The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-27
Game Scheduled Every
Day But One Until
Their Arrival in
Boston.
Cantillon Keeps Men
Plugging Away at Their
Particular HoodoO
Curves.
By THOMAS s. RICE.


GALVESTON, Tex, March 26.-That
long, interrupted jump from Galveston
TO Boston, which begins when the WISH
ington regulars leave Galveston tomor-
row morning for Houston. where they
play tomorrow and Sunday, is TO be no
mere sightseeing tour to put the hardy
athletes n q pleasant mind.
Not at all. They are scheduled TO play
a game every day between tomorrow
ana the arrival in Boston on April IL
except on April Is. when they VIII be
travelling all day from Louisville &c
Boston. and besides. Manager Joe Can
tillon informed them this morning that
he would order practice every morning.
This observation-disclosures gag was a
cruel blow 90 our brave boys, but Can
tiilOn explained in q few caustic terms
that he was making the spring trip in
an effort 10 develop a bail club that
would get out of last place. He invited
comment or criticism, but after a sea
son Of silent contemplation il was
agreed ha was right
Morning Practice.
. Since ever. ybody is in shape now and
even DaYy a ltizer was able 10 play six
innings yesu srday when Washington
beat Minneapolis here by 4 10 1 the
morning Practice has become extremely
serious. Not a minute is spent in loaf
ing and the men are kept at their work
as steadily IS IL they were being paid
by the Job. After a little loosening up
by tossing the bail around the pitchers
took turns on tine job with Manager
Cantillon umpiringl and Street dons The
pad.
AL the other men. except two or three
deIders, 10 return tbs balls, 80 to the
plate in turn, and going through much
the same stunt they would In game
they either strike out OF are Kept there
until they make nat, IOul strikes not
being counted.
There IS snotgler difference between
those batting exercises anu game.
CautillOn tells the pitcher what The pat
ter cant hit and orders LnaL served
II Is provoking, but improving. 10 some
OF our leading SWEATERS who like TO
raise the blister Of the blngle on the
bat and are annoyed by the constant
succession OF the pet diversions. Inls
is really a most important feature, and
even in the game yesterday the man
ager, who was umpiring. was tipping on
the Minneapolis twirlers about the
weaknesses Of his own men.
Their Weak Points.
Every batter from Ty Cobb TO Keefs
4
made one hit in nineteen games. has
bate noIre in pitching. al these holes
in the armor are known TO the other
PLAYERS. and by the time he has twice
been around the circuit every man on
The eight teams can ten you exactly
what bah TO use to work Il given hitter.
Therefore, the reasonable thing to do is
To make a man practice swinging at
this ball until he improves IN sowing Il
That is exactly what CauuiIon is do
ing. regardless Of the scores IN eZhibl-
ton games and the men know he is
adopting the proper course, even though
IL makes their batting Gveraga IN the
nO-count game look foolish. street.
DeIehEnty, and Pickering caught the
ball on the nose yesterday for home
runs over the short Galveston fences.
There were also three singles by Wash
ington, not a large scoring. but Can
tillons tactics were in a measure re-
spOnsible for the scarcity.
on the whole. the team would not
break any records with the stick, even
If the opposing twirlers were not tipped
OF. That is going TO be Washington
great trouble early in the season, Judg-
ing by present appearance. Ollie Pick
ering is SWatting saVdgelys and Ganley
is right on the job with sacrifices, steals,
and hits, but nobody else In the team IS
winning medals. That they viii get
better after facing curve pitching day
after day is almost a dead moral GER
Ialnty, but, unless something happens,
the team is not going TO star with a
rush, and cut its way 10 the TOP for a
while, as Il did in 1905 and 1906. on the
other hand, If IL gets or we'll ana ad-
vances a few notches, it viii not be
near as likely as those teams were TO
make the hurried slide 20 the bottom
again.
Ward Of Double Steal.
The various defenses against the
double steal. when men are on first and
third, occupy Street, Mcbride and Della
hanty a large part Of every day. Run