Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-21
The Boston Managers Are
Laying Plans For 1908.
Air Is Full Of Talk Of Impend-
ing Trades Of Players.
Frank Chance Gives Men Credit
For Winning Championship.

Boston. Oct. oa-'rhe announcement
OF the trade by which Fred Parent zoe:
to Chicago. Stahl 70 New York and
laporre will come to Boston has Great
ed q dee! Of comment in % ban circles
Parent Is Stll ont OF the hest players
in the country. to,lisk+y had desired
10 secure him for Il long time. and n0W
that 1SIell has ended his MA iuT league
days. and il is rl!ct rt;jin how long
George Davis Will continue. he acccs-
sion of such Il pErSer "a Percent. will
mean u good cad. w hy, Parent will
be worth fully s24 500 In the Whit" SoE.
was a remark that was heard tie otEr-
day. ''Witr another fast infi-ld"r the
Snx viii be equipped for 1905. for thor,
is nothing lacking i'll the pitching and
catching departments of the club.
1t will te remembered that there vas
friction when Parent was asked t. sign
{; Boston contract last spring. He fail
ed to go South until after The ",hcr
players had started. and it TOOK long
time To secure his signature To a CON
tract. He had his own ideas Of what he
was worth. and refused 10 bul@e until
he got 1t. His conduct At that tim"
was not forgotten or forgiven. and right
then and there it was in Tho air for Il
transfer elsewhere.
Mana ger Mcclure wanted Frank La
porte on account of the batting abilities
of the latter. Laportc will nnd"ubted.v
play third bae" for Boston. II" is used
TO the POSITION. His accession ought 20
add batting strength to the cub.
other changes hay" been rumorti.
There vas talk OF Il trade ia whic.i
'-Hobe'' Ferris would tigur.. but III
American League headquarters; there i,
no confrma ion of such a report. Their"
vas talk. too. that Knight would go.
but nothing has been done in that
quarter
There is n" doIht that tnslauh viii
resume operations on first rISe neNt
season. With Ferris at second, La
porte al third and Wagner at short. The
inlield cannot hut b" Il very strong "nr
in fielding. Thoney is sur" "f 4 place
in the olificla. There is nn faster Ou-
fielder in the country. II VIII b" no
easy matter 10 pick "It tn" other play
ers. Sullivan played fast hail in the
closing days of the season and made
a particularly strong showin. in the
local series. tonga!ton also performed
finely. and Barrett proved himself to
he one of the finest throwing outtfe Id
erS in the country.
The pitching department will he supe-
rior to the one that began the season o:
1907. Morgan has proved himself one of
the leading pitchers in the county.
There will be changes. too. in the Ma
tional League team. 1t is safe to say
that the catching department of next sea-
wi no hafte ian b1t Of fEt.i
past season. Undoubtedly Needham will
he among the missing. His work last
season was most unsatisfactory. A decid |
ed acquisition was made in young Chand- |
Ter Ball, who was drafted from he Lynn |
club He is well built. endowed with |
plenty of pluck. has good head and a |
splendid arm He had a brief connec- |
ton with minor league ball. but made |
the Jump into fast company without once |
fiinching and with the advent of anot her |
season ought to make success His |
work with the Boston club this fall was |
pleasantly commented upon. He is fear
less ard aggressive and in the game al !
all times.
The Pttsburg trio-Rearmont. Ritchpy |
and Flahertv good and Will he on |
har1 again next season
The deal by which Randall and Sv nenev |
came To Boston for Howard was some |
what Of success in that an intelder
was secured in Sweeney who can hit
Rridwell did superby in the field last
season. hut was lacking in his batting |
and running Sweeney did fine work the
latter part Of the season. and there is no |
reason why he should not start in M a
fast pace next year. Erain will midouht-
eddy he back again. He did excellent all |
round work last season