The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-10
Great Batter Says He is Satisfied to Let Collins
 Get Big Salary.
(By4 Home Rum Balaer. }

The retirement of sHome-run" Buker was the biz event ef recent diaunond history In the May issue Of the Baseball Magazine the great sIuggAr tells in his own words the reasons which led him to forsake a pexlnasnt taw1nn4ng club Cor the farm.
 Baker says;
 1T hope Mack can get ten men as B0od as am, or bstbeEs to nu the Daace [ wish him all the luck inq fR.e world. MacaE has always treat Aad me fairly, tbut I owe him no debt haHestreased htznsas fsArly as he has tAeated me
 .srhere isn't any 0a1an@ to be gained bA sszoh talk I donst kT1oav whether or Nnot Mack has eaAd all the things ha Aas5been reported as saying But thana have been nz1sta&zes made some wheAI5a
 was raported ,hn the pres taaat 76acs made the statement that he had t0A0one down to TrAupe eH-sry year 40s sign me. and that the last E time, he told me it was too much roANsse to % to that elrort evssrv ! a,s.a sa,z,t and he would Ike to aEo1d it hy signing me Tor three years aoEsf bezteve AGauk made La1s stS1e-s znsn1 The only tanle he ever came to TxurPe in his life was W11en he. c.,rrle sto- sazn me for three lyears- And he tcame then beCause he was afraid t31e sE'ederal 1eaGnes might De after me ana inc wanted to HoFestaH their ef- forfz There is no mystery about that. guess, to anEone
 s<YA1rad always signed contract for one yspar at time. This seemed the fairest way to me- Then if had a beftsr season than expected, would be, in position to ask for more money while If E did not would nsvar be adverse to acca14ing q cut T.luat abatement VIII not be believed, 5ra v talks more money than thought [ yyaae worth If EkWas b drdb player and z5,y good for tune or luck had been ashAe to sign up for $Sso00 year [ rousaaSt have the face to take my. sasary if knew t was stH out cf reaaon and more than I was worth
 saTzfs ttrae Mack, however. wsazrbed me sto sign for three yearz He told me sh4s raaxons- Eied to argue with him and told Mxn that he needn't be afraid of my leaving an1rd in fsa e lurcIaSa1ld Js1r1ptng to tz1e WoAs eE laag.ne had DO intsnf4sn of goatsg to taae Federal zss &us azad in any cnse would always he wI11ine eo york for him for 1sss money than would work zlyWhege e4Ee- That Waa whaet told him then and [ still sa 1t would work for the Ath-
 IT toidi him that didu't want to
 
 for nnage than one year That couldn't foresee what the cond- t5ors would be at that time. AS long as conditions were the same as when signed 1t might be possible td arrange things But these cond1- ftozs might change. And # they d1d as waA not unlikely they would change the nature of the contract.
 Mack pressed me. however tr signs am easy-going, gueeA Al any rates F didn't refuse him sign did so that [ would quit the game at the end Of the year had tha, right If was dissatisfied I had nt right tokgo bach on my contract ant demand new agreement if the con dit1o1s were ursat1szac But did have eaae right to tfgzif If I wanted to, apeczaz1y as I reserz ed that righ at the tine and told Mack 1t was n. intenticn to do SO
 Laeter in sfhe summer there was ; good deal Of trouble over the ten day clause. The Federal league wa making capital out of this clanse an, the owners were signing the player a1Aover agaan to other contracts witt the clause emitted Mack was dodra, the same Gfdng He had trouble vitj the rest in getting them to axree b the change. And he had to pa them more money for thefr consent b the new rangement. knew tn trouble he was having with some c his pzegere, and felt rather sorry fo him. It is an exaeperatfng thing t be manager. The player has onf one man to deal wfGh, but the u1anag
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