The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-26
POOR Old BOSTON
The American Team Worries
the Head Officials.
Ban Johnson at Work to Give
the Aggregation Ginger.
DEALS CONTEMPLATED
Club Trying to Land Heidrick
and Dave Fultz.
Five Of the Six Mines That Have
Played Taken Entire Series.

Boston. Mass. May 26.-Hereulean
efforts are being made by President
johnson and the management of the
local Amerieans league club to COM
nletelv renovate the Boston ball team
and build it uD to a plane where 1t will
again be a contender in the league
race.
Some progress along these lines has
already been made but the work is not
finished. At least two of the Outdeld-
ers now with Collins, Al Selbach ana
Freeman. are slated for release ana
Will go as soon as arrangements are
competed for the men tDllleo 70 sup
plant them
Emmett Heidriek and Dave Fultz
are two of the men the local club IL
trying TO land for these positions,
though other strings are out, too, IN
case either or both of these should Iali-
Agents of the club are now laborlng
with these men trying to induce them
with hattering financial offers to give
up their private business and play ball
here in Boston.
President johnson IS doing the mis-
sionary work with F'ultz in New York,
while It. H. Murnane, the personal rep
resentatiVe Of Gen Taylor, the real
owner of the club, is in Brookvilie.
Pa, working over Heidrick. Heidrick
belongs to the St. Louis club. but Man
ager McAleer has waived claim on him
ia favor OF Boston. if he can be
brought back into the game for St.
Louis has been unable to do anything
with him. Heidrick, with his brother.
has bought a railroad of about twenty
five miles In length, used for hauling
coal from the mines in Pennsylvania.
and he is now engaged in running this
These are not the only changes con-
templated. Collins is still after a catch
er and has not given up hope of yet
landing Eddie Mcfarland. Although
Jones refused to have anything to do
with such a sale, Collins has taken
the case up to President Coniskey and
hopes to arrange the deal. Another
catcher is in view, however, should IL
be impossible to get Mcfarland This
deal will include the trade Of Catcher
Armbruster, now with the local club.
Some deal may also be made for Bill
Dineen, though the reported trade Of
that pitcher to Washington for Case
Patten and Joe Stanley did not pan out.
II trade is arranged it viii probably
be with the Chicago club for one Of
its box artists.
These facts we're given out by Presi-
dent Johnson in New York He had
just returned from Philadelphia where
he had spent couple Of days arrang~
ing with Connie Mack for the transfer
Of his claim on F'ultz to the Boston
club.
Freeman has outlived his useful
ness in Boston and Selbach is all in, -
time a change is made. Chick StahI
IS playing as good ball as he ever did,
he Is 80 pounds lighter than last sea-
son
THE inheld is all right as it is. Grim
shaw has been fielding and hitting we'll
and so has Parent Ferris is going
about his usual gait. Collins has been
handicapped through the worries in
cideut to this tremendous losing streak
and besides that had his knee injured
early in the season so he was slowed
up in his fielding.
THE pitching staff, too, is all right
] think. Young. Dineen. TannehflI and
Winter are pitching good bail and the
club has a eorSing good youngster in
Harris. Gibson has already been re-
leased Dineen is not thoroughly sat
isfed and a change of scene might do
hina some good.
at Is in the outheId and catching
departm ents where the changes must
be made The loss of such a man as
CriEer is enough to spoil any team and
then to back this up the club has not
been able to get q catcher that was up
to class. Mcfarland would brace up
the team wonderfully and hope Coll
ms viii be able to persuade Comiskey
20 let him go"
Chicago arrived here from New
York billed to play four games. Com
islSey's men come at an opportune time
for their interests, for they hope to
duplicate the feats of the other vest