Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-02
YANKS WILLING To
GIVE BAKER $4,000
Colonel Rupert Would Also
Pay Connie Mack $25,OOO
for His Star.

Colonel Jacob Rupert, part owner
of the New York American League
club, today affirmed the report that
he had offered Connie Mack $4,000
for Frank Baker. the third baseman
of the Philadelphia Americans, who
has retired to his farm at Trappe,
Md.
Mack is willing to let Baker go for
$50, 900, q. price similar TO that which
Chicago paid him for Eddie Collins,
it is stated. However, Colonel Rup-
pert asserted that he did not regard
Baker as being worth any more than
the offer he had made. 1t was re-
ported that Mack would compromise
on $25 900 If Fred Maisel were thrown
into the bargain, but Manager Dono-
van is not likely to sanction such a
deal, 1t Is said.
Baker is willing to return to base.
bali if his salary Is raised to $4,000
year. Colonel Rupert said he was
willing to give him $4,000.
Giant Team Looks Good.
The Giants have an excellent
chance to win the National League
pennant this almost here season. The
best the Yankees are hoping for is
a
| in substance, is the way New York is
| looking at the coming pennant fight.
And there is a lot more interest in
both teams this year than there was
last. The mOnotonous succession OF
pennants the Giants won rather killed
interest in them from the sports
mans viewpoint. Losing last years
flag has stimulated the satiated ap-
petites. Interest in the Yanks was
dead last year, principally because
of the ownership and the way the
club was run. This year the owners
are popular, as lis the new manager,
Bill Donovan. 1t will be surprising
if 1915 isn't the banner year In New
York baseball, despite the cry Of
hard times and lean year.
With the exception Of his pitching
staff, McGraw has a good team to
start the pennant fight as any man
ager in the circuit, and a whole lot
turn of Tiilie Shafer would give him
mighty sweet infield. AS 1t Is. he
has q nicely y-balanced one. Merkle
on finst will probably perform In his
usual style. Should Shafer really re-
turn, he and Larry Doyle would put
up a pretty scrap for second. Fletcher
on short seems to have his position
clinched. and there is practically no
doubt at all that Hans Lobert will be
seen pickin' them off around third.
.
Lobert . Big Help.
Lobert at third has solved a great
problem for McGraw. Many is the
game that rolled away through Eddie
Grant and Milton Stock last year,
hill M
cursing the day he ever let Charley
Herzog get away to Cincinnati. Yes.
McGraw has an infield that will COM
pare favorably with any In Tener's
circuit.
In tho outfield there are four regu-
lars-Snodgrass Burns, Murray and
Robertson. All four are dependable
men-good f1elders and steady with
the bludgeon. Jim Thorpe, the big
Indian, expects to make hard fight
this year for a regular berth.
McGraw freely admits his pitching
staff is giving him worry. Mathew
son, Tesreau and Fromme are his
only veterans, as Rube Marquard's
case Ia unsettled. He has two young
sters who have sat on the bench for
two seasons now, and they should be
about ready for the firing line They
McGraw probably Is depending
more this year on his f1fty-odd re-
cruits he paid expenses for to Marlin
than ever before. He needs a young
catcher, and could use a couple of
promising young hurlers. Meyers and
Mclean will probably bear the brunt
Of the receiving again this season.
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aui~Isx Now I'm shape.
Umpire Quigley, Of the National
baseball league, was attacked last
night at Columbia, Mo-, by several
hundred students Of the University Of
M ssouri, who were angered by his
decisions In a basketball game
Missouri lost the game, of the
Missouri Valley conference series, to
the Kansas Agricultural College by a
score of 2S to 10. AS the game ended
the students rushed upon Quigloy
with cries of Lets punch his head
Off" Several members Of the faculty
and the coaches of both teams came
to his aid and retreated with him to
dressing room. Beyond numerous
bruises, Quigley was not injured.