Evening star., 1909-03-10
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
GALVESTON, Tex. March 1o.-Bob
GanIey. field commander Of the Nationals
and Cantillon's aidde-camp. showed up
near noon yesterday after being nine
DAYS en- route from his Boston home. Part
of the time was spent in Washington
where he stopped over to see the Iaft
inauguration and have talk with the
club officials about his contract. lie en-
joyed the first. despite the horrible Wea'h-
er he and other visiting sightseers had
to endure and settled the other to MS
own and the clubs satisfaction, appar-
entity for he is now at work with the
rest OF the crowd and striving hard to
catch up with the others There was
some clause in Bobs contract holding
hack part of his monthly salary In
Stallments until the end OF the season
The salary figures We're all right. but
capt Robert objected 10 the clause
named above Whether It was eliminated
is known only 10 Bob and the club peo-
r.e-
Ganley's arrival leaves only Witherup.
Shipke and Delehanty missing. Where
the former Is no one seems to know.
Snipke is laid up with a touch OF the
grip. Besides his kick on salary and
Ran Johnson's banishment decree. Dele
hanty adds further trouble by having
failed to apply to the national commission
for reinstatement after being suspended
with the other Nationals for playing With
Jimmy Callahan's outlaws in Chicago last
October This decision of the commission
came when DelehaDty was on his WaY
across the Pacific, and 1t has either
slipped his memory since his return or
else he expects Cantillon and the club
people 10 fix II up.
This they will not do.
Chilly and rainy weather and a dam
aged boiler in the clubhouse that refused
10 heat water put a crimp in the morning
exercises yesterday. but all went smooth
again after dinner and the slight re-
mnder of winter hiked away before the
rays OF Old Sol. There are quite a list OF
players here now, as the following Will
show Walter johnson. Tom Hughes.
charley smith. Dolly Gray. Bobby Groom.
Jesse Tannehill Jack Boss, Bert Kelley.
elf Bla ankenship. Charlie Street. Mike
kahoe. Bill Rapp Bob Unglaub. Jerry
Freeman. George Mcbride Wild Con-
roy. Bob Ganley. Jimmy Collins. Ollie
Pickering. Clyde Milan. Otis Clymer. Bob
Menke and Jimmy Johnson. Collins and
Pickering go to Minneapolis and Meinke
and Johnson are Chicago semipros.. who
came along with the Nationals for prac-
tice Besides all these are Joe CantilIon,
Trainer Eddnger. Mesdames Cantillon.
Clymer. Jnglaub and Hughes and little
Miss Clymer. Thet's quite collection al
together. Bill Burns is away at San An
gelo on a visit to his home people.
Dates have been definitely settled for
games between the Nationals and Sand
crabs next Saturday and Sunday. Wal
ter Johnson will pitch the last part of
Saturdays game as dra wing card. 1t
leaks out that Manager Charley Carr of
the Indianapolis champions of the Amer
lean Association was here for Two or
three hours Sunday afternoon on a fly
ing trip, though none of the Washing
ton players or sCribes met him. He had
been over to Marlin to try and persuade
McGraw to let him have Pitchers "Rube'
Marquard and Louis Durham back again
for the season If the pair were found
deficient for league company, but
Muggsy" has no intention of letting
either one go at any price Carr came
from Marlin over to Houston to take a
train to New Orleans. and. having three
hours to spare. dropped down here for
q saltwater bath.
Jack Warmers much-cussed skin"
diamond is at last an accomplished fact.
and the boys were able to do their in
field work on 1t this morning
San Antonio papers are already be-
ginning TO boost the Nationals appear
ance there. and have written to Cantil-
lon for photos of Johnson and Burns.
Jimmy McAleer's Browns sustained
four defeats at Dallas and Fort Worth
Saturday and Sunday. and yet the first
thing he did on his arrival in Houston
was TO sniff disdainfully when a reporter
mentioned the Nationals.