The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-29
WasIlington ReeuIars TTere.

1He w WdSnInSCOn regulars arrived
this morning from Wichita where a
series of three games had been played
with the JObberS. The team arrived
over the Santa F'e at 4:30 this morn
ing but the special car which carried
the Nationals was set out and the
players did not make their presence
known until about breakfast time.
Joe CantillOn, the manager of the
Senators. is here with his proteges and
will have full charge of the big squad
which is formed by the merging of
the Yannigans and Regulars. The
personnel of the regulars who are
here is: Street and Blankenship, catch
ers; Smith, Burns, Johnson and Tan
| Unglaub, second base; Mcbride, short
stop; Conroy, third base; Captain
Ganley, Milan, and Clymer outfielders.
Secretary Jacobs, Mrs. Cantillon. Mrs.
Ganley, Mrs. Clymer and Mrs. Unglaub
are also with the party.
This Is the first time the Washington
Regulars have every played in Topeka.
| For three seasons the Washington
team has played here but each time it
has been bunch of youngsters and
discards. The Washington team is
showing some few symptoms of being
live one under the three years man
| agement of Cantillon who has resur-
| rected the team from the tailend posi-
| ton. Cantillon Is q great believer in
| young blood and by the time some of
| his youngsters get a little experience
| first division.
Cantillon is known as one of the
| most aggressive managers in the busi-
ness. In fact many assert that he is
| too aggressive, but nevertheless ag-
| gressiveness is what is needed by the
| Washington team.
Should Cantillon never be known for
anything else he is entitled to recog-
! nized for having brought out" young
Walter johnson, who is considered one
| of the greatest pitching products of
| the day. Johnson will be remembered
! as the young man who last season
ers on three consecutive days and each
| time administered a crushing shutout
| blow, with but one man reaching third
base in the entire three days.
| Johnson will be given an opportunity
/ to display himself before a Topeka
! baseball audience during the stay
! here. and this will undoubtedly be
watched with interest by the local
| sports.
! Clyde Milan, who played with wich-
ita two seasons ago, is with the Regu-
lars but it is doubtful if he will play
| here, as he injured his ankle at a game
| do outf1elding duty with the Regulars
| until Milan is able to return to the
game. Milan was picked up On the
! same trip as Johnson.
i In June 1907, BlankenShip one OF
/ the regular catchers, was out of the
] game on account of bad ankle. Can
I tillon wanted some new material. some
II younger blood, so he conceived the idea
i OF sending Blankenship out as a scout
} Blankenship picked up Milan at Wich-
ita and left for Idaho where he was
directed by his boss to look over a
"phenom, who had not allowed a hi:
for seventy-ffve innings" 1t sounded
like a fish story, but Blankenship went
and landed his man, and in his first
game in the big league he attracted at
tention. 1t can be said that Johnson
never played in minor league, for al
the time he was signed by Washington
he was flinging for an independent
club.
!; Another player of note who is here
today and who will work in both
games. is Catcher Street, who achieved
fame last summer by catching a bal
thrown from the top of the Washing
ton monument, the first time this feat
had ever been performed.
From Topeka the combined Wash
ington forces go to Omaha, where they
viii play a series OF exhibition games
Tom Hughes. formerly pitched fol
Omaha and he will be the center of at
traction in the games at Vinton Park