Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-04
Left Chicago Last Night, Due
in Galveston Friday.
CANTILLON IS CONFIDENT
Saws the Team Will Be American
Leagues Surprise Party.
HEARD NOTHING OF JOHNSON
Jack Atkin Wins Rex Handicap.
Britt and Nelson's Hard Fight.
Bowling Battles.
HEARD NOTHING OF JOHNSON

| Special Dispatch to The star
| CHICAGO, ILL.,. March 4.-Manager Can
tillon and his band of Washington club
players left this city last night for their
training grounds at Galveston, Tex. 1t
was Joe's original intention to start his
team for the south Thursday night, but
the pleasant weather and the fact that
the st. Louis Nationals pulled out Sat-
urday for Texas doubtless made him
change his mind and date. The Nationals
are scheduled to meet the ST. Louis Ma
tionals next Saturday, and Foxy Joe
doesn't want McCloskey to have too much
of a start on him in the way OF practlce.
Manager Cantillon began telegraphlng
To his PLAYERS last Saturday as soon as he
heard that McCloskey had started from
st. Louis, and he assembled all he wanted
nv tho time the train was ready to start
last night.
The players began dropping into oah-
tillon's cafe in this city as early as :"
O'Clock in the afternoon, and by 5 o'clock
the place was packed as it became nolseo
about that the Washington club was as
sembling At quarter after joe
headed the party. and they all CLIMBED
into a large sightseeing automoolie'
which shot them down to the railroad
station in short order. At the station
moref riends were met and general hano-
shaking was the order.
Your correspondent had a few words
with Manager Cantillon before he board
ed the cars, and he appeared quite conf
dent Of the future.
Just say for me- said Joe, that 1
have a surprise party for the American
League this year. / have had quite
time getting surrounded by the sort of
players 1 can depend upon, but am now
we'll fixed and we will be troublesome LOT
all the teams from the start to the fin
ish of the season.
..All the newspaper boys placed the Ma
tionals down in last position, and many
other wise guys think the same. but take
it from me that the Nationals Will win
many games the coming season that We're
lost last year through carelesSness and IN
attention to business. nave SdtlSllcO oil
the boys on the salary question. and i
know they will put forth their best efforts
for me. That is all 1 ask of them. as
know every mans ability in the base
ball line.
II have heard rumors of Walter john
son being ill, coming through newspaper
channels but don't believe them. Presi-
dent Noyes is at Pasadena, near Los An
geIes, and / am sure il there were any
thing wrong with Walter he would have
teiegraphed me-
I'VE should reach Galveston not later
than Friday morning. and although we
will not be in very good shape Saturday,
we will do the best we can to make it
interesting for McCloskey."
The gong sounded for the train to be of
and Manager CantilOn STEPPED aboard and
with the players waved goodbye to their
group of friends on the platform. The
team will stay in Galveston until March
% and then start for home, with many ex-
hibition games on the way.
The ball players who left here in care
of the manager were Capt. Ganley, Pick
ering, Clymer George Mcbride. Jerry
Freeman, Charlie Street, Mike Kahoe, Bill
Shipke Bill Kay, Tom Hughes, Smith,
Fakenberg, Kelley, last year with the
Chicago Gunthers: Peterson, Meinke. last
year with the Gunthers; Gehring, Oberlin,
Wilson. and Trainer Edinger.
The party will be met at the Texas me-
tropolis by Jim Delehanty, Dave Altizer,
Clyde Milan, Jack Warner, Walter john
son, Case Patten, Burns and Gates.