Evening star., 1909-05-19
CANT|LLON WEDDING
OUT THE NATIONALS
GanIey Sold to Athletics and
Other Players
to Go.
speriaI Dispatch to The Star.

Speclai IiSpatch 10 Inc STAR
CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 9-The
present personnel of the Washington
team will probably undergo many
changes within the next week or ten
days Manager Cantillon has not drop
ped a hint of any of these changes, but
the players sort of feel it In their
bones" and expect the AK to fall most
any day.
OF course. the recent acquisitions to
the National camp, in the persons OF
Outfelders Cravath and Browne, FIRST
Baseman Donohue and Pitcher Aitrock,
have only served to strengthen the be-
lief of several of Cantillons' standbys of
last year that they will soon hear the
''toot. toot, good-by' for the American
League.
The players in question are Pitchers
Hughes and Kelley. 1nfielders Shpke.
Unglaub and Freeman, while Outfielder
Milan is said to be just a wee bit
nervous Hughes has not been in shape
to pitch since coming west. He has
been suffering with pains In his chest.
and his team mates say that he was to
be admired for his nerve in working in
Chicago and St. Louis, obeying the or
ders Of his general like good soldier.
Bob Unglaub has couple of badly
damaged ribs and may not be able to
play for two or three weeks. CantillOn
lHS1StS tfldL lie IeTldlu Will tHc tedH. IC-
fusing to grant his request to return
home until he RECEIVERS from his injuries
Naturally Bob smells rat accord
ing to his team mates, and they expect
to bid him farewell ere long.
Denying, Joe's Long Suit.
Manager Cantillon denied that he had
asked for waivers on Kelley, Freeman
and Shipke, but Joe's men are of the
opinion that waivers have been asked.
especially since the deal was put through
yesterday which made Capt. Bob Ganley
of the Nationals an Athletic. Cantillon
upon his arrival here said: There's
nothing in the bunk about waivers being
asked on any Of my men. AS for Can
ley, well, no deal has been made, nor Is
one likely to be made"
Three hours after giving voice to the
foregoing Cantillon had sold his field
captain to Connie Mack. and Ganley left
last night for Detroit to join the Ath-
letics. The price was not given out, but
it IL understood that Mack paid a little
more than the waiver figure of $1,50O.
Cantillon and number OF his men
were interested spectators at the final
game Of the Naps-Highlanders series
yesterday. Neal Ball, former Highlander
shortstop. who was purchased by the
Maps prior to yesterdays game, was in
citizens clothes, and sat with the Wash
ington crowd. Cantillon and his men
were not greatly impressed with the
work of the Maps. The fact that the
Larrupers got five men on bases in one
inning and failed to score served to
strengthen the confidence Of the Nation
ais that they would get their feet be-
meath them in the local series, and get
a good start up the ladder at the expense
of the poor Maps in the four-game series
and shove Lajoies outfit in the American
League subway. s
: Blames It on Luck.
The Nationals say they lost some hard
luck games in Chicago and st. Louis,
but expect to have easy picking here
Cantillon says he can't see that it will
make much difference which pitchers he
sends against the Maps. He is of the
opinion that any four of his twirlers
will prove too much for the locals Joe
says it will not be necessary to work
any one of his fingers twice in the Sc
rfes, and plans to use Smith. Johnson,
Hughes and Groom in tho order named
Cy Young. the former Boston twirler
now with the Maps, and who won every
one of the six games he pitched against
the Nationals last season. will open
against the Nationals. The Mans are
hopeful that Cy will be as good as ever
against Washington. and that they will
succeed in breaking their long losing
streak of six consecutive defeats at the
hands of Boston and New York
Altrock and Cravath reportd to Man
ager Cantillon yesterday afternoon, and
Joe had long talk with them. He may
play Cravath in the opening game to-
day. 1t is a certainty that Jiggs Dono-
hue will play first. Jiggs wired his new
manager that he would be in Cleveland
early this morning Cantillon plans to
replace Freeman with the former White