Evening star., 1909-09-11
CANT|LLON PLANNING
FOR NEXT SEASON
If Selected as Manager His
Team Will Be Well F0rti-
fled in Every Position.

Manager Cantilon is going along on
the even tenor of his way, Strengthening
the Nationals wherever possible. so that
should he be selected to stay at the helm
another wear he will be well fortified Tor
the seasons contests, and if he is let out
he can turn over a nifty bunch of ball
players to his successor
Already Marse Joe is figuring on now
he will line up his team next year, and,
on paper. at least, it shows an improve
,nent over this seasons aggregation. can
tillon believes that Schaefer is one of the
best third basemen in the business ana
will shift him there and make him cap
tain next year George Mcbride. of
course. will remain at short Jerry
Downs, the authenticated second base
man. has been burning things up around
the American Association circuit, and
the years experience i'll the minors has
Just about brought him up TO first-class
form Downs was good man while with
Detroit, and as he has improved fully 80
per cent since then. there is little DOUBT
that he will be a top-notcher next
season Bob Unglaub will remain at
first. He may not be the fastest boy
on the initial corner, but Sir Robert can
soak the ball. and that is what Marse
Joe is looking for
Inc OutnelQ Will more IMAM lhSly pC
made up as played in today's game
Lelivelt in left killifer in center and
Gessler in right. This will give the
Nationals a hefty bunch of left-overs
from which to select a man for the util-
ity role in George Browne, Clyde Milan
and kid" Miller.
Wild" Conroy will probably be re-
tained for the utility role, as he is re-
liable in either the in or out fields, and
should he break into hard-h1tting
loY rn1n
"Jiggs'' Donohue is another high-class
player, and the chances are that he Will
remain with us. Little Shlpke is prob
ably being pulled in for one of the
western clubs, and Jimmy Sebrlng can
not be counted on.
These arrangements as to lineup
would probably be broken if another
manager steps into Marse Joes shoes.
No two men can agree on players
ability, and while one may think such
and such a man the best third baseman
in the league, another may figure that
his only place is second base.
Behind the bat Charley Street and
Bill Rapp will be the regulars. with
Hardy or Slattery the third man. Big
Stat is liked on account of his hit
ting and, as Street will do most of the
catching. he may be retained and Hardy
passed up.
Washington's pitching staff should
show improvement next season. espe-
,cially Gray and Groom johnson may
escape a spring sickness, and W1therup
has gotten over the rheumatism. The
youngster Walker looks good, and with
Oberlin the staff is complete
Although Pittsburg kept right on win
ming yesterday by trimming Cincinnati,
the Cubs made slight gain on the
Pirates. inaSmuch as they succeeded In
Cardinals This brought the Pittsburgs'
lead down to 81 points. but which is a
mighty convincing figure at this stage OF
the game. inasmuch as the P1ttsburgers
have a long string of games ahead or
them at Forbes Field. The Cubs. however.
have not yet given up hope of being able
to head off the Buccaneers. The worlds
champions figure that should Pittsburg
lose any ground during the eastern in
vasion and they, Chicago. can continue
their good work. the championship may
hang on the results of the games Pitts
burg is scheduled to play in Chicago Oc-
tober 2, 3 and 4. and which the Cubs
feel confident of winning. Following
these games Pittsburg goes to Cincinnati
for two games, while Chicago invades ST.
Louis for. three sessions all of which
favors the Cubs.
No more Texas training in the spring
for Washington. Last year the boys
worked out at Galveston while the tenn
perature was in the nineties and two
days later tried to play ball in a snow
storm in Kansas City. Next spring
should Cantillon be retained. the players
will train in Kentucky. where an even
temperature continues through March and
April and the team will be right in the
center of the exhibition games territory
Louisville. Indianapolis. Columbus. Tole-
do and Milwaukee
Charley Street and Wild Ccnroy are
already laying plans for next spring. and
shey will put in a month at the Hot
Springs before going into Kentucky. The
meeting place of the two is to be Harris
burg. Street coming down from Williams
port and Wild" going up from Morris
town. n. ]. Both of these wise guys
believe that Hot Springs is the greatest
training ground in the worlu. and they
have many followers in the Plttsburg
and Chicago clubs.
When the American League season of
1900 comes to an end there will be found
many surprising reversals in the matter
of receipts of the eight clubs. Philade
pha heads the list in the matter of at
tendance with Boston second New York
third and Detroit fourth. The biggest
drop in the attendance was at Chicago,
but al that the White SoX had a tre
nendous season last year. The next larg-
est decrease was in st. Louis Cleveland
comes next and Washington last.
The fact that Washington has been
tailender all season and on top of II
SHOWS the SIndlleSt lditiHS on IN dtteNQ-
ance. demonstrates that this city has
consistent following of baseball fans
who will turn out win or lose. It would
be a case of bringing new blood into
the organization of fans should a winner
crop up here.
There will be warm times down in Vir-
ginia this afternoon. Todays games will
decide the championship of the Virginia
League. and the excitement is intense.
Roanoke is one game ahead of Norfolk
Today Roanoke plays Richmond a double
header, while Norfolk PLAYS Portsmouth
two games. If Roanoke wins and loses
a game. while Norfolk wins both games
the race will be tie.
The directors and owners of the Wash
ington base ball club are not bothering
themselves about a manager for next
not come up for discussion before the
regular meeting which is generally held
at the close of the season. President
Moves is the only official of the club now
in the city and there is no telling when
the other directors will return from their
vacations in the mountains or at the
seashore. There has been quite reversal
of feeling in the past month favorable TO
Manager Cantillon. and. as he is anxious
TO remain to bolster up his reputa ton as
a leader. he certainly has the inside track
a. present.
Charley Street, the peerless catcher of
the Washington club, has five more games
to catch to complete the number that will
earn him hefty bonus of $500. Street
mas certainly worked like a Trojan all
come IN nandy as a reward for his en-
deavors. When the fifth game has beep