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A's Pennant Dream Disrupted by Slumps and Shaky Arms
The piece reviews Connie Mack and the 1902 to 1950 pennant arc, notes an outside chance for the A's, cites a collapsed pitching staff led by Bob Hooper and Kellner, and recalls Mack’s two great A’s teams plus Yankee rivals. It frames timing in sports and mentions golf and tennis timing as broader context.
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Yankees
Red Sox
Tigers
Indians
Dilinger
Brissie
Coleman
Kellner
Scheib
Fowler
Hooper
Athletics
Mack
Cochrane
Grove
Earnshaw
al Simmons
Lefty Grove
Mr. Mack
Chicago Cubs
Connie
Bender
Coombs
Plank
McInnis
Collins
Barry
Baker
Simmons
Yankee
Baseball
Ruth
Gehrig
Earle Combs
Bob Meusel
Pennock
Waddell
Bush
Ruth-Gehrig