Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
Joe Cantillon's Crack

While the Washington club was train
ing down in Texas Joe Cantillon was
busy looking around for base ball play
ers who might be good enough for his
team, and though he did corral a few
sure enough ball players in the persons
of Burns, Street and Gates, yet the ones
he had to turn down after giving them
a try-out are simply uncountable. There
were SO many in the nothing doing
class that Cantillon forgot to keep track
of the ones he turned back
While Joe was experimenting with
these aspirants for jobs on the Washing
ton club his experiences were humorous
and varied. The ordinary ball player is
possessed of some mighty startling pecu-
liarities, not the least of which is ex-
hibited when he is bargaining for a SAL
airy: but CantillOn is one Of those vet
eran campaigners who is thoroughly at
home when it comes to haggl1ng with
the spike shoe fraternity about salaries.
Down in Texas. Joe met a young twirl-
who upon his first stunt in the box,
looked somewhat good to Cantillon, and
he thought that perhaps he might make
those Unfortunately chesty bits of human
ity who swelled up when Joe spoke to
him about signing and asked him what
salary he would work for.
Well" said the swelled up kid. Il got
twelve hundred in the Texas League last
season, but / will play for you for
twenty-four hundred per-"
And I'll give you twentyfour hundred
perhaps" sarcastically rejoined Cantil-
lon as he walked away leaving the Tex
as Lacquer mute stricken
Bill C.'s Loan.
When Bill c. played with the Wash
ington team several years ago, he was
one of those fellows who never knew the
value of money. but blew his coin right
and left. with no thought for the morrow.
Bill was of peculiarly sanguine DISPOSE
ton. and nothing ever worried this clever
artist.
Of course, a man with such proclivities
is generally in need of the filthy lucre,
and this was one of Bills troubles. Bill
being rather hemmed in at the time he
played with Washington was far from
prompt in meeting his money borrowing
obligations, and one day when he went
to Coughlin in order to make touch Sir
William said to the young pitcher:
'NoY. 1 don't mind loaning you the
money. providing that 1t is not one of
those Kathleen Mavoureen loans"
What kind of a loan Is a Kathleen
Mavoureen loan," inquired the puzzled
player.
why one of that Tt may be for years,
and it may be forever kind cried
Coughlin as he dug down in his jeans pre-
paratory to handing out the long green.
Casey's Great Stunt.
That play Of Jiggs Donahue's at Chi
cago. when the White Sox was having that
hot Saturday game with the Washington
club. and when the Chicago first base
man, allowed a ground ball to go through
him, which rolled back to the stand, but
which Jiggs made out he caught by
throwing his glove away and walking in
home-there being two out already-there-
by trucking the umpire and the rest of
the players on both teams into the belief
that he had caught the ball. shows just
how quick a professional base BAH play
er must be these days if he wants to
make good in the big league. 1t also
calls to mind piece Of quick thinking on
was playing third base for the Chicago
ern League club and is making winner
of it.
Casey's great play which resulted in the
Chicago club winning the game came in
a contest between the Cubs and the St.
Louis Nationals. 1t was fierce battle
all the way through, and with the honors
even, but in the seventh inning, with the
score a tie. with the Cardinals at the
bat, Joyce O'Neil led off with neat single
and was advanced to second when his
brother Mike sacrificed. The next man
fiyed out to Chicago's shortstop, and then