The Washington times., 1908-07-30

We were thrown into a hutter this
morning by the announcement from
Chicago, that Manager Cantillon. before
disappearing on Tuesday night, had or
dered a Washington baseball uniform
for a man about the size Of ollie Pick
ering.
The veracious Chicago correspondent
evolved a theory-at space rates-to the
effect that this meant washington was
20 get a player as yet unheraloed, but
calmer reelection leads to the thought
that the duds are probably for Bob Ed
nonson. the Galveston, Tex. outhelder,
who Joined the club In St Louis ana
naturally expects an equipment
Cantfllon.. according TO this same Chl-
cago chronicIer Of passing events. went
hunting or fishing on an unknown islaho'
but there his dope is more likely wrong
than right. A good guess IS thaI ne
went 70. Kansas City to see his oid pal
George Tebeau. about the matter or
letting Zoe Wood, Kansas City's phe-
nomenal young pitcher. 90 10 the BIOS
ton Americans. This Wood person. on
the form I saw him display IN Kansas
cirv last spring. is well worth ngntlnS
for. and II Cantillon reaily ana y ~ ~
was stung by Tebeau there may DC
blood on the moon
Tebeau and Cantiuon have been real
cbummv for a long time, being IKE
minded on many subjects. Both can
roast the national commission In All
known languages and many unrecoro-
"a dialects. In times of peace they
become as restless as the sob squad
,yben a female crook is caught with the
eds Roth have ambitions to DrdEch
- some sort e a third major leaS lie
C,rc,,it with Chicago as its corners -o.-1-
~, arc strong on tie syndicate prOpo-
sitioo Toe CantHon and Brother Mike
r,,,niny Minneapolis, having a nngef
a. nag N5Oines, and connections IN
Givers other places, while 1eoeau OhAS
Kansas city and Louisville IN the AlIlSL
loan Association, and has LlIlIl-'lL
ramifying in many othet u lI
TVCr<iug in harmony these NAM -siNS1
rraroaTos rave been abe 10 urn
vsr7etv Of INTERESTING tricks, Il -.CS
should get tC ScrapplhS aulgA5 49,
selves. line for the space WRITER'S
That CantIUon was sure he was going
IN Lid Wood stoned PLAIN rom Is
tallx and il must nave Deen 4 sou 80
arise 10 him when he ne ara S-S p 80
mad been landed by JIM MTtdu- Sk-CC5
15,o,stoy'-unless. mark you unless NUOu
- NOT as good as was expected -
- L. -. ,2-as the real thing as a phe-
NOM This spring and nad ever ll-44 - =
-,{fcber could have. but there nave -,
H;,,ces this season when he mas hJt
sbOvyn the form indicated Dy MS 49, w.
in the exhibition games az 5 tis, - a
and minor league CLUBS. ue4 ,,ot
-, ,,ossibiity that CaLulion ulu -
800 -, and that Mcclure IS aot go
80 o. ali ne expected The oeauHes %
~ Cantillons and Tebeaus haEe D 49,
60 intricate that the real ahs"eL ~ 10 &c
DrohIem viii hardly De loC-iur I5ostop
- now Wood succeeds Win HOSN0--
Concerning the poor work OF IngIaao
foT VVashiEgtOu until that slAleSN- lI
ming game on TUESDAY, WIllS sIfr - ybCtb
tiTnas # should be borne IN Ialho ~ -
I,-ben the club left here LngIauD We
suffering from palnIul lHssuef -, bis
hin Incurred in sliding 10 III -
atttenonled sacrifice the hrst day n. H
reached washington we -
Counting on him and Dele nahly 70 ~ ~
liver a lot Of goods VIII o-S 1T
against that fearsome SItay 20 - -,
TSn5ars the Nationals viii encounter IN
CHICAGO. and pretty much every "iiel
else except Cleveland
That Bill Burns and Bob Ganley came
20 blows in St. Louis is reasonable 10
s,,-v,oea Ganley IS a very talky man
and very free in his comments on ILe
work of other players when he gets eN-
cifed Also. his language Is not always
choice. Burns is an extremely q SLTe
Derson with little TO say Out WIFI
p = ygere,a can cut loose a lot Of harsh
Teioinder thrilling TO hear. He is als2
ircnressed with the idea that he dOesn
have to take too much "eussln from
sy1,6odv living. While he has not boast
"a t9a has lei il be known in the CLUB
nat a lot of the rough talk so com,
mon mon among players is not for him, and
i Illo'l recinrocates by not throwing 1t at
ANYBODY else. As he is one OF tne
I,,,Ssl]iest men in baseball today, without
Ia babJfe and with all the stamina
that IA comes from a ' outh devoted TO
1 s..S.S cattle on the Texas plains.
Mat he said went in the matter OF lay-
me down a few rules for the guldahCS
of his fellows. It can wei De u'iuel sloOu