Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-28
Chicago Cubs Will Stand
Pat With 1907 Players.
Ty Cobb Explains Why He
Doesn't Sign With Tigers.
Johnson Says Griff and kcAIeer
Both Won In Trace.

Chicago. Jan 27.-Chicago's world
beatin Cubs will play the game next
year with precisely the same lineup
they used this year, unless some uii-
foreseen accident happens between.
now and the Opering of the season VI
1868 Naturally, there is nothing loi
Chance to do but stand pat. his team
proved to lie the best, so why paint
the hly: That doesn't mean a SAFE u
a player or two nr a trade or some
kind won't taA. ;iac", but the ceai9'
IL any are mace. Won take away a'S
Of the regular T." -fTs
On the other hand. Chicagos OK
chamLions OF the world seem 10 re-
auire some patching up and tinhelli1s
with before they are ready to take
the field to battle for the pennant next
SEASON. In the first place, there seems
tn he no doubt OF Jones' intentions 10
o,It the game He made flat-footed
and unqualified declaration to that eff
feet at Jackson, Miss, last spring DUR
ing the training season ana never Has
wayered from his intentions.
Filling the place left by Jones will
be a difficult matter. No South sue
fan will believe that there ever was
any manager quite SO clever ana ca
pable as the wonderful center neloer.
His absence will be q tWo-ply blow 10
the Sox His astonishing feats IN cen
ter field will be missed. and his SUI
perb handling of the ball players Will
be missed and mourned.
Losing their greatest BAH player and
a most capable leader is tough luck
Perhaps Jones successor, whoever lie
NAV turn out to be, will develop some
startling genius in the art of handling
a nall club but he has hard row tc
hoe if he expects to equal Jones rec
ord. In the four seasons that Jones
MANAGED the Sox he finished first once
and supplemented that feat by WIN
ming the worlds championship; twice
he finished third, with chance fol-
first Dlace until the last week of the
season: the other time he ran second
To beat that somebody has some stlfl
work cut out for him.
In some respects the loss of Jones Is
made up in the acquisition of Freddy
Parent In 1904, when the Boston
Americans were champions of tht
world Parent was looked upon as tbs
equal Of any shortstop, many ever
placing him in a class off by himself
Since then he has slumped some. the
reason for that being the fact that foi
some time he has been lin BAD with
the Boston management. Parent Is still
in his prime, and there Is no reason &c
suppose he won't show all his Ole
splendor on a team where conditions
are moro to his liking.
For years Comiskey has been trying
to get hold of a right-handed hitter
who can hit. Parent is the boy al
right. He hits any kind of pitching ant
Is a speedy and foxy base runner.
The fans expect to see Parent pla'
short and George Davis moved owe
to second base. George slowed up
great deal last season. There were
two reasons for it, though. He didn
get the benefit of early training in thu
South on account of not coming Il
terms with Comiskey until April l
ny which time the SoX had left tn
Southern sun, so efficient in putting
n player of Davis age into shape
Then. during the season. Davis spraln
cd his ankle badly. Jones simply ha
10 press him into service before n
ankle was ready. and naturally he wa
slow in rounding to.
Many a hit to deep short was heater
out by the Sox's foes on account o
Davis slowed-up condition. And man,
a drive over second base got ava.
from him that he used to cat UP in Iii
palmy days. Parent Will be able t.
cover more ground than Davis. as III
iS | sod second Sackpr
Davis will b. protected by a shorte
throw. George is still great oal
player and gorI for a couple of sea
sons at second. AT least it would be
miracle if any minor Lacquer could b.
picked up and show the batting ant
fielding ability that is still left in Da
Wis.
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