The Washington times., 1909-09-05
By THOMAS S. RICE.

The above declaration by Manager
Cantillon was delivered with an earnest
ness that left no doubt of its truthful
ness
Never since he has been the Washing
ton manager has ne ever breathed
word that he was handicapped by the
interference OF the stockholders. Never
has he claimed that they have been
responsible for his misfortunes and the
failure of the team TO make a showing.
This lis holding no brief for him, but
1s a plain statement of the truth in the
matter. and possibly some of the fans
and the out-of-town newspaper critics
have not appreciated il at its full value
Looked at from another angle, there
IS an excellent reason for Cantilon
talking thus. although ne has probably
not even worked il out in his own mind.
The proposition TO himself Should be
something like this:
How He Looks At It.
at came here three years ago with
loud acclaim on the part of the fans.
was known as a man widely expert
enced in baseball and ali its political
sides 1 was expected to accomplish
: wonders. 7 have been failure from
The standpoint of producing results, al
though I have tried my best and have
had a phenomenal streaR of bad luck
fn many ways.
ssBaseban is my life business. am
dead anxious 10 make good in my only
chance as a major league manager.
Pride is sometimes more potent than
money in such matters. have enough
20 live on the rest Of my days, out 1
would sacrifice a large part OF that 10
put myself among the topnotcherS IN
IRE becor,s careless or Indifferent
because my Job seems to be blown, and
leave Washington with a bum team next
year. the cry will be;
All, These Jibes and Jeers.
'Ha, hai Tee. hee, Joe Cantillon,
the man who was to set the world on
IRE came to town. He found a. team
of dead ones and after three years with
unlimited power and plenty or money
he left the same bunch of corpses.
That's the fellow we have been hearing
about all these years and as soon as
he breaks into fast society he looks Ike
a choice clam al a Tammany picnic
THAT would be the most CALLING thing
that could happen to me. ] would rather
retire this year and get out with the
club in possession OF a bunch of prob
able remnant winners like Connie Mack
Jim Mcclure. and Fred Lake, got to-
rether, and then, II they accomplished
anything, I could laugh 10 mey self ana
say: I did the real work., and IL they
had not been so blind to my ability /
could have given Washington that long
desired first class team. Some other
man Is getting the credit but ] did the
work and every wise baseball man
knows it
"A Natural View.
Is not that the way almost any man
would look al it2 You can bet your life
81 is. and that about sizes up Cantillon's
views.
Don't bet anything stronger than Con-
federate money that there will be a
one-man ownership in this town for
some time 10 come There is not a
Etockholder Of any consequence who Is
willing TO sell. and If he did sell IL IS
almost a dead sure thing MS holdings
would go 70 one Of the present COM
bination.
Speaking OF Cantillon's prospects for
being re-engazed, one Of the heaviest
investors in the Washington club said
this morning:
of we could be dead sure OF getting
results by getting a new man we would
change in minute, for fans want re-
suits and we know IL. But, is there
any reasonable certainty that any Of
the men proposed would give those dear
results2 Joe has certainly gathered to-
gether a likely looking bunch of young
sters, and we have never heard word
from any Of his men about that Ill
feeling which has been the favorite