Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-07
Jones' Place
Hard to Fill.

Chicago. Nov. 6--Chicago's world
beating Cubs will play the game next
year with precisely tho sam" iinc-up
they used this Year, unless -Jme Uni
foresccn accident happcls between
now and the opening OF the season Of
1905. Naturally. there is no;hng for
Chance to do but stand pat. His
team has proved to be the best. so why
paint the lilv? That doesn't mean n
sale of Il player or two or \ trade OF
some kind won't take place. but deals.
if any are made. won't take away any
Of the regular players.
on the other hand. ChicdgO's nv-
champions of the world seem to re-
quire some patching up and .inkaring
with before they are ready to taxi
the field for battle for the pennant na%:
season. In the first place. there seenl.;
to be no doubt of Jones intention T.
Quit the game. He made q fat-foOted
and unqualified declaration 10 that eff
feet at Jackson. Miss, last spring dur
ing the training season and never has;
Waver"d from his Intentions
Filling the place left by Jones Will
he Il difficult matter. No South side fan
manager quite So clever and capable
as the wonderful center fielder HIS
abSenc" will be two-plv blow to tho
SoN. His astonishing feats in center
field will be missed and his Superb
handling of the bali players will be
missed and mOurned.
Losing their greatest hall playcr and
q mos: capable leader is tough mck.
ParhapS Jones successor. whoever No
may turn out to be. will develop some
startling genius in the art of handling
a ban club. hut he has u hard row "a
nee II expects 10 equal Jones record!
In IN" four seasons that Jones man
aged TIE SoX he finished first once and
Supnlem' nted that feat by winning the
world Guardianship: twice 10 finish
Ell third. with q chance for first p!ac :,
until the last week Of the season: tho
other time he ran second. To be-
that somebody has some stiff work on:
ont for HIM
In some respects the loss Of Jones is
made up in tho acquisition of Freddie
Parent. In 1901. when tho Boston
Americans We're champions of the
world. Parent was looked upon as tn,
't"dt vi r'iiN Sil'ttStop. many even
placing him in class by himself.
Since then he has Slumped some. the
reason for that being the fact that for
some time he has been ''in had" with
the Boston management Parent is
still in his prime. and there is no rea-
son to suppose he won't show all his old
Splendor on a team where conditions
are more to his liking.
For years Comiskey has been irving
I" get hold OF a right handed hitter
who can hit. Parent is the bow. all
right. He hits anv kind of pitching
ana Is speedy and foxy base runner.
Inc fans expect to see Parent play
snort and George Davis moved over 10
second base. George slowed I'M n srea.
zeal last season. There were two rea-
sons Tor It. though. He didn't get the
oeneht Of early training in the South
on account Of not coming to terms
with Comiskey until April l. Nv which
time the SoN had left the Southern SIN
so efnclent in putting a PLAYER of Davis
age INTO shape. Then. during the saa
son Davis sprained his ankle badly
Jones really had to press him into ser
Woo before his ankle was ready. and
nH!nrailv he Was slow in rounding 10
Many hit 10 deep short was beaten