The Washington times., 1909-09-17
CANTILLON TO USE
VETERAN PLAYERS
AGAINST LEADERS
Thereby He Differs From McAleer, Who viii Use
Youngsters-Waker Much Touted-Reisling's
Future of Great interest
BY THOMAS S. RICE.

All this rampaging around about the
American League championship. with
5000 people seeing the Athletics beat
Detroit TO l in Philadelphia in the
first of their four deadly clashes for the
pennant and the big worlds champion
ship gate receipts. means that every
manager and player in the league win
have to be extremely careful not to
place himself IN such a position that
he may be accused IF throwing games.
Horace FogeI and other PhiladeIphials
have made many broad destinations, and
even open assertions, that the Washing
ton team has eased up before Detroit
in past seasons, and played its hardest
against the Athletics. It's an old sore
that IS not yet healed. No man on
earth could substantiate the charges,
and II is just as well cannot be done.
even If such a thing were possible.
This brings US 10 radical difference
Of policy between Manager Ca1ttiIlon. OF
Washington. and Manager .RIcAleer. of
St Louis. Both are Withdrawing their
veterans IN order to give their young
sters a chance, and both have practically 4
Kid teams on the field in the series !
now IN progress here. McAleer began
testing his new talent some time ago,
and used il against Detroit with ef-
Athletics.
Cantillon. on the other hand. will pur-
sue another plan. He said this morning
that he intended to use the very best
teams ne could put on the field against
both the Athletics and Detroit, and let
them nght out among themselves. II
VIII be interesting TO compare the out
come.
1t should be borne In mind that while
Washington has beaten Detroit 1--WE
times this season. it has trimmed the
Athletics but thrice
You can't keep Mike Donlin down as
press agent. II now appears that
Foreman. the youthful pitcher who re-
ported to Washington yesterday, is a
protege of Donlin, who recommended |
him to Cantillon. Foreman is from
Erie. Pa, which is also Donlin's hailing !
point. The latest find played for a col |
lege team, and when the college season |
ended went with q professional club /
under an assumed name. Somebody got
next to him and the college racket eX- |
plOded Whereupon Foreman came out !
in the open and has been pitching
straight professional ball for some time.
He is a riEht-hander and DoHltn thinks /
him A wonder.
Street caught his 100 games and got !
his bonus, but IL still does not look
like a wise move to offer bonuses.
II Walker, the new pitcher from |
GAINESVILLE, Ohio. should prove a failure |
II will be a hard blow for baseball tip
St. Louis this afternoon and the Wash !
inKton fans may Judge for themselves I
whether he looks Ike conner. Walker /
has been working every other day try /
ing TO pitch GAINESVILLE into a pennant. |
hut his club was beaten out by few |
points. He is a right-hander, stands six
feet three inches and weighs 100 pounds. |
Nike Kahoe. who Is pretty wise Judge !
and need never lack a job as scout. |
considered him one Of the most prOmis- /
ing unknowns he had ever run across. |
after he saw him work a game for |
GAINESVILLE. and beat out several other |
bids by an eyelash-
Jiggs Donohue does not run well in
the mud.
GessIer's feat Of going to the plate /
eight times in two games and being /
charged with only two times at bat, /
both I'm the second game, comes pretty /
near being record
VIII Doc Reisling he a god pitcher /
next year? Cantillon thinks he will. /
Reisling IS a wise. Old owl. rs he demon /
strated throughout his work in beating I
St. Louis 10 in the first game yes
terday. Had Groom been as wise in the \
second game. Washington might have /
won instead OF losing by to 2 Refs I
ling keeps excellent care OF himself and 4
mis- pitching arm. That wing is mis- liv Z
ing and he knows n, wherefore he does \
not waste his substance On the Demon /
Rum. and he keeps working on the arm /
all the time. Year before last Tom /
Hughes was the sensation Of the league. 4
and toward the end Of last year when /
he got started he was the goods again, /
bat this season Thomas was not there /
with the stamina OF the catapult stuff, /
and ne faded into the American Asso- I
citation. Reisling is showing no par /
ticular weakness at this time, and /
should he In our midst all Of next sea- |
son. although ne IS p lot OF a veteran.
ConrOy got three hits, base on balls. /
and a sacrifice IN the two games yes K
terdav. Not 50 Dad, as some knockers I
should notice.
The second game yesterday was about 1
the sloDpiest affair imaginable. From /
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