Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-04
ALL ARE IN PRIME HEALTH
Team Wont Leave Windy City Until
Tomorrow Evening.
sCHLAFLY SURE OF HIS JOB
Nelson Ready to Fight Gans-New
Orleans THURMAN Coming to Ben
ning-Big Billiard Tourney.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 4.-Ball players
are thicker than leaves in Vallom5rosa
round town today, for the Sox are fiocking
In on every train. and the Nationals began
to crowd into the Log Cabin yesterday. Com
iskey's men looked happy and healthy.
flushed with the pride that becomes world s
champions. and wild for the adventurous
trip to Mexico The Washingtons, heav-
Ter built, burlier tribe, as rule, were not
giddy.-but bose themselves with an T
that betokened a lot of quiet confidence in
Joe Cantilon.
Never mas new manager broken into
the big league with more to encourage him
than Cantillon. His players. even those
whom he has never met. swear by him,
and can't see where there is a chance to
tie him. The bluff and hearty Joseph is
the sort of fellow to get a Eall tossers best
wishes and enthusiastic obedience. That
bunch Will go the limit for him, and he
will get all the work out of them that could
be extracted by any one on earth.
ComiSkey and Cantillon went AUTOMOBILE
Ing yesterday and Commy put in couple
OF hours explaining things to Joe and
showing him how to get the best possible
results out of the material at hand. Very
likely. quoth the Old Roman, Il will get
Ii in the neck for this good advice, as Joe
will treasure it uD and make it useful when
his gang plays us, but | always did like
to do GOOD turn 10 my friends"
Eddie Hahn, he of proboscidian fame, was
first OF the incoming Sox to report. He
said he telt like hitting 800 this season;
that he wasn't bit afraid of swift pitched
balls and that he thought Comiskey was
the only thing that ever happened. Next
came Eddie Walsh happy in the thought
that he will get lots more money this sea-
son for the Walsh infants back in Meri-
den, Conn. I'd declared that the winters
rest had not slowed him up or put much
fat on him. and that he ccuId go in within
a few days and pitch as well as ever
The Nationals came in by herds. Tom
Hughes. long and lean and rather uncom-
municdtive. came to the Log Cabin and
had a talk with his new boss. It's dollar
to an egg that Tom goes on the trip and
gives his best services to Cantillon. Jake
Stahl called and had wholly amicable
conversation with the Knight of the Red
Vest While neither Stahl nor Cantillon
had anything definite to say as to a con-
tract. the boys around the cabin wanted to
risk "a few dollars that Jake and his bat
will he present for duty on the first day
at Galveston.
Long Fred Falkenberg. who expects to
make q great season of 1t II he gets any
kind of support, blew in early. Charlie
Smith. a trifie fat. but in fairly good shape,
trailed in soon after. Frank kitson, who
looks like weather-worn apple. arrived
during the afternoon and said his farm
never looked better-that crops were SIM
ply great. by heck.
Blankenship. a catcher who may be con-
verted into an in or out fielder. dawned
early. and the other Nationals gave him
much attention. 1t is the opinion of Can
tillon ttat this fellow is destined to be a
mighty star with the bat-that If he goes
behind the plate he will replace Wakefield,
and that if he is used elsewhere he will
make good in every way.
Mil and Schlaiy, lightning fast infielders,
came in together. Both are in fair shipe,
and SChlafy had a chin with Cantillon
about ire rumors that he was to be traded
of. Joe assured him that there was moth
ing on in the line of deal-that Harry
locke good enough to him to remain.
Wilson. a kid from Canton. said TO be a
clever boy, came in during the night and
was Introduced to his future comrades. He
is a likely looking chap and pleasant in his
ways.
Cantillon intended to shunt his men for
Galveston today, but will defer the journey
until tomorrow, leaving early in the even
ing
Jack Doyle. manager of the Milwaukees,
AYERS that frankie Roth does not belong to
Comiskey but is the property of the Mil
waukee club. and that the SoX must give
up another catcher if they wish to keep him.
Doyle declares that Roth was only loaned
to CCmmy last fall.
1t is asserted at Cincinnati that Charlie
Murphy has asked for waivers on Bill
Sweeney and does not intend TO keep the
clever coast infielder. This is a surprise
to the fans. who had heard Sweeney so
highly touted that they regarded him as
cinched for utility roles this season.