Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-23
city with my fifty cents for the New

City with my fifty cents for the New
York Giants.
HARRY'S ADMIRER.
Don't worry. Harry is sure to be
on the job. no matter which way the
wind blows. unless he decides to quit
the game altogether.
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Just when everybody was saying
what happy family Connie Mack's
team is. along comes the story from
Trappe, Md, the home of ]. Franklin |
Baker, that Good Night" contem- |
plates retiring from baseball to be-
come a gentleman, farmer" And |
right on top of 1t. following out the
joke, as only a McGillicuddy can,
| Manager Mack comes back with the |
statement that if Baker quits, the
thing left to be done will be to fill his
place. One joke Is just about as
funny as the other. although, per-
] haps, both statements may have been |
made in all seriousness. Baker may
be on the verge of getting out of the /
game. If so. there is nothing to stop |
him. But he will have to produce
better reason than that of a gentle
man farmer" IL he expects to have it
carry weight. In declaring that the
only thing left would be to fill Bak-
er's place, Mack has said something.
| True, if Baker quits. Connie will have
| a man out there, but 1t will be a day
, or two before he Will be able to land
| Baker, A little later on. of course,
someone will take ]. Franklin's place
| and Good Night" will be forgotten in
the roaring race of time.
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OF all the managers in the two big
leagues, Connie Mack has the least
trouble. Not only that, but 1t is said
that he pays the least wages.
Throughout the country the opinion
is general that the wonderful Phila-
delphia American League team is the
poorest paid in the entire Big Show"
1t is said thai up to this season Jack
Coombs was the one player on the
team who received more than $1,000 a
year. Collins, 1t is said, drew only 50. ZOO
and Baker received a smaller amount
than that. Barry is credited with
getting only $500, and McInnis, 1t
is declared, doesn't get any more
than a minor leaguer's salary. OF the
outfielders, RUDE oldring. 1t is said,
is the only one who gets big pay and
Ira Thomas is the lone catcher to
draw big league salary. Bender and
Plank, the pitchers, are well paid,
but they do not receive anything like
the sums paid to less valuable men In
other clubs. Yet the talk is always
general where baseball men congre-
gate and salaries become the topic
of discussion that Connie Mack gets
more for less money .than all the
other managers put together. The
surprising part of it is, too, that Cor
nelius rarely has any trouble with his
men. He is quiet and easy going, ap-
parently, but he rules nevertheless.
His offer is a command, it is said,
and he makes up for the small salary
by his kindnesses In, many ways. OF
course, ball players must be properly
broken in TO accept thanks instead of
dollars and il will be noticed that
Mack rarely makes any deals with
other big league clubs. He takes the
raw material and develops it, and he
hangs on to his men as long as they
show the ability to win ball games.
He has a soothing syrup, 1t Is said,
that never falls. and Baker will be
given a dose OF it when the time
comes around.
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The statement of Baker that he in
tends to retire is taken, of course, TO
be a "holdout" movement on the part
of the great third sacker. A gentle
man ball player who can draw down
something over $1,000 for six months
labor is not looking to be gentle
man farmer" with nothing but hard
work in sight. With team like the
Mackmen to play on, Baker is likely
to get in more than one more worlds
series. Just judging the team by its
work in the worlds series, what is
to stop 1t from winning the pennant [
again next year? Nothing, as we can
see, in. this wide world of ours. When
it comes to another worlds series,
Plank may be gone and Bender may
not be UP to the notch. Still, the
wonderful infield Is almost certain
to be intact, the outfleld is a dandy
as it is, with some excellent material
in the process of development, and the
Yaff0hinD ctaR yyi@1
seasoning for Bush. Shawkey and
Houck, is sure to be something to
fear. No, j. Franklin Baker, when
he shakes himself and thinks things
over. is not likely to quit baseball
for farming-not while the worlds
series prospects are so propitious.
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The story of yesterday that Ed
Konetchy. of the st. Louis Cafrii- Ii
nails. had been traded to the New
York Giants. is denied today. This
self-same story has been on the fire |,
several times. but whoever Is forcing
the deal seems to fail at every turn.
Konetchy. report had 1t. was to come
to New York In exchange for Merkle,
Snodgrass and Herzog, but Manager
McGraw. of the Giants. declares there
isn't word Of truth in the yarn. AS
far as Merkle and Snodgrass are con-
cerned. they have been hard luck
mortals to the Giants at several i'm
portant stages of the game, and per-
haps the players, as well as McGraw,
would welcome change. That Ko-
netchy would strengthen the Giants !