The Washington times., 1908-08-20
Places for No Minor Phe-
mons Except Gray and
Young Catcher.
OPTIONS EXERCISED
FOR FUTURE DEALS
But There's Little Hope for Ober-
lin, Wilson, and Block-Cly-
mer to Play Right.
Bv THOMAS S. RICE.

Don't worry about the drafts and the
options for Washington" said Manag-
eF Joe CantllOn -his morning, when
asked what Washss1ston was doing in
the way OF grabbing minor league ma
terial
The Washington club as it stands
now is a pretty nifty organization and
simply needs 10 be welded together" D"
continued the mighty Nimrod, while
he fondly petted the gun which was
given him yesterday by the members of
his team in honor OF his --tieth birth
You viii see that Washington has
landed this or that minor phenom, but
there isn't a chance in a thousand that
we could get men better than those
We now have.
with Dolly Gray, Bill Burns and
Jesse Tannehiu as southpaws and
Johnson, Hughes, Charley Smith and
Eli Gates as right handlers, 10 say Moth
ing Of Kelley We viii have as strong
q pitching staff next year as there will
be in the American League. and have
heard OF no scouts signing m&Tyels
which could make me bat an eyd with
regret.
Plenty of Young Blood.
I'VE certainly can't be urged to get
youth into the lineup. for every
man We now have is right in his
prime with years more of sefV-
ice ahead Of him, and some like
Freeman, Shipke, Mcbride, Street
see 'em growing in baseball every time
they play. All We need is another young
catcher to help Street do the active
work, while your Uncle Nike kahoe
sits around and develops the budding
genius as he is doing with Walter John
SON. Wen get that catcher II 1t costs
a lawsuit or our standing In the -Four
Hundred. and then we viii be hXed for
next year as far as any team could be,
unless kind fate happens to slip US
something especially juicy.
I'VE are still after Roth. the prize
Milwaukee baCksJOp and expect 20 land
him.
Clymer Back for Good.
"CIymer viii play right field from
now on until further notice. He has
been ready to play there ever since the
team got home, but it was necessary TO
give Edmundson a thorough trial, espe-
Ciany as a jolt To the calculations Of the
visiting managers who have been send
ing their southpaws against us one
two-three. Edmundsou is a good ball
player and / know It, but ne has been
too anxious 10 make a hit before the
home crowds and as we have been
going against some of the best pitchers
in the American League he has not been
able TO break any slugging records.
Another reason Tor keeping him was
that we were winning anyhow, and it
doesn't pay 10 monkey with winning
combinations.
The OsteODath who is treating Jesse
Tannehill predicts that Jesse will he
a bic 10 play in about three weeks. He
was out yesterday morning and showed
surprising form already, even though
he was stln and sore because Of the
manipulation he had undergone IN hav-
ing his muscles pushed back into place.
About Those Options
Our options on Oberlin and Wilson.
the young pitchers we had at Galveston
last spring, has been exercised as q
precauuOn In case any of our other
twirlers slip on the ice and break their
necks this winter, We have also exercis-
ed the option on Jim Block, the Mime
apolis catcher who helped us Uat last
year.
King Bill Kay is now a rampageous
outlaw, playing with Hagerstown, Nd.
ana don't know what viii become Cf
him. He accepted transportation frOIl
Minneapolis TO Des MOineS, then got
nOmeSlCk or something and beat it back
East. where he has remained ever since
"Delehanty Will be in condition TO pIay
again In a few days, for he is steadily
Improving. and with him and UngIauh
going good we are going to crab this in
cessant springing of left-handed pitch
erS against our nine"