The Washington times., 1907-02-13
Cantillon Must Hustle.

The American League meeting in New
York this month should do much 10
clear the atmosphere of this talk Of
trades and deals. and also give line on
what Washington will have in the way
OF caJchcrs. pitchers. a first baseman,
possibly a short stop, and a hitting
Uutfelder Cartillou is keeping extreme
u quiet about his plans in these direc
tions. The fans have a great confidence
in his Judgment and ability. but there
are SO many important positions TO fiji
that the all-the-y ear-round roOters are
becoming nervous and wonder what is
aIOot
For the past two years. Washington
has been remarkably successful in get
ting u flying start and leading the Amer
lean League FOR "a few days. That was
because ITS players were new to the old
catchers and pitchers, but afte rthe
veteran batteries had obtained line on
the youngsters. the progress To the bot
tom was steady. So far. the lineup Of
Washington lt the beginning Of the sea
son will be familiar 20 the slahmen and
tWirlerS, and the faithful are beginning
TO fear that the Nationals might not
be able TO. phi off their annual metCoTic
Hight Let us hope for the best.
Tr-State Fading Away.
The Tri-State League having accepted
a IT,.
has sunk 10 a class b level. and is OF
little more interest to the outside world
and its fans than the New England
League, Connecticut League. and others
OF tie same standing From a position
in which its every move was closely
watched and it's doings literally record
ed in newspapers al over the country,
81 has descended to a humdrum exist
ence in which its affairs are of little or
no value to papers out Of Pennsylvania,
unless its supporters are unnecessarily
brutal in killing an umpire.
Obtaining protection may have been a
good thing for baseball. but it was a
killer for the advertising of the Tri-
State towns.
Little attention Will be paid to the vap-
orings about the Atlantic League of
outlaws. The towns in the Atlantic cir
cult may be FOND of the national game.
but they are not of the hustling. wealthy
kind I'm which there are likely to be
lunches of mOneyed citizens who vii.
Cheerfuly dig into their jeans year after
year TO make good deficits caused bE
the payment OF salaries large enough 10
cause star players in the recognized
leagues to blacklist themselves. About
the best il can do is TO corral has
beens and irresponsible youngsters. IL
is scarcely possible that it will ever be-
come s. menace worth considering.
S. S. League Accomplished Much Good
The decision of the Sunday School
Association Of Washington TO drop
baseball will be received with regret
The league formed by the association
attracted more attention than any other
ever formed here and did a wonderful
amount of good in the furnishing of
clean, honest amusement for the play
ers and many thousands Of spectators
IN the summer time, where there is so
little OF interest going on in Washing
ton Minor dissensions crept in occa-
nifiCant compared with the good accom-
plished, and the thanks OF everyone in
terestcd in baseball. amateur or pro-
fessional. are due the directors and the
managers of the teams.
Whether il accomplished its original
purpose of making the Sunday schools
more attractive for young men, and en-
couraging attendance. is question
which each school I'm the league must
answer for itself, but even III il were a
failure in this direction. the hague has
undoubtedly worked 10 the advertisement
OF the community at large, and the
young men in particular. BY its foster
ing OF a love OF manly exercise In the
open air. If all failures in life were as
great successes as this has been pessim-
Ism would receive 4 hard blow