The Washington herald., 1908-01-20
CantillOn Wants Another
Catcher for Nationals.
STREET IS AN EXPERIMENT
Mig PeFrine VIII spend Coming Sea-
son at LOuiSViIIe-LaFry LhjOie Is
Investing in Real Estate in Cleye-
Iand-Cobb VIII Have More Dill
Guilty On Bases in the Future.

sell Frank Roth.
Some time ago 1t was believed that the
/ Nationals would have no difficulty In
landing the crack bacllstop of the Ameri-
/ can Association but it now develops that
/ the Milwaukee owners are not anxious -
part with the player.
As matters stand at present. Jack War
ner Street, and Kahoe are the only catch
ers on the local rolls. Kahoe is not relied
upon as a regular, but is a good man TO
have around, and Cantillon is inclined to
! carry the veteran even should another
/ catcher be obtained Street is an expert
ment, although the reports from the Pa
/ ciic Coast would indicate that he is a
most promising player.
This leaves Warner as the only reliable
member of the backstop department
1 Warner has his faults and is not the
/ greatest catcher i'm the business, but is a
. fairly good man. He has experience. is a
I good fielder. and at times last season did
/ good work with the stick. However, In
juries when he was at his best forced
Warner TO the bench. leaving the catching
60 Block and Kshoe as Blankenship had
suffered a broken finger earlier in the
| year.
/ In these days of the spit ball. crOss-fre.
and other shoots and curves that do not
| add 10 the joy of "a Catchers existence it
/ Is necessary for a club TO have al least
/ two reliable gatchers. and Cantillon dg-
ures that if he can get Roth he viii be
! fairly well fortified behind the plate.
Mig PeUine, who was tried out here
last season. has made three trips to the
/ big leagues-brief ones only. Mig" is 70
pass the next summer, or part of il at
+ least. in Louisville.
/ Says the Kansas City Journal; Perrine
knows baseball from every angle. is fun
/ of ginger-uot Jamaica-and is on friend
/ ly terms with an of the players. Jimmy
/ Burke says that John Grover is one of
/ the best INSIDE" bali players in the bust
ness, and j. Burke is some judge Of the
salary drawers. II is the good Mig
right now. He has been spending "a
rather mild winter and has been doing
all of his racing without the aid of a net.
/ Two years ago Prrriue was ripe for
/ fast company, but Dee was unfortunate
/ IN falling heir tu several thousand dollars
I of real money. With his pockets lined
with currency. he Joined the ST Louis
Cardinals, and, being a good fellow, ne
F puJ the entire training squad on the
F blink" Mig" was charged with spend
/ ing $io10 on that trip. and for being so
+ generous he was returned to George Te-
/ beau and Kansas city. Last year Per
/ rine was sent 60 Washington. Again DE
was the victim cf misfortune Cantillon
/ had at least a half dozen inGelders and
/ Mig was sent 10 the farm-Ninue-
apoIis
Next year its Louisville for mine. T
said Perrine last night, "and after the
coming season 7 guess III make another
trip TO the big fellows You know I'm
due. Every other year since 7 took 20
the game 7 have made the trip-onIy a
trip-and the next time I'll stick"
Nap Lajoie. m7naEer-Captain Of the
Cleveland club. has entered into the real
estate business. or, In other words. ne
/ is preparing for the future
Realizing that be cannot play baseball
forever, the king Of second basemen is
investing his money in Cleveland prop
erty, so that he VIII have q neat income
when he is forced TO retire from the
glare Of the diamond
Besides purchasing building lots La
{ joie is also erecting houses on them. so
that he viii be able 70 get the rental.
The Cleveland manager is just following
the advice Of President Kilfoyl for the
owner Of the Maps made his fortune in
real estate and building at the right
( time
Clarke Griffith may have his ranch Fred
I Clarke his big farm and several Of the
other managers have plantations and
others investments, but there is prob
I ably not a buster man in baseball to-
day than Laj0ie. In the summer time
/ he devoteS his time 10 baseball and run
ming the team. while in the winter he
/ has been at work on his guide. which
1 is now in the hands of the printers.
waiting for the adoption of the schedule.
/ Now he is entering the real estate busi-
ness. More luck 10 Larry.
Connie Mack has been sizing up the
American League teams for next sea
son. and is out with a statement that
the race will be as close as last year.
with Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago. New
York, and Cleveland liable TO be among
the contenders for the flag IN the last
few weeks of play, This is what he says
about Detroit.
Il notice that many persons have been
undertaking Detroit. Take ii from me
that the Tigers Will be in the fight again,
with about as good a chance as any other
of finishing al top"
a safe bet is that when the several
American League teams get down to train
| ing each manager will take his first base
man aside and tell him in no uncertain
tones that he must watch Ty Cobb more
closely this year. says II. ?. Edwards in
the Cleveland Leader The champion bats
man of the league had ID habit last sea
son when on first base of going from that
sack way around to third on a bunt or
slow infeld grounder
He pulled il off one George Stoval and
Bill Hinchman, of the Maps, last year.
and according to reports. he worked the
same trick on all the first sackers of the
league. and more than once. Sometimes
he got away with it legitimately but more
often the first bsseman could have retired
him easily at third had he been anticipat-
ing such a move on the part of the De-
troiter
Let an infielder or a pitcher tumble a
bunt ever so little and Ty was sure to at
tempt to take two bases. Let the first
baseman be pulled off the bag a trife in
making the catch and Ty was certain TO
20 the limit This year. however. all the
first basemen Will be watching out for
just this play. and Cobb will be lucky if
he pulls it off as regularly as he did in
1851.
It used to be the same way as regards
Bill Bradley in stretching long singles
into twO-saekers. Two or three years ago
Bill would perform this stunt twenty
times year as the result of slow think
ing on the part of the opposing outfeld-
ers. They would decide that the hit was