The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-31

Manager Joe Cantillon has forward
ed TO the local board of strategy the
hest schedule of preliminary games
that has ever been compiled for
Washington baseball team.
In previous years the local team has
entered upon the championship cam
paign handicap by having only
few practice games. but the list which
was announced yesterday contains
twenty-siX contests, including dates
with some of the strongest minor
league clubs in the South and Middle
West The first game is scheduled for
March 3, at Galveston. Tex. and from
that place Cantillon intends TO gradu-
ally work his way North playing near
~ every DAY until he closes the ante
season series at Columbus. Ohio. two
days before the opening of the Amer
lean League season.
All Of the players have been ordered
10 report at Chicago on March T. On
that evening the party Of about
twenty-five. including the manager and
the trainer. Will leave for Galveston.
arriving at the training grounds on
.
i>arch 8 and 10. games Will be PLAYED
with the Galveston team. Two days
viii be devoted entirely TO practice, and
on March -. a. &c, L, 20, and q the
Nationals VIII play Galveston.
The first clash with major league
club viii take place on March %, when
the ST Louis Nationals will play at
Galveston. and the following day the
same teams viii meet at Houston. While
the regulars are playing the Cardinals
Cantillon viii senG a second string of
players TO meet the Austin club in
two-day engagement.
The trip North Will start on March
-, when the Nationals play at Waco.
and then viii come a series of games
which ends April al Columbus.
After the final game at Columbus the
team viii come directly 10 Washington
for a few days rest before the first
contest OF the championship season, on
April H. Washington's first opponent
I'm the pennant race viii probably be
Boston
1t is doubtful if Manager Cantiuon
viii visit this city until he comes with
the club from the training trip. He is
now in Chicago. and viii come East for
the spring meeting of the league at
New. York on February .. President
Noyes and Secretary Minor viii attend
the same meeting and meet Cantilloa
TO arrange all the remaining details for
the training season. Il is understood
that couple Of deals are under con-
sideration, but these viii hardly be
c0nsUmmated until the three officials Of
the club meet in New York.
Thus far Lave Cross. Charley Hick-
man, and Jack Warner are the only
members of the team who have signed
for next season but all of the players
are expected TO afix their signatures TO
the papers within the next two weeks
Cantillon has heard from all of the
players, and there are only a few de
tails to be arranged before each in
dividual will sign his contract to play
here next summer
II am trying 20 figure out" says Can
tillon, how I came to overlook the
best pitcher of my acquaintance, and
man right in my own employ. The man
is Cliff Curtis who worked at Mil
waukec last season. Curtis pitched
great ball-IOts of games. and was a
steady winner I think he got into
forty-seven games and won about
thirty-siX Of them. Yet nobody grab
bed him. and I overlooked him myself
when il came TO selecting men for
Washington. The truth is, I guess, that
J was saving Curtis for Milwaukee.
figuring on staying there myself. and
] carefully boarded him up Then.
when ] was called upon by Washington.
I forgot Curtis in the hurry and con-
fusion. a pitcher? Why, this man is
worth any two Of the minor league
pitchers that were drafted by any of
the big league teams