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Died. John Joseph (Jack) Barry, 73, slick-fielding shortstop who teamed with "Stuffy" Mclnnis at first, Eddie Collins at second and "Home Run" Baker at third to form the "$100,000 infield"* that sparked Connie Mack's old Philadelphia Athletics to American League pennants in 1910, _ 1911, 1913 and 1914, a weak (.243) hitter whose glove work was so superb that Mack called him "the greatest shortstop there ever was," named him to his "dream team" in 1948; of cancer-in Shrewsbury, Mass...
...lovely lyric soprano voice" as she hung out the clothes in the long, level Price backyard. Leon tyne had a doll piano when she was three, and. recalls Kate. "That child run me crazy giving me concerts." At 3½ Leon tyne took her first lessons from Mrs. Hattie Mclnnis. the town's Negro music teacher, and if Kate Price could not raise the fee of $2 a lesson, she would do Miss Hattie's washing and ironing...
That was the first of nine pennants. By 1914 Connie's A's had won three World Series; his "$100,000 infield" (Stuffy Mclnnis at first, Eddie Collins at second, Jack Barry at short and Home-Run Baker at third) was the pride of baseball. Then the A's were humiliated in a 4-0 series with the Boston Braves. Furious, Connie broke up his team, traded his high-priced players for cash. Philadelphia finished with one foot in the cellar for seven consecutive seasons...
...when he finally stepped down as manager, the Grand Old Man of Baseball won nine pennants. But even when the team was winning, there were empty seats in the ballpark. In 1914 Connie broke up his famous $100,000 infield ("Home-Run" Baker, Jack Barry, Eddie Collins and Stuffy Mclnnis) for ready cash...
...first it seemed that Coach Stuffy Mclnnis' men would be able to stop the superior Elis. After starter John Cooke had retired the Blue in order, the Crimson proceeded to give him a two-run lead...