A.M. to 12 Mid- night—Sundays, between 12 Noon to 6 P.M. and 9 P.M. to 12 Mid- night, in 10 minutes. Call 1348 for Prompt Free Delivery - We Reserve the Right ‘to Refuse Delivery to Anyone home of Collette Young, 1721 Flagler avenue. This will be the last meeting of the year 1947 for the Auxiliary, and all members in and cared for until.after com- ‘pletion of their high school studies. i STRAND THEATRE Now Showing “THE UNFINISHED DANCE” Margaret O'Brien Cyd Charisse J; Showing Tues. and Wed. “DICK TRACY'S DILEMMA” Claw-Vitamin and Sightless MONROE THEATRE Now Showing “NANA” con un Conjunto de Estrellas Spanish Picture Formerly Pan-A: Showing Tues. and Wed. oleae “VACATION DAYS” Freddie Stewart-June Preisser Large Stock of ¢ at POPULAR PRICES | — Japanese bis Fastem Auto & Homé Supply, Ine. 1101-1103 Division Street SHRI Use Our Lay-Away Plan.... Will Hold Your Selection Until December Electric Trains, Reg. 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