The Washington herald., 1908-06-15

Joe Canullons plans OF getting Joe
Wood the promising Kansas City pitcher
may eall through as a result OF Boston
pJtting forth a prior claim for the player
During the winter Cantilon sent Clyde
Goodwin. the pitcher. to Kansas City. with
the understanding that the Nationals
were 20 have the pick Of the Kansas City
club az the end - the present season. on
the training trip the Nationals batted
against Wood. and so favorable was the
impression that he made on the whole
team that Cantillon kept close watch
on his performances. All spring he has
pitched great ball. winning nearly every
game and twirling two no-hit contests.
His work has been one OF the sensations
of the American Association.
Before leaving here Cantillon said that
Wood would probably be his selection
from Monte Cross team. but as soon as
the news was spread President John l.
TAYLOR Of Boston. announced that Bston
had already made a deal for Wood and
that he would report at the beginning of
next season.
Now comes a statement from Monte
Cross IN which he says that Taylor is
correct and that Wood viii 80 20 Boston
in payment for Outfelder Carlisle
All this IS news o the Washington Off
cials. and the case may be aired before
the national commission as Cantillon has
all sorts Of confidence In the ability OF
the yOungster
II would not be surprising if Cantillon
should dispose Of Fred FaIkenberg before
the Nationals return from the present
trip.
As was announced IN The Washington
Herald yesterday. Cantillon has decided 10
cut his pitching stan. as he is carrying
too many twlrlers and Falkenberg will in
al probability be the man to go when
the reduction is made.
Falkenberg has won three games and
lost two, and stands we'll UP among the
pitchers Of the league. but he is not ex-
actly the sort OF a man Cantillou wants.
and II a good offer is made deal viii
be closed. At times Falkenberg has pitch
ed good ball. but he is so erratic that he
makes the whole team nervous when he
is in the box, and the support he gets is
not as good as that afforded the other
pitchers
a change Of major league clubs would
undoubtedly improve Falkenberg's work.
as he is too good a man 10 send back TO
the minors In these days. when a connie
of the best clubs in the league are on the
lookout for twirlers.
When a pitching staff is not in physi-
cal condition 70 do good work" said
Manager Chance while the champions
we're playing in Brooklyn. "the worst
possible thing that can be done is TO
crowd II and attempt to make the men
who are going bad come in winners. To
push the men would be to demoralize the
whole stan
80 far as the Chicago team is con-
cerned, we do not have TO stay on top
this early in the campaign. and l would
rather go back to second. third. or fourth
place. as the case might be. than take
any chances Of injuring any OF my
pitchers arms. That may sound as
though 1 didn't care where we stood i'm
the race. The fact is, I would like 20
he at the top all the time; for my nerves
l would like to be fiften or twenty games
in the lead right straight along, but I
know that Is impossible. The other clubs
are well up to our level. and we are
going TO have all We can do 20 win out.
Il have seen all the clubs in the league
play. 1 know pretty well their strength.
and know there Is not team In the
race that possesses the ability OF the
combination that represents Chicago in
the National League.
Another thing that has handicapped
us this spring is Kings throwing.
Frazier's wet ball has worked harm with
that famous lire throw that has cut
down the base stealing Of other clubs so
materially in the past One wet-ball
pitcher can make a catcher bad in his
thowing with all the other pitchers. and
that is what has been happening to
King"