The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-23
CANTILLON
TALKS ON
BASEBALL
VIII Not Stand for
Breaks of Dis
cipline.
By THOMAS S. RICE.


at have been in love, and nave
nlaved poker with strangers on steam
bos+ bI,t those are mere pastimes and
diversions compared with the serious
business OF running a baseball team In
any old league. but especially a major
v-heezed Manager Joe Cantllon. OF the
washington American Leaguers, as ne
managled mans size plug Of cheWin
I'm not for the languishing eyes and
the soulful disposition, nor am 1 Tor a
solo cry in my little room just because
things break badly in this vale Of tears
and never-wasers, but I must admit l
am faded as to the head and feverish
as to the disposition after some of the
performances Of all ball teams in gen
eral. and the Washington team in par
ticular.
Alas, Indeed, a Hard Job.
Gust when you have it figured out
that you have the right combination.
that YOU have solved your gigantic
problem of getting the combination to
working right. and you can turn your
attention to such minor details as tariff
rates and the merits of a nature-faklng
controversy, the whole thing goes to
pot and the team goes on the field next
day and gives a Sam Craig exhibition
that makes you feel about as happy as
saleslady at a bargain counter.
IT have this large and representative
bunch Of ball players which Is now
wearing Washington uniforms on the
90 all the time in an effort to select
seven felders and bunch Of battery
,Iaff "a hut IL
performances get me so dizzy 1 have TO
look on the hotel register some times
TO find whether I'm the brother of my
brother Mike. or whether I'm the dis
guised sparring partner Of a heav-
weight champ.
Sad and Sudden Reversals.
Just look at the four eames we took
from Boston the early part OF last week.
Every man played as If his best girl had
just said Yes and they were all on
the job at the life-saving stuff on the
diamond, IN the gardens, and At bat
Falkenberg, Hughes, O'Brien, and Char
ley Smith pitched as fine ball as has
been seen in years, and the way they
were backed up was a fearful tale to
tell in Boston. Just remember how the
inheld scooped EN- and got EN- over to
first. All the papers commented on the
handling OF slow hits, and some OF the
old-rimers even ceased to talk about
Bill COughlin for all Of a minute. The
Dutheld got under flies II had no license
even TO knock down. ard the other
work was in proportion.
Big dOings all around. with many
prophecies that If you give that fellow
Cantillon little time he'll get ball
team out Of the bunch. and ssuch like
talk II was proud and happy period
for me.
Kind Words VS.. Harsh.
I'm not any 81 Holler to swallow all
the CUFF a baseball bug gives you after
you make an unexpectedly good show
ing, but it certainly is more cheerful to
sit out in front of the hotel of an even
ing and hear the gang cast the prosper
Gus horoscope for the teams future and
your own, than it is to have your visit
ing list limited to baseball reporters
coming around to ask you how the
thunder II happened, and when YOU are
Going to get some new men.
Then, blow the smoke over those,
and take look at the way our pitchers,
except Johnson, ballOoned in the three
games with the Sox last week. and the
error by OBrien that threw away the
first game on Friday. Distressing is no
name for such events For the simple
life, free from doubt and excitement a
traitor TO the Black Hand has it all
over a baseball manager.
Concerning Hard Nuts.
Every now and then, If you hold
your ear to the ground, you viii hear
the Sammy Shrewds making passes at
me because 1 picked up a bunch OF
fellows that had a reputation for being
hard to manage That would weary me
when in condition, but when It comes
after a hard season with a new team.
II makes me just plain tired. What in
the name Of Bill Joyce do want with
bunch Of dead ones? Do Won think
we could ever build up a winner out
of perfectly lovely young men who
Ieally Wculdn dare 70 raise their voices
ABOVE a whisper? Not so you would
notice II when a dog was chasing yOui
BUT just because man has a repu-
tsstl9n as scrappy player. he needn't
house the Washington outfit. No Won
may say II authoritatively from me that
the rough stuff won't go OF the dia-
mGnd. and there is no man in. the club
who won't get n poke in the purse
thatll make him think a radical change
IS needed In our industrial conditions N
ne tries 10 work through with anv had
boy pranks, such as tanking dp or dis
ooeylng orders. | am pretty sure most
OF them are nep TO that aristocratic len
dency which makes me squash the right
OF a working man TO accumulate a load
OF suds on payday. while more INSTALL
ments OF pay are due. Those who are
ignorant of this viii learn, so Won
needn't worry about EN-"
Washington weather is as uncertain
as the playing of a baseball team. bI,t
the one best bet today on rneteOroIoeIcsI
demonstrations is that there will he
no 0ap game, this afternoon-and Il
morrow. Fielder Jones Is much dis
tressed about the calling OF OF m.
brutal exhibition this day. but he mas
little kick coming. II TIE Washington,
pitchers who have been going good had
continued their pace against his team
he would have dropped the Saturday